The Pittsburgh Pirates are set to host the Milwaukee Brewers in the rubber match of their three-game set in PNC Park on Sunday.
Milwaukee took the opener 6-5 before the Pirates snapped their four-game losing streak and blanked the Brew Crew 4-0 on Saturday.
Erik Bedard will take the hill for Pittsburgh in hopes of garnering his eighth win of the season. Bedard has struggled most of the year, compiling 13 losses and a 4.76 ERA. In his last two starts, the 31-year-old has thrown a combined 9.2 innings and allowed 10 runs (eight earned) on 14 hits and seven walks.
For the Brewers it will be Mark Rogers game to win or lose. Rogers comes in with just five games (all starts0 under his belt in 2012 and a 5.02 ERA. However he did pick up his lone win against the Chicago Cubs on Monday when he threw five frames. In that time he surrendered three runs and five hits while striking out seven.
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