Pirates Daily: Can Bucs Keep Aaron Judge From Catching Roger Maris?

The Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees are playing each other on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 7:05 p.m. First pitch is at Yankee Stadium. Aaron Judge is two home runs away from tying Roger Maris' 61-homer record.

The Pirates are coming off a series against the New York Mets. They are 4-6 in their last 10 games. The game will be aired on AT&T Sportsnet Pittsburgh and can be heard on 93.7 The Fan.

It's going to be 74 degrees at first pitch in New York.

Luis Ortiz is likely to start for the Pirates. Nestor Cortes will start in the Yankees' starting line-up. Ortiz made his debut on Tuesday. Corte has had a good string of starts over his last seven games.

There are no betting lines for the Pirates and Yankees contest yet.

Oneil Cruz went 2 for 4 with a double and a homer off Jacob deGrom last Sunday.

Manny Banuelos pitched just 0.1 innings and gave up two earned runs. Cruz hit a three-run home run off deGrom. He's one of three players to record multiple lead-off hits against de Grom in the first inning.

Cruz hit a three-run home run off deGrom. It was the first time degrom allowed a homer with two or more runners on base since August 29, 2019.