MAY 17, 2017 at PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA --- GAME #40/HOME #17 RHP JACOB TURNER (2-1, 3.31 ERA) vs. RHP GERRIT COLE (1-4, 3.

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1 WASHINGTON NATIONALS (24-13) vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (16-22) MAY 17, 2017 at PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA --- GAME #40/HOME #17 RHP JACOB TURNER (2-1, 3.31 ERA) vs. RHP GERRIT COLE (1-4, 3.06 ERA) THE PIRATES...have won two of their last three games after losing a season-high six straight from 5/ Have gone 5-11 in their last 16 games after winning three in a row between 4/ Have won a season-high three consecutive games on three occasions (4/26-29, 4/14-16 and 4/7-9)...Scored a season-high 12 runs twice; on 5/2 in Cincinnati and 4/28 in Miami...Had a record after 39 games last season (22-18 after 40). BUCS WHEN... RIDING THE COLE TRAIN: In his last six starts, Gerrit Cole has posted a 2.08 ERA (39.0ip/9er) while holding the opposition to a.197 batting average (28-for-142)...He has been charged with two earned runs or less in each of the six starts and has Last five games pitched 6.0 innings each time (7.0 innings three times)...cole s 208 ERA since 4/14 is the second-lowest in the National Last ten games League behind St. Louis Lance Lynn (2.06). WHERE S THE LOVE?: The Pittsburgh offense has scored a total of five runs in Gerrit Cole s last five starts (with him on the mound) and his 1.98 run support average is the lowest among all Major League pitchers. I SAY WHIP IT, WHIP IT GOOD: Gerrit Cole enters tonight s action ranked seventh among National League pitchers with a 1.06 WHIP...His teammate, Ivan Nova, is sixth at TAKING IT THE EXTRA MILE: With his home run Sunday in Arizona, Andrew McCutchen recorded his 492nd career extra-base hit with the Pirates and passed Hall-of-Famer Arky Vaughan to rank ninth on the club s all-time list...fellow Hall-of-Famer Bill Mazeroski is eighth on the list with 494 extra-base hits with the Bucs and Dave Parker is seventh with 524 MINOR MATTERS: Pittsburgh s minor league affiliates have combined to produce an (.554) record thru last night s action...that winning percentage ranks fifth among all Major League organizations behind Philadelphia (.597), Arizona (.572), Boston (.570) and Detroit (.554)...The Altoona Curve are in first place in their division and the Bradenton Marauders have the best record in the Florida State League (25-14,.641)...The Indianapolis Indians have gone 11-2 in their last 13 games and have pulled within 1.0 game of the lead in their division. JHAY ALL DAY: Josh Harrison is hitting.367 (18-for-49) in his 15 games played at PNC Park this season, hitting safely in seven of his last eight games played here (11-for-29,.379)...In his last 24 games overall (dating back to 4/21), JHay has produced a.308 batting average (28-for-91) and a.903 OPS. BUCS AT HOME: The Pirates began this six-game homestand with an 8-4 loss to the Nationals Tuesday night...the stand wraps up with three games against the Phillies beginning Friday night...starting last night the Bucs are scheduled to play 12-of-16 games at PNC Park, where they have posted an 8-8 record this season. SQUASHING THE NATS: In 48 career games against Washington, Andrew McCutchen is hitting.326 (60-for-184) with 14 home runs and 32 RBI...He is batting.356 (37-for-104) in 28 career games against the Nationals at PNC Park, hitting safely in seven of the last eightt...mccutchen recorded his first career three-homer game against the Nats on 8/1/09. PIRATES/NATIONALS: The Pirates went 2-4 against Washington last year, dropping two-of-three at PNC Park between 9/ Since 2014, the Bucs have posted a 7-5 record against the Nats at PNC and they have gone in Pittsburgh since the start in the 2010 campaign...following tomorrow afternoon s tilt, the Bucs and Nats are not scheduled to face each other again until doing so in Washington during the final four games of the season. RINGING THE BELL: Bucco switch-hitter Josh Bell leads all National League rookies in on-base percentage (.333) and is tied with Los Angeles Cody