{"id":689,"date":"2024-08-19T21:34:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T01:34:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-19T21:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T01:34:13","slug":"preview-pittsburgh-pirates-clash-with-texas-rangers-on-august-20-2024-at-20-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/19\/preview-pittsburgh-pirates-clash-with-texas-rangers-on-august-20-2024-at-20-05\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates Clash with Texas Rangers on August 20, 2024, at 20:05"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates are set to go head-to-head with the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on August 20, 2024, starting at 20:05. The game day forecast predicts overcast skies. Mitch Keller will take the mound for the Pirates, carrying a 3.948 ERA, while the Rangers will counter with Cody Bradford, who has a 3.500 ERA. In the 2024 NL Central Division, the Pirates rank 12th with a record of 58-65, translating to a winning percentage of 0.47. They are 5th in their division with a record of 17-15. Recently, the Pirates have won 2 of their last 10 games and are currently on a one-loss streak. Their home record stands at 29-32 and they are 29-33 on the road, with equal day and night game wins at 29. They have scored a total of 511 runs and conceded 542. Meanwhile, the Rangers hold the 12th spot in the AL West Division with a win-loss record of 57-68, a winning percentage of 0.46. They are 3rd in their division with a 14-18 record. Over the last 10 games, they have secured 3 wins and currently are on a one-win streak. At home, their record is 32-30 and 25-38 on the road. They have won 22 day games compared to 35 night games. The Rangers have scored 531 runs and allowed 566.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates are set to go head-to-head with the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on August 20, 2024, starting at 20:05. The game day forec<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":690,"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\/689"}],"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=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}