Pittsburgh at Los Angeles

The Pittsburgh funk continues, on an 8-25 skid. They got blasted by the Angels last night, 8-5, surrendering 34 runs in four games. The offense is 27th in runs scored, 22nd in on-base percentage, and 26th in slugging, while the pitching has plummeted to 23rd in ERA (4.56), 24th in WHIP, and 22nd in the bullpen (4.33 ERA). And the defense is 28th in fielding percentage. The Pirates are 13-32 versus winning teams, plus 9-29 against AL squads with an on-base percentage of .330 or less. The Los Angeles offense is fifth in runs scored, slugging, and on-base percentage as the team has won five of six. The Angels play their eighth straight home game. Starter Reid Detmers has a 3.63 ERA at home and the Angels are 23-14 after a game where the bullpen gave up no earned runs. Play Los Angeles.