Bellinger and San Diego s Hunter Renfroe for the most home runs hit this season in the N.L...Bell has hit safely in four straight games and has gone deep twice in his last four contests. EASTERN SWING: Last night s game began a stretch of 13 straight against teams from the National League East division...the Pirates have gone 5-2 against the N.L. this season, winning three of the four games played at PNC Park. AT THE HELM: In his seven seasons with the Pirates Clint Hurdle has won 525 games, one of only six managers with more than 500 victories in a Pittsburgh uniform...hurdle has produced 1059 career wins as a Major League manager, which ranks sixth among active skippers behind Bruce Bochy (1806), Dusty Baker (1791), Mike Scioscia (1511), Buck Showalter (1452) and Terry Francona (1401). DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: Dating back to 5/2, the Pirates have made the fewest errors in the N.L. (four)...the club has made just one error in its last seven games and its season-high errorless streak of 58.2 innings came to an end in the 10th inning Sunday afternoon in Arizona. BRINGING THE HEAT: Felipe Rivero has been charged with just two earned runs in his first 20 games (20.2ip ERA) while striking out 22 batters...he has posted a 2.25 ERA (48.0ip/12er) and 61 Ks in 48 games since being acquired by Pirates last year on 7/30. IT S ELEMENTARY: Tony Watson has converted eight of his nine save chances this season and has gone 23-for-27 in save opportunities since taking over the closer role last year on 8/2...Since the start of the 2012 season, Watson has made the most appearances among all National League pitchers (374) and the fourth-most in MLB. ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY May 17, 1979: Trailing 5-4 with two outs in the bottom of the 8th inning, Willie Stargell hit his second home run of the day to give the Pirates a 6-5 victory over the New York Mets at Three Rivers Stadium. Kent Tekulve struck out three batters while pitching two hitless innings and picked up the win in relief. UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Leading after Tied after Trailing after Leading after Tied after Trailing after Leading after Tied after Trailing after Scoring first Opp. score first Scoring Scoring less than Outhitting Opp Being out-hit Hits are equal Comeback wins...9 Wins in final AB...3 Walkoff Wins...2 Losses in final AB...4 Walkoff Losses...3 Extra Inning Games Playing errorless Committing at least 1 Error Homered homers Series (W-L-T) Series Sweeps...2 Swept in a Series...4 Interleague Before the break After the break Starter goes 6.0ip Starter goes less than 6.0ip Thursday vs. Washington 12:35 RHP Tanner Roark (3-1, 3.88 ERA) vs. RHP Tyler Glasnow (1-3, 7.98 ERA) ROOT Friday vs. Philadelphia 7:05 RHP Jeremy Hellickson (4-1, 3.71 ERA) vs. RHP Trevor Williams (2-2, 6.41 ERA) ROOT Saturday vs. Philadelphia 4:05 RHP Vince Velasquez (2-3, 5.63 ERA) vs. RHP Ivan Nova (3-3, 2.48 ERA) ROOT Sunday vs. Philadelphia 1:35 RHP Aaron Nola (2-0, 5.40 ERA) vs. RHP Chad Kuhl (1-4, 6.69 ERA) ROOT

2 45 - RHP GERRIT COLE YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO M.L. CAREER vs. WASHINGTON: 2-1 with a 2.92 ERA (24.2ip/8er) in four career starts...suffered a 6-0 loss (4.0ip/5r/4er) to Tanner Roark at Nationals Park last year on 7/16... Won a 3-1 decision (7.2ip/1er) over Joe Ross on 7/25/15 at PNC Park...Also made one start in 2014; gave up two runs in 6.0 innings in a 3-2, come-from-behind win against Stephen Strasburg at PNC Park on 5/24. DATE/OPP W/L IP H R ER BB SO PITCHES ERA SCORE DATE/OPP W/L IP H R ER BB SO PITCHES ERA SCORE 4/3 at Boston L L 4/9 vs. Atlanta ND W 4/14 at Chicago W W 4/19 at St. Louis L L 4/25 vs. Chicago L L APRIL (1-3, 3.60 ERA) /1 at Cincinnati ND L 5/6 vs. Milwaukee ND W 5/11 at Arizona L L MAY (0-1, 2.25 ERA) TOTALS (1-4, 3.06 ERA) CAREER BATTING:.176 (34-for-193) 1 2B 0 3B 2 HR 12 RBI 5 BB 17 SACS 2017 BATTING:.154 (2-for-13) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 BB 1 SAC CAREER HOMERS (2): 9/7/14 at Chicago (NL) - off Blake Parker 5/26/16 vs. Arizona - Patrick Corbin CATCHERS THROWING CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Cervelli 5/23 22% 0 2 (258.0ip/112er) 3.91 Diaz 0/ (17.0ip/10er) 5.29 Stewart 3/11 27% 0 1 (70.2ip/41er) 5.22 CAUGHT STEALINGS BY PITCHERS...0 PITCHER PICKOFFS... 