The Pittsburgh Pirates open a two-game series with the Chicago White Sox tonight. Game time is 8:10pm. Pre-game on WISR beginning at 7:45pm. Steven Brault will start for the Pirates.
The Pirates have won three games in a row after a sweep of Milwaukee. They are 7-17 and nine games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs.
The White Sox are in second place in the American League Central at 17-12. They begin the night 2-1/2 games behind first-place Minnesota.
The Pirates have claimed right-handed pitcher Carson Fulmer off waivers from Detroit. He was a first-round draft pick by the Chicago White Sox in 2015. Fulmer was selected eighth overall in that draft. He bounced between the White Sox and their Triple-A team in Charlotte over the past two seasons. He was designated for assignment by Chicago this year when he failed to make their season-opening roster. Detroit designated him for assignment last week. The Pirates designated outfielder Guillermo Heredia for assignment to make room for Fulmer on their 40-man roster.
The Chicago Cubs become only the second franchise in Major League Baseball history with 11,000 wins last night, when they beat the Detroit Tigers 9-3. The Cubs got their first victory in 1876. The Giants are the only franchise that has more than 11,000 wins, with 11,179, after beginning in New York in 1883 and later moving to San Francisco. However, the Dodgers, who started in Brooklyn and then moved to Los Angeles, are almost at the 11,000 wins threshold, currently at 10,996.
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