New York at Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Pirates have been moving in the right direction, but overall remain a disappointing team. Today they will send Gerrit Cole to the mound, who is 6-3 on the season with a sturdy 3.54 ERA. His problem will be that he has not pitched since June 3 while suffering from shoulder fatigue, will likely be on a pitch count, and may not have his best stuff. Cole faced the Mets one time a year ago, and they got to him for three runs in five innings where he took the loss. Jonathon Niese has been very solid on the season pitching to a 2.78 ERA for the Mets. Pittsburgh has had a big problem of late finishing off a series, as shown by their 6-14 record in their last 20 series game number three tries. The Mets are 4-1 against Pittsburgh behind Neise. Make the play on New York.