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As bad as it has been for the Pirates, the Chicago White Sox are forsaken

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Yes, Yinzers, there are baseball fan bases that are dealing with tougher times than you.

Well, a few anyway. The Colorado Rockies are 22-74. By comparison, the Pirates (39-58) have 17 more wins than the Rockies.

Did you catch that? Colorado has 17 fewer wins than the Pirates. How is it possible — at the All-Star break — to have 17 fewer wins than another last-place team?

Also, consider the Bucs only have nine wins in 20 starts with Paul Skenes on the mound. But that’s a story for another column.

Pittsburgh Pirates Reveal First Lineup vs. White Sox

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates begin the second half of the season, as they host the Chicago White Sox at PNC Park with a changed lineup.

Oneil Cruz returns to center field and bats fifth for the Pirates, after not starting the series finale vs. the Minnesota Twins at Target Field on July 13, taking over from Jack Suwinski.

Cruz departed the previous game vs. the Twins on July 12 in the top of the eighth inning. He hit a single, but limped to first base, resulting in Pirates manager Don Kelly replacing Cruz with pinch-runner Tommy Pham.

He would pinch-hit for catcher Henry Davis in the ninth inning of the following game, then participated in the Home Run Derby the next day, where he made the Second Round, the first Pirates player that made it that far in the competition.

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