1 SB OFF PITCHERS... 2 NO THROWS... 6 OTHERS (double steals)... 1 TEAM BATTING Most runs, game, Pirates... 12, & Most runs, game, Opponents...14, 4/24 vs. CHI Most runs, inning, Pirates...8, (2nd) Most runs, inning, Opponents... 7, (3rd) Most hits, game, Pirates...18, Most hits, game, Opponents...17, 4/24 vs. CHI Most hits, inning, Pirates...6, (2nd) Most consec. hits, inning... 5, (2nd) Most consec. hits, game... 5, Most hits, inning, Opponents... 6, 3 times, last on (4th) Fewest hits, game, Pirates...1, Fewest hits, game, Opponents... 2, 4/25 vs. CHI Most doubles, game...4, 5/6 vs. MIL & Most triples, game...3, Most home runs, game, Pirates...4, Most home runs, game, Opponents... 3, 4 times, last on Most consecutive games, home run...7, 4/26-5/3 Most consec. games, HR, Opponents...4, 5/12-16 & 4/30-5/3 Most extra-base hits...6, Most consecutive games, extra-base hit...32, 4/12-5/16 Most stolen bases, game, Pirates... 2, & 4/11 vs. CIN Most stolen bases, game, Opponents...5, 4/10 vs. CIN Most left on base...13, 4/7 vs. ATL Most left on base (extra innings)... INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most hits, game...4, Osuna & Polanco (4/8 vs. ATL) Most consecutive hits...5, Marte (4/9-10) Most runs, game.....2, 20 times, last by Bell (5/5 vs. MIL) Most 2bs, game...2, Jaso Polanco & Freese Most 3bs, game... 1, 10 times, last by Hanson Most HR, game.... 2, Harrison Most extra-base hits... 2, 8 times, last by Harrison (5/16 vs. WAS) Most total bases....8, Harrison Most RBI, game...3, Glasnow Harrison Cervelli & Frazier Most SB, game...1, 17 times, last by McCutchen Most walks, game... 3, Freese Consec. games, home run... 2, Harrison (5/1-2) & Bell (4/19-21) Longest hitting streak....9 games, McCutchen (4/10-18) Grand slams None Inside-the-park home runs...none Leadoff home runs...2, Harrison (4/26 vs. CHI) & Mercer (4/21 vs. NYY) Walkoff home runs , Marte (4/9 vs. ATL) TOMORROW S STARTER TYLER GLASNOW: The 23-year-old righthander will be making his eighth start of the season tomorrow... Gave up seven hits and seven runs in 2.1ip in his last start; an 11-4 loss in Arizona on Friday...Won his first Major League game in his start against the Reds in Cincinnati on 5/2; also went 1-for-2 with a pair of walks and three RBI in the game...suffered a loss in his first outing on 4/10 vs. Cincinnati (1.2ip/5er)... Was named the top pitching prospect in the International League by MLBPipeline.com twice in the last three years, including 2016 after he went 8-3 with a 1.87 ERA in 20 starts with Indianapolis...Has gone with a 2.03 ERA and 645 strikeouts in 103 games (102 starts) during his five minor league seasons...made his big league debut with the Pirates last year on 7/7 at St. Louis. vs. ARIZONA: 0-0 with a 9.00 ERA in one career start...received a no-decision in Pittsburgh s 10-7 loss at PNC Park last year on 9/25 (3.0ip/4r/3er) HIGHS & LOWS TEAM PITCHING Most strikeouts, game, Pirates... 11, 3 times, last on Most strikeouts, game, Pirates (extra innings)...13, 5/6 vs. MIL Most strikeouts, game, Opponents... 17, Most walks, game, Pirates... 9, 4/24 vs. CHI Most walks, game, Pirates (extra innings)... Most walks, game, Opponents...8, & INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most strikeouts, game...8, Cole (5/6 vs. MIL, 4/25 vs. CHI & Longest winning streak...2 games, LeBlanc (4/26-5/5), Nova (4/23-29) Taillon (4/16-28) & Watson (5/6-14) Longest losing streak...4 games, Kuhl (4/18-5/16) Fewest hits, complete game... 3, Nova Most walks, game...6, Kuhl (4/8 vs. ATL) Most IP, game, starter...9.0, Nova Most IP, game, reliever , LeBlanc (4/10 vs. CIN) Most consec. scoreless IP , Nova (4/29-5/4) Most consecutive saves...7, Watson (4/7-26) TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Longest winning streak...3 games (4/26-29, 4/14-16 & 4/7-9) Longest losing streak... 6 games (5/7-12) Longest game, innings... 