Pittsburgh Pirates Set For First Split Squad Game Of The Spring

The Pittsburgh Pirates are ready for their first split squad action of the spring

On Friday afternoon, the Pittsburgh Pirates will play two games. In their first split squad action of Grapefruit League play, the Bucs will play a pair of road games on Friday afternoon.

In one contest, one Pirate squad will travel to Clearwater to play the Philadelphia Phillies. In the other, the Pirates will send a squad to Dunedin to play the Toronto Blue Jays. Both games are scheduled to start at 1:07 PM EST.

Each of these two games will see a pitcher competing for the final spot in the team’s starting rotation take the hill. In Clearwater, Nick Kingham will toe the rubber for the Bucs. This will be Kingham’s…