Series Preview Twins

This series looks promising as the Pirates will head home for three interleague games with the Minnesota Twins.  I predict pitching will be the key to this one as Correia, Bedard, and McDonald will take the hill for the Bucs in these games. 

Correia and Bedard have both struggled lately so these will be crucial starts to see if they can regain some of their early season dominance. The Pirates will face tough pitching from the Twins in the first game as the young Scott Diamond (5-2) will take the hill.  He struggled in his last start so hopefully the Pirates can capitalize and continue to score runs.

On the offensive side of the ball, the big storyline is Alvarez tremendous hitting of late.  In his last 2 games he's gone 5-8 with 4 of his 5 hits being homeruns.  We will see if he can continue to hit well in this series.  

All in all, the Twins are only 13-17 away so maybe just maybe the Pirates can not only win the series, but grab another sweep.  The Bucs currently sit 3.5 games back so it will be crucial to do well if we want to get back in the division race by the All Star Break.