12, Longest game, time... 4:08, (10 inn) Longest game, time, 9 innings... 3:36, Shortest game, time... 2:14, Largest margin of victory runs, (12-2) Largest margin of defeat...11 runs, (1-12) & 4/24 vs. CHI (3-14) Largest come from behind victory... 4 runs, Largest come from behind loss...3 runs, & 4/22 vs. NYY Largest crowd, home...36,484, 4/7 vs. ATL Smallest crowd, home...11,027, 4/11 vs. CIN Largest crowd, road... 47,720, Smallest crowd, road...13,909, Most errors, game, Pirates...3, 4/21 vs. NYY Most errors, game, Opponents...2, 7 times, last on Consecutive innings w/out an error , 5/8-14 Most double plays turned...4, 4/8 vs. ATL Rain delays, home (total time)... 2 (3 hours, 31 minutes) Rain delays, road (total time) (56 minutes) Players used...34

3 JOSH BELL N Has hit safely in four straight games (4-for-12,.333) and has homered twice (Friday and Sunday in Arizona). HOMESTAND: 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI N His seven home runs are tied for the most among N.L. rookies with Cody Bellinger and Hunter Renfroe. SERIES: 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has started 33 of the first 39 games at first base...hit.257 (18-for-70) in April; has gone 11-for-49 (.224) in May. LAST 3: 3-9 (.333) 1 HR 2 RBI 4 games N Has been charged with one error in 251 total chances at first base; his lone error came on 4/30 at Miami. Multi-Hit Games: 6 Multi-RBI Games: 4 First HR: 7/9/16 vs. CHI (Adam Warren) FRANCISCO CERVELLI N Has gone 1-for-14 with two walks in his last four games after hitting safely in six straight (9-for-22,.409). HOMESTAND: 0-3 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has reached base safely in 26 of his 29 starts...hit.203 (15-for-74) in April...Has gone 10-for-36 (.278) in May. SERIES: 0-3 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has homered three times this season...homered once last year after hitting a career-high seven in LAST 3: 1-11 (.091) 0 HR 0 RBI N His.365 OBP since 2015 ranks second among National League catchers behind Buster Posey (.374). 0-for-8 Multi-RBI Games: 3 Last HR: 5/10/17 at LA First HR: 6/24/09 at ATL (Kris Medlen) ADAM FRAZIER N Has gone 16-for-45 (.356) in 10 games as leadoff batter...holds career average of.432 (16-for-37) vs. LHP. Multi-Hit Games: 6 HOMESTAND: 2-5 (.400) 0 HR 1 RBI N Was reinstated from the 10-day disabled list on Friday; was out since 4/24 with a left hamstring strain. SERIES: 2-5 (.400) 0 HR 1 RBI Last HR: 4/16/17 at CHI N Has gone 6-for-16 (.375) in four games (three starts) since returning to action...had three hits Sunday in Arizona. LAST 3: 6-15 (.400) 0 HR 1 RBI First HR: 7/24/16 vs. PHI N Has made starts at six different positions this season (LF, DH, 3B, 2B, SS, RF). 3 games (Edubray Ramos) DAVID FREESE N Has gone 1-for-11 in four games since coming off D.L. Friday (was out with a right hamstring strain since 4/26). HOMESTAND: 0-3 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has reached base safely in 17 of his 20 starts...is hitting.315 (17-for-54) from the fifth spot of the lineup. SERIES: 0-3 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has made 17 starts at third base and two at first base...also made one start as the DH in Boston on 4/13. LAST 3: 1-8 (.125) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-6 N Hit.321 (18-for-56) in 18 games during the month of April. Multi-RBI Games: 3 Last HR: 4/22/17 vs. NYY First HR: 9/29/09 at CIN (Ramon Ramirez) ALEN HANSON N Grounded out as a pinch hitter Tuesday night...played the final three innings at second base Friday in Arizona. HOMESTAND: 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has made 11 appearances (six starts) at second base; also has 2 appearances in RF, 2 at short and 1 at third. SERIES: 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has gone 4-for-20 (.200) with a triple and three runs scored in his six starts...is hitless in his last 15 at bats. LAST 3: 0-3 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-15 N Recorded his first career triple on 4/28 and the second RBI of his career; his first RBI came on 9/17/16. Multi-RBI Games: 0 Last HR: No M.L. Home Runs First HR: No M.L. Home Runs JOSH HARRISON N Has batted second the last two games (4-for-13); made his previous 16 starts from the leadoff spot of the order. 