It wasn’t a good start to the road trip for the Colorado Rockies on Friday. Despite being in similar boats success-wise this season, the Pittsburgh Pirates showed off their quality young pitching that limited the Rockies to just three hits while their typically anemic offense clobbered Colorado pitching.

The Pittsburgh Pirates go for the series win against the Colorado Rockies at PNC Park, switching up their lineup that they believe will help them g

Bubba Chandler, in his MLB debut, struck out Ryan Ritter of the Rockies on a 100 MPH fastball to get him looking.

Warren Schaeffer couldn’t stop smiling while sitting in the visitor’s dugout at PNC Park as the manager of the Colorado Rockies. It’s a position he never dreamed of — repeating the never multiple times for emphasis — before the start of a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

In making his first appearance against the Rockies, Burrows will oppose Kyle Freeland (3-12, 5.16 ERA), a left-hander in his ninth season with Colorado. He has made nine starts against the Pirates, going 3-4 with a 4.73 ERA. In five starts at PNC Park, Freeland is 0-3 with a 5.40 ERA.

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Ethan Holliday may be the Colorado Rockies’ No. 1 prospect right now, but it’s their No. 2 prospect, Charlie Condon, who is pushing for a promotion.