DAILY MATCHUPS: Fried aims to continue comeback success

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather. We have a full day of action, with the first game starting at 12:35 pmEST between the Marlins and Reds in Great American Ball Park. We have a chance for rain in Chicago tonight, but we should get all 15 games to play. Pitching is not great today, and that is showcased with a lot of run totals of nine or higher. 

 

Notable Starts:

Max Fried returned after a long absence due to injury and was outstanding versus the Cubs. Fried threw six shutout innings with eight strikeouts. He will look to build off that success as he takes on a Pirates team that is striking out 23.7% of the time versus LHP over the last month while hitting .209 with a .073 ISO. Fried was up to 72 pitches in his previous start, and if...

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