1 HOMESTAND: 2-5 (.400) 1 HR 1 RBI N Has gone 28-for-91 (.308) in his last 24 games...is hitting.288 (21-for-73) in 18 games as the leadoff batter. Multi-RBI Games: 3 SERIES: 2-5 (.400) 1 HR 1 RBI Last HR: 5/16/17 vs. WAS N Has made 20 starts at third base and 14 at second base...shares the N.L. lead in being hit by a pitch (8 times). LAST 3: 4-13 (.308) 1 HR 1 RBI First HR: 8/23/11 vs. MIL N Had a walkoff single against the Brewers on 5/6; the seventh walkoff of his career. (Marco Estrada) JOHN JASO N Went 1-for-4 with a double while batting fourth and starting Tuesday s game in right field. HOMESTAND: 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI N Delievered an RBI-single as a pinch hitter Saturday night; also swiped his first base since 8/8/15. SERIES: 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI N Connected off Los Angeles Pedro Baez for his fourth career pinch-hit home run at Dodger Stadium on 5/9. LAST 3: 2-6 (.333) 0 HR 1 RBI N Is hitting.173 (9-for-52) with a homer and three RBI in his 14 starts (11 in right field and three at first base). Multi-Hit Games: 2 Last HR: 5/5/17 at LA First HR: 4/24/10 vs. TOR (Ricky Romero) ANDREW McCUTCHEN N Hit his sixth home run of the season Sunday in Arizona...Has hit five of his six home runs on the road. HOMESTAND: 0-4 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Is hitting.326 (60-for-184) with 14 HR in 48 career games against the Nats;.356 (37-for-104) at PNC Park. SERIES: 0-4 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N His 181 career homers rank 4th on Pirates all-time list behind Stargell (475), Kiner (301) and Clemente (240). LAST 3: 2-13 (.154) 1 HR 2 RBI N Has the most hits among all National League players since the start of the 2010 season (1209). 0-for-7 Multi-RBI Games: 5 First HR: 6/17/09 at MIN (Francisco Liriano) JORDY MERCER N Has reached base safely in eight of his last 10 games...went 1-for-3 with a walk Tuesday night. HOMESTAND: 1-3 (.333) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has started 37 of the first 39 games at shortstop...ranks second among N.L. shortstops in fielding pct. (.980). SERIES: 1-3 (.333) 0 HR 0 RBI N Produced his last multi-hit game on 4/29 at Miami; has gone 8-for-48 (.167) in 15 games since then. LAST 3: 2-10 (.200) 0 HR 0 RBI 2 games N Is hitting.355 (11-for-31) with RISP...Hit his second homer of the season on 4/28 in Miami. Multi-Hit Games: 3 Last HR: 4/28/17 at MIA First HR: 8/8/12 vs. ARI (Josh Collmenter) GIFT NGOEPE N Went 1-for-4 with a walk while starting at second base Sunday in Arizona (snapped an 0-for-13 streak). HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has made seven starts at second base, one at shortstop and one at third base. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Went 3-for-3 with a triple, RBI and two runs scored while making his first career start at second base on 4/28. LAST 3: 1-6 (.167) 0 HR 0 RBI N Is 1st player from continent of Africa to reach big leagues...made MLB debut on 4/26; singled off Jon Lester for first hit. Last HR: No M.L. Home Runs First HR: No M.L. Home Runs JOSÉ OSUNA N Pinch hit and played the final two innings in left field Tuesday; singled in his second at bat in the ninth inning. HOMESTAND: 1-2 (.500) 0 HR 1 RBI N Hit game-winning two-run homer in the 10th inning Sunday in Arizona, snapping his 0-for-13 streak at the plate. SERIES: 1-2 (.500) 0 HR 1 RBI N Has made eight starts in right field, five in left field and one at first base...hit first big league HR on 5/7. LAST 3: 2-5 (.400) 1 HR 3 RBI 2 games N Went 4-for-5 with an RBI on 4/28 in Miami...Fell a homer shy of hitting for the cycle on 4/24 against the Cubs. Multi-Hit Games: 2 First HR: 5/7/17 vs. MIL (Zach Davies) GREGORY POLANCO N Left Sunday s game in Arizona in the fifth inning with discomfort in his left hamstring (status is day-to-day). HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has gone 11-for-33 (.333) with four doubles, a home run and five RBI in his last 10 games. