PREVIEW Starts 7:05 PM ET · Yankee Stadium
July 22, 2026 · AL East

Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Yankees

July 22, 20267:05 PM ETYankee StadiumGame 2 of doubleheader
AWAY
Pittsburgh Pirates
52-49
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HOME
New York Yankees
56-44

Lineups

Lineups are usually announced ~90 minutes before first pitch. Check back soon.

Hitter season stats

Season-to-date lines for each hitter in the projected lineup, with a Marcel projection (Proj OPS). Season columns are 2026 to date; Proj is a forward-looking estimate, not a result.

AWAY · PIT Projected · top 9 by AB
BATTER 2026 SEASON PROJ OPS
AVGOBPSLGOPSHRRBIK
1 Brandon Lowe 2B · L .245 .313 .478 .791 21 65 113 .730
2 Bryan Reynolds LF · S .282 .399 .474 .873 14 59 102 .730
3 Nick Gonzales 3B · R .309 .368 .404 .772 5 45 71 .719
4 Ryan O'Hearn RF · L .281 .346 .472 .818 16 64 79 .732
5 Jake Mangum CF · S .301 .352 .374 .726 2 20 46 .715
6 Marcell Ozuna DH · R .208 .291 .338 .629 8 28 78 .749
7 Jared Triolo SS · R .244 .315 .318 .633 1 18 50 .712
8 Henry Davis C · R .167 .263 .333 .596 8 27 42 .707
9 Esmerlyn Valdez RF · R .306 .377 .750 1.127 13 34 46 .750
HOME · NYY Projected · top 9 by AB
BATTER 2026 SEASON PROJ OPS
AVGOBPSLGOPSHRRBIK
1 Cody Bellinger LF · L .255 .344 .416 .760 11 52 66 .744
2 Ben Rice 1B · L .281 .372 .594 .966 29 68 94 .741
3 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B · L .228 .304 .422 .726 16 43 112 .742
4 José Caballero SS · R .247 .299 .392 .691 10 37 69 .707
5 Trent Grisham CF · L .226 .328 .412 .740 11 41 53 .727
6 Paul Goldschmidt 1B · R .259 .318 .486 .804 15 42 66 .709
7 Ryan McMahon 3B · L .217 .277 .382 .659 9 26 73 .715
8 Austin Wells C · L .158 .253 .257 .510 6 13 62 .727
9 Amed Rosario 3B · R .237 .283 .454 .737 9 27 40 .713

Manager comparison

AWAY · PIT
Don Kelly
Lineup 3.4 R Bunts 0.6 R IBBs 2.0 R
HOME · NYY
Aaron Boone
Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 1.9 R

Bullpen availability

AWAY · PIT
  • Available 5
  • Limited 1
  • Rest required 1
  • Inactive 0
HOME · NYY
  • Available 6
  • Limited 2
  • Rest required 0
  • Inactive 1

Recent form

AWAY · PIT
5-2 ?1 +18 run diff
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HOME · NYY
6-2 ?1 +11 run diff
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Season series: 0-1 with PIT listed first across 2 prior meetings.

Pitching & bullpen preview

Probable starters and each bullpen's availability load in the sections above — the Pirates and Yankees staffs going in.

Once the game ends, a full pitching and bullpen breakdown appears here: starter lines, the relief sequence and each arm's role, pitch counts, and where the game turned.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.