Game Thread: Cardinals at Pirates, 9/18/20

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images There but for the grace of home runs goes he.Fresh from their win last night, the Pirates take on the St. Louis Cardinals for the second game of this four-game series at PNC Park. The first pitch will be at 4:05 p.m. EDT, and the game will be broadcast on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh and is the free game of the day on MLB.TV.

Trevor Williams (1-7, 6.35 ERA, 42 K, STILL TOO MANY %$&@ HOME RUNS) will take the hill for the Bucs. When the best thing that can be said about a pitcher is “well, he gets in a lot of innings,” that’s not good. Still, we hope because we like him. The Cards will send Carlos Martinez (0-2, 10.32 ERA, 13 K) to the mound. Martinez was one…