The Pittsburgh Pirates Finished off a three game sweep of the San Francisco Giants yesterday afternoon and completed their west coast road trip with a 5-1 record and are now one game back of the Cardinals for the second wild card spot and only three games behind the Giants to be the first wild card. The Bucs are off today and start a home stand at PNC Park on Friday night against the Miami Marlins who the Pirates have a one game lead over in the wild card race. Airtime is 6:40 on WBVP/WMBA and first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 pm.  The Marlins will send Tom Koehler (9-8, 3.86 ERA) to the hill and the Pirates will start  Gerrit Cole (7-8, 3.25 ERA).

Click on the play button below for Greg Brown’s recap of yesterdays victory.