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Game Thread: Pirates at Reds, Game 1, 9/14/20

The Pittsburgh Pirates will look to snap a three-game losing streak – or extend it, if you’re a member of the Kumar Rocker Fan Club – when they take on the Cincinnati Reds at 4:10 p.m. today in the first game of a doubleheader at Great American Ballpark.

The Pirates take a 14-30 record into today’s twinbill. That’s the worst mark in all of Major League Baseball – a full game “better” than the worst the American League has to offer: the Boston Red Sox.

Cody Ponce (1-1, 3.46), summoned from Altoona as the 29th man today, will start the opener for the Pirates against one of the National League’s best in Trevor Bauer (4-3, 1.