{"id":627,"date":"2024-06-22T21:34:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T01:34:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-06-22T21:34:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T01:34:17","slug":"preview-tampa-bay-rays-clash-with-pittsburgh-canonies-on-june-23-2024-at-pnc-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/22\/preview-tampa-bay-rays-clash-with-pittsburgh-canonies-on-june-23-2024-at-pnc-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Tampa Bay Rays Clash with Pittsburgh Canonies on June 23, 2024, at PNC Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The matchup between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 23, 2024, is set for a 1:35 PM start at PNC Park. The forecast for the game day is expected to be clear.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Civale will take the mound for the Rays, entering the game with a 5.202 ERA. His counterpart from the Pirates, Paul Skenes, boasts a significantly lower ERA of 2.288.<\/p>\n<p>As of the current season, the Rays find themselves at 10th place in the AL East Division with a record of 34-38, marking a winning percentage of 0.47. Their performance within the division has them at 5th place, with 10 wins and 17 losses. Recently, the Rays have won 3 of their last 10 games and are coming off a single-game winning streak. At home, their record is 19-23, while their road games record stands at 15-15. They have performed better during night games with 21 wins compared to 13 during the day. Overall, the Rays have scored 279 runs while conceding 350.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the Pirates hold 9th place in the NL Central with a 35-37 record and a 0.49 winning percentage. They are 3rd within their division with an even 9-9 record. The Pirates are entering this game on a two-game winning streak, having won 6 of their last 10 games. Their home record is balanced at 17-17, whereas on the road, they are slightly below even with 18-20. The team has a slight edge in day games with 19 wins to 16 in night games. They have amassed 297 runs this season while allowing 322.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The matchup between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 23, 2024, is set for a 1:35 PM start at PNC Park. The forecast for the game <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}