No team in Major League Baseball entered the All-Star Break on more of a roll than the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Bucs went 8-2 in their final ten games before the break which included sweeping a five-game series against the previous first place Milwaukee Brewers.
Entering the break the Pirates own a MLB best six consecutive victories. This hot stretch has the team owning a 48-49 record, and sitting 5.5 games out of the second National League Wild Card spot.
Tonight, the Pittsburgh Pirates will start a three-game series at Great American Ballpark against the Cincinnati Reds. This series will kick off a 10-game stretch that will define the remainder of the 2018 season for the Pirates.