The Pirates will need all the studliness they can get out of righthander Trevor Williams tonight as they try to snap their longest losing streak of the season. Williams (3-0, 1.56) faces Rockies’ 29 year old righty Chad Bettis (2-0, 2.04)
Bettis split his first two season in 2013 and 2014 between the minors Denver before sticking for good in 2015, when he made 20 starts and logged a 4.23 ERA, followed by 32 starts and a 4.79 ERA in 2016 - but then he lost the first third of 2017 to testicular cancer, working his way back with 9 rehab starts and 9 more back with the big club, allowing a 5.