In Major League Baseball the Pittsburgh Pirates lost 17-5 to the Philadelphia Phillies at home last night. The Phillies scored 12 of their 17 runs in the last four innings. With the lost last night the Pirates are now 40-47 after 87 games in the 2018 season. Pirates and Phillies back in action today First pitch set for 4:05 pm. You can hear the game and pregame show starting at 3:40 pm on 680 WISR. This afternoon starting pitchers are Jake Arrieta (5-6, 3.54 ERA) for the Phillies and Jameson Taillon (5-6, 4.05 ERA) for the Pirates.
In Prospect League baseball last night, the Butler BlueSoxs lost 9-0 on the road to the Chillicothe Paints. The BlueSoxs are now 10-23 on the season. They are back in action today at home against the Springfield Sliders, tonight is a fireworks night with first pitch set for 7:05 pm.
NASCAR action tonight, the Cup Series is at Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Zero Sugar 400. You can listen to the pre-race show starting at 6pm on 1050 WBUT and wbut.com. The green flag is set to drop a little after 7pm.
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