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Liriano on the Mound as Pirates Look to Make it Six in a Row.

Francisco Liriano will take the mound on Saturday night, looking to follow up Juan Nicasio's strong start last night with a vintage performance himself. He has been a bit erratic this season for the most part, walking 17 batters in 23.1 IP. The Reds are also looking for a turnaround by their starter tonight in Alfredo Simon. Simon is coming off of two awful performances, both against the Cubs. In those two games combined, he only completed 3.1 innings, allowed 13 runs on 14 hits. His ERA is currently 16.39. Earlier this season, Simon pitched pretty well against the Bucs as we went five innings, allowed just one earned run on five hits.