Cleveland Indians vs Pittsburgh Pirates Live Streaming
Friday, June 18, 2010
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7:05 pm EDT Fri Jun 18, 2010
Pittsburgh needs something to help snap the club’s second-longest losing streak in 55 years. A visit from the Cleveland Indians could help. The Pirates hope to continue their recent interleague success over the Indians and avoid a 12th straight loss as the last-place teams open a weekend series Friday night at PNC Park. Winless since June 5, Pittsburgh lost 5-4 to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday. Mired in their longest skid since a 13-game slide in 2006, the Pirates have lost 11 in a row for the first time since May 11-22, 1955. The latest setback came hours after team president Frank Coonelly announced contract extensions for general manager Neal Huntington manager John Russell. Pittsburgh has been outscored 60-33 during its current losing stretch and is 0-6 in interleague play. A day after committing six errors in a 7-2 loss to Chicago, the Pirates fell behind 5-1 before rallying for three runs in the eighth inning Thursday. After he went 0 for 2 in his major league debut Wednesday, highly touted prospect Pedro Alvarez was booed after going 0 for 4 with three strikeouts in the finale.
The Pirates, though, are 13-11 all-time versus the Indians. They have won two in a row and nine of 11 at home in the series. Pittsburgh took two of three at PNC last season from the Indians. Cleveland, which has lost four straight overall, is 3-6 against NL opponents in 2010. The Pirates could be in for a challenge against Indians scheduled starter Fausto Carmona. The right-hander snapped a personal four-game losing streak with a three-hitter in a 7-1 win over Washington on Saturday. Carmona, 1-1 with a 2.40 ERA in interleague play this season, makes his first start against Pittsburgh. He pitched 3 2-3 scoreless innings of relief versus the Pirates in 2006. Shin-Soo Choo had three hits in Cleveland’s 6-4 loss to the New York Mets on Thursday and is batting .333 in his last 14 games. He went 4 for 12 against the Pirates last season. Pittsburgh’s Paul Maholm makes his second appearance against Cleveland on Friday. He allowed one run and struck out seven in 5 1-3 innings of a 3-2, 10-inning loss at Cleveland on May 21, 2006.