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI Friday night in Arizona - his first multi-rbi game of the season. LAST 3: 4-11 (.364) 0 HR 2 RBI N Accounted for the lone hit and run in Thursday s 2-1 loss; broke up Greinke s no-hitter with a HR in 8th inning. 4 games Multi-Hit Games: 7 Last HR: 5/11/17 at ARI First HR: 6/13/14 at MIA (Mike Dunn) CHRIS STEWART N Went 0-for-3 and was hit by a pitch while making his eighth start of the season Friday night. HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Caught the final two innings last Monday in LA (0-for-1 at the plate)...went 1-for-4 vs. Milwaukee on 5/7. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has made eight starts behind the plate; has hit safely in five of his eight starts (6-for-24,.250). LAST 3: 1-8 (.125) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-7 N Collected first career triple on 4/23 as part of a two-hit day...picked up his last RBI on 7/1/16. Multi-RBI Games: 0 Last HR: 4/10/16 at CIN First HR: 8/9/11 vs. PIT (James McDonald)

4 JOHNNY BARBATO N Pitched 2.0 scoreless innings Tuesday night...also tossed 2.0 scoreless frames Friday in Arizona and struck out three batters. BA AGAINST: N Retired six of the seven batters he faced while pitching 2.0 scoreless innings in his Pirates debut on 4/28 at Miami. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 2/1 N Was recalled on 4/25 from Indianapolis, where he went 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA (3.0ip/1h/0r/0bb/3so) in two relief appearances. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 6/4 N Was acquired by Pittsburgh from New York (AL) on 4/17 in exchange for a player to be named or cash considerations. DANIEL HUDSON N Pitched a scoreless inning Tuesday night...walked three batters and was charged with a run Sunday in Arizona (0.2ip). BA AGAINST: N Made three straight scoreless appearances (3.0ip) before being scored upon in two of his last three outings (2.1ip/2er). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 4/3 N Made 12 appearances during the month of April (10.0ip/11er)...Was charged with a season-high five runs in 0.1ip on 4/30 at Miami. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 19/14 N Pitched in a career-high 70 games with Arizona last season...was signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent on 12/19. WADE LeBLANC N Gave up a two-run homer to Bryce Harper in the ninth inning Tuesday, snapping his scoreless innings streak at 10.1 frames. BA AGAINST: N Has been charged with four runs in his last 23.1ip after being charged with three runs in 0.1ip in his season debut on 4/7 vs. Atlanta. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 8/2 N Recorded his second win with 3.0 scoreless innings on 5/5; also recorded his first single since 5/1/13 & first RBI since 8/31/11. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 13/8 N Earned his third career save (3.0ip/0r) on 5/2 at Cincinnati; his second with the Pirates (also on 9/17/16 at Cincinnati - game one). JOSH LINDBLOM N Gave up eight hits and four runs in 3.2ip Friday night...allowed seven hits and four runs in 4.0ip last Monday night at Dodger Stadium. BA AGAINST: N Threw one pitch and retired the one batter he faced on 5/7 - his first appearance in the Major Leagues since 4/2/14 with Oakland. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 0/0 N Had contract selected on 5/6 from Triple-A Indianapolis, where he went 0-2 with a 2.50 ERA (18.0ip/5er) in five games (four starts). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 3/2 N Recorded his last win in the big leagues on 7/4/13 vs. Seattle...Spent 2015 and 2016 pitching in the Korean Baseball Organization. JUAN NICASIO N Pitched 1.0 scoreless inning in Arizona Sunday afternoon...has been scored upon just once in his last 13 appearance (12.2ip/1er). BA AGAINST: N Has made 10 consecutive scoreless appearances (10.0ip), dating back to 4/25...Surrendered his last home run on 9/10/16. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 8/3 N Recorded his first win of the year on 4/21 against the Yankees after tossing 1.1 scoreless innings in relief of starter Tyler Glasnow. