Next up for the Pirates are the San Diego Padres, winners of their last four and five of the last ten games. The two teams last met back in mid-May with the Pirates winning the series 3-1, outscoring the Padres 21-13.
San Diego is coming off a three-game series sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers where they finished with a +5 run differential. Pittsburgh has dropped seven of their last ten and are coming off a two-game series split with the Detroit Tigers.
The Padres are 12.5 games behind the National League West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers and are two games out of a Wild Card spot.