Pirates Open Day: April 3, 2016

Sunday, the new mingled with the tried-and-true: Francisco Liriano striking out a lot of batters. For one game, a 4-1 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals at PNC Park in the first game of the 2016 season, the formula worked.

Major League Baseball scheduled the 2015 playoff teams for the season’s first games and paired the Pirates and Cardinals, who rank first and second in wins in the past three seasons and faced each other in the 2013 National League Division Series.

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