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 18/12 N Suffered his two losses in back-to-back appearances on 4/11 vs. Cincinnati (1.0ip/1er) and 4/13 at Boston (0.2ip/1er). FELIPE RIVERO N Is tied for fourth in the league with his 20 appearances...gave up a run in 1.2 innings of work Saturday in Arizona. BA AGAINST: N Has allowed an earned run in just two of his first 20 outings...suffered his first loss of the season on 4/22 vs. the Yankees. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 8/1 N Surrendered one run in 1.0 inning of work but earned his first win of the season in 10-inning walkoff victory on 4/9 vs. Atlanta. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 20/15 N Has posted a 2.25 ERA (48.0ip/12er) and 61 strikeouts in 48 games since being acquired by Pirates last year on 7/30. TONY WATSON N Was the winning pitcher in 10-inning victory Sunday in Arizona (2.0ip/0r)...Picked up his eighth save Saturday - his first since 4/26. BA AGAINST: N Also pitched 2.0 scoreless innings while picking up his first win of the season in 2-1, 10-inning walkoff victory on 5/6. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 2/0 N Has converted eight of his nine save chances this season and has gone 23-for-27 in save opportunities in his role as Pirates closer. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 14/8 N Has made the most appearances (374) by National League relief pitcher since the start of the 2012 season Disabled List (4 players, 4 appearances) On Date Off ^Games Player (injury) DL Eligible DL Missed Adam Frazier (L hamstring strain) 4/24 (retro to 4/23) 5/3 5/ Antonio Bastardo (L quad strain) 4/25 5/ David Freese (R hamstring strain) 4/29 (retro to 4/26) 5/6 5/ Jameson Taillon (groin) 5/6 (retro to 5/4) 5/ * 60-day DL ^Team record in games missed 2017 Restricted List (2 players, 2 appearances) Player Date Placed Games Missed ^ Jung Ho Kang Starling Marte Runs By Inning 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Xtra Total Bucs Opps THE LAST TIME... The Pirates Hit Back-to-Back HRs... 4/7/17 vs. ATL (Freese & Cervelli) The Pirates Hit a Grand (Mercer) The Pirates Hit an Inside-The-Park (McCutchen) The Pirates Hit a Leadoff HR... (2 times in 2017) - last on 4/26/17 vs. CHI (Harrison) The Pirates Hit Back-to-Back HR s Leading Off Game... 9/20/13 vs. CIN (Tabata & Walker) The Pirates Hit a Leadoff Inside-The-Park HR... 4/20/12 vs. STL (Presley) The Pirates Hit a Pinch-Hit Grand Slam...7/9/16 vs. CHI (Bell) The Pirates Hit Three HR s in One (Walker, Marte & Alvarez) The Pirates Hit Three Consecutive HR s in One Inning... 9/13/13 vs. CHI (Alvarez, Martin & Jones) The Pirates Hit Four HR s in One (Sanders-2, Kendall & Giles) The Pirates Hit Six Home Runs in a Game... The Pirates Hit Seven Home Runs in a (club record, done 3 times) 2017 Walkoff Wins 1. 4/9 vs. Atlanta...Marte HR in 10th 2. 5/6 vs. Milwaukee...Harrison single in 10th Pirates vs. Washington 2017 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Bell Cervelli Frazier Freese Hanson Harrison Jaso McCutchen Mercer Ngoepe Osuna Polanco Stewart W-L-S ERA G IP ER W-L-S ERA G IP ER Barbato Cole Glasnow Hudson Kuhl LeBlanc Lindblom Nicasio Nova Rivero Watson Williams Ejections

5 Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance APRIL (11-13) 3 1 at Bos L T2-1.0 Porcello (1-0) Cole (0-1) Kimbrel (1) 36, at Bos L 0-3 (12) Kelly (1-0) Bastardo (0-1) 36,137 6 at Bos PPD - RAIN (rescheduled for April 13) 7 3 ATL W Nova (1-0) Foltynewicz (0-1) Watson (1) *36,484 36, ATL W Kuhl (1-0) Dickey (0-1) Watson (2) 31,756 68, ATL W 6-5 (10) Rivero (1-0) Ramirez (0-1) 22,713 90, CIN L Lorenzen (1-0) Glasnow (0-1) 28, , CIN L Storen (1-0) Nicasio (0-1) Iglesias (3) 11, , CIN L Garrett (2-0) Nova (1-1) 12, , at Bos L T4-3.5 Barnes (2-0) Nicasio (0-2) Kimbrel (3) 32, at Chi W Cole (1-0) Hendricks (1-1) Watson (3) 40, at Chi W Williams (1-0) Strop (0-1) Watson (4) 41, at Chi W T3-1.5 Taillon (1-0) Uehara (0-1) 39, at Stl L T3-2.0 Lynn (1-1) NOVA (1-2) Oh (1) 40, at Stl L Leake (1-1) Kuhl (1-1) Oh (2) 38, at Stl L T4-3.0 Wacha (2-1) Cole (1-2) Rosenthal (1) 40, NYY W Nicasio (1-2) Sabathia (2-1) Watson (5) 30, , NYY L Betances (2-1) Rivero (1-1) 36, , NYY W Nova (2-2) Montgomery (1-1) Watson (6) 27, , CHI L Anderson (2-0) Kuhl (1-2) 13, , CHI L Hendricks (2-1) Cole (1-3) Davis (5) 15, , CHI W LeBlanc (1-0) Lester (0-1) Watson (7) 16, , at Mia W Taillon (2-0) Conley (1-2) 19, at Mia W NOVA (3-2) Straily (1-2) 33, at Mia L T4-2.0 McGowan (1-0) Williams (1-1) 26,245 MAY (5-10) 1 25 at Cin L 3-4 (10) Lorenzen (2-0) Hudson (0-1) 14, at Cin W T4-2.0 Glasnow (1-1) Feldman (1-3) LeBlanc (1) 13, at Cin L Davis (1-1) Taillon (2-1) 14, at Cin L Adleman (1-1) Nova (3-3) Igleisas (5) 17, MIL W LeBlanc (2-0) Scahill (0-1) 21, , MIL W 2-1 (10) Watson (1-0) Torres (1-3) 22, , MIL L Davies (3-2) Glasnow (1-2) 25, , at LA L Wood (3-0) Williams (1-2) 37, at LA L 3-4 (10) Jansen (2-0) Hudson (0-2) 47, at LA L Maeda (3-2) Kuhl (1-3) Dayton (1) 40, at Ari L Greinke (4-2) Cole (1-4) Rodney (9) 17, at Ari L Corbin (3-4) Glasnow (1-3) 21, at Ari W Williams (2-2) Walker (3-3) Watson (8) 31, at Ari W 6-4 (10) Watson (2-0) Wilhelmsen (0-1) 34, WAS L Strasburg (4-1) Kuhl (1-4) 16, , WAS WAS PHI PHI PHI at Atl at Atl at Atl at Atl NY NY NY ARI ARI ARI 2 55 at NY 3 56 at NY 4 57 at NY 6 58 at Bal 7 59 at Bal 8 60 MIA 9 61 MIA MIA MIA COL COL COL CHI CHI CHI at Mil at Mil at Mil at Mil at Stl at Stl at Stl TB TB TB SF 1 81 SF JUNE (0-0) JULY (0-0) 2017 PIRATES DAY BY DAY Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance 2 82 at SF 3 83 at Phi 4 84 at Phi 5 85 at Phi 6 86 at Phi 7 87 at Chi 8 88 at Chi 9 89 at Chi ALL-STAR BREAK STL STL STL MIL MIL MIL MIL at Col at Col at Col at SF at SF at SF at SD at SD at SD CIN CIN CIN SD SD SD DET DET at Det at Det at Tor at Tor at Tor at Mil at Mil STL STL STL STL LA LA LA LA at Cin at Cin at Cin at Chi at Chi at Chi l 135 CIN CIN CIN CHI CHI CHI CHI at Stl at Stl at Stl at Mil at Mil at Mil at Cin at Cin at Cin MIL MIL MIL STL STL STL BAL BAL at Was at Was at Was at Was STARTS BY POSITIONS AND BATTING ORDER 1B - Bell (12-21), Jaso (2-1), Freese (2-0), Osuna (0-1) 2B - Harrison (4-10), Ngoepe (4-3), Gosselin (4-3), Hanson (3-3), Frazier (1-2), Moroff (0-2) 3B - Harrison (10-10), Freese (5-12), Frazier (1-0), Ngoepe (0-1) SS - Mercer (15-22), Frazier (1-0), Ngoepe (0-1) LF - Polanco (11-14), Frazier (3-4), Osuna (1-4), Harrison (1-0), Bostick (0-1) CF - McCutchen (10-15), Marte (6-7), Polanco (0-1) RF - McCutchen (6-7), Jaso (3-8), Osuna (5-3), Polanco (2-4), Frazier (0-1) C - Cervelli (13-16), Stewart (2-6), Diaz (1-1) DH - Frazier (0-1), Freese (0-1), Polanco (0-1) AUGUST (0-0) SEPTEMBER (0-0) OCTOBER (0-0) BOLD - COMPLETE GAME *home sellout (1) 1st - Harrison (7-11), Frazier (5-5), Mercer (3-6), Jaso (0-1), Marte (1-0) 2nd - Marte (5-6), Bell (5-5), Mercer (2-5), Harrison (4-3), Jaso (0-2), Cervelli (0-2) 3rd - McCutchen (16-22), Bell (0-1) 4th - Polanco (13-20), Freese (2-2), Jaso (1-1) 5th - Freese (5-11), Cervelli (6-2), Bell (3-4), Osuna (1-4), Jaso (1-2) 6th - Cervelli (5-9), Osuna (4-3), Jaso (3-3), Bell (1-4), Mercer (1-1), Harrison (1-1), Diaz (1-1), Gosselin (0-1) 7th - Harrison (3-4), Bell (2-5), Mercer (3-4), Cervelli (2-3), Gosselin (3-1), Hanson (2-2), Osuna (1-1), Ngoepe (0-1), Bostick (0-1), Moroff (0-1) 8th - Mercer (6-6), Ngoepe (4-4), Stewart (2-5), Frazier (1-2), Bell (1-2), Hanson (1-1), Gosselin (1-1), Harrison (0-1), Moroff (0-1) 9th - Pitchers (16-20), Frazier (0-1), Mercer (0-1), Stewart (0-1) MOST RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION 5/1 Elias Díaz (C) recalled from Indianapolis...John Bormann (C) optioned to Bradenton. 5/3 John Bormann (C) outrighted to Bradenton. 5/6 Josh Lindblom (RHP) selected from Indianapolis...Jameson Taillon (RHP) placed on 10-day D.L. (retro to 5/4). 5/7 Elias Díaz (C) and Phil Gosselin (INF) optioned to Indianapolis. 5/8 Chris Bostick (INF) and Max Moroff (INF) recalled from Indianapolis...Adam Frazier (INF) began a rehab assignment with Indianapolis. 5/12 Adam Frazier (OF/INF) and David Freese (INF) reinstated from the D.L...Chris Bostick (INF) and Max Moroff (INF) optioned to Indianapolis.