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1 THE PIRATES...finished the regular season winning 11 of their final 15 games...were a season-high 35 games over.500 (95-60) following their victory on 9/26; the first time the Bucs have been 35 games over.500 since the 1972 team finished with a record ( + 37)...Won a season-high eight straight games on two occasions (6/12-18 and 9/19-26)...Had the best record in the Major Leagues from May 9 thru the end of the season (85-48,.639)...Scored a season-high 13 runs on 8/9 vs. Los Angeles (NL)...Collected a season-high 21 hits in their 9-3 victory vs. Detroit on 7/1 (most hits in a game since also recording 21 on 5/13/14 at Colorado). FOR THE RECORD: For just the sixth time in their 129-year history (since 1887), and for the first time since 1991 (98-64), the Pirates won 98 games in a season...the Bucs produced the second-best record in the Major Leagues in 2015 behind St. Louis (100-62) and have also done so over the last three seasons...in that time, the Pirates have posted a record (.576), trailing only the Cardinals ( ,.591). WILD CARD GAME: For the third straight season the Pirates hosted the Wild Card Game...Chicago s Jake Arrieta tossed a five-hit shutout as the Bucs dropped a 4-0 decision at PNC Park on 10/7. SRO: The crowd of 40,889 that witnessed the 2015 Wild Card Game is the largest ever to see a baseball game at PNC Park, topping the 40,629 that attended the 2014 Wild Card Game...During the regular season the Pirates posted a 17-4 record when playing in front of their 21 sold out games. #BUCTOBER: For the third straight year the Bucs clinched a postseason berth on September 23, doing so this year in a 13-7 win at Colorado...Clinching in game #152 this year marked the earliest the Bucs have done so since 1991 (game #150). A RETURN ENGAGEMENT: Since divisional play began in 1969, this marked the eighth time in club history in which Pittsburgh made back-to-back appearances in the playoffs (also , , , , , and )...Since the first World Series was played in 1903, the Bucs have now reached the postseason in three consecutive years on three occasions ( , and ). GUIDING THE SHIP: In his five years as Pittsburgh s manager, Clint Hurdle has posted a record...he picked up career win #900 this year on June 12 in a 1-0 victory over the Phillies in 13 innings...hurdle s 431 wins in a Pittsburgh uniform rank seventh all-time; he passed Hall-of-Famer Bill McKechnie (409 wins) on August 26...His 965 Major League wins rank fifth among active managers. HOME SWEET HOME: The Pirates went at home in 2015, the most home wins since 1992 (53-28)...This marked the third straight season in which the Bucs have reached the 50-win mark at PNC Park - the first time in franchise history that Pittsburgh has had a streak of this length...the only other team with 50 or more home wins in each of the last three seasons is the Cardinals, who have done so in each of the last four seasons...only the Cardinals (160) have won more games at home over the last three seasons than the Pirates (154). FAN-TASTIC: The Pirates established a single-season attendance record (2,498,596), breaking the mark of 2,442,564 set last season...the Bucs also posted 21 sellouts this season, two shy of the club record set in 2013 and matched in SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Pirates went in series played at PNC Park during the regular season and overall...the Bucs posted 14 series sweeps, ranking second behind the Mets (15) in Major League Baseball. WHAT A RELIEF: Pittsburgh s bullpen posted the lowest ERA (2.64) among all Major League teams in 2015 and the club s 31 wins in relief rank second in the Majors behind the Cubs (37)...Since the beginning of the 2013 campaign, Pittsburgh s relievers lead all National League teams in ERA (2.90) and have also won a Major League-leading 94 games (the next closest team is Kansas City with 91). ON THE MOUND: The Pirates ranked second in the National League with a 3.21 ERA in 2015, the club s lowest single-season ERA since the Bucs led the league with a 3.11 mark in Over the last three seasons, Pittsburgh s 3.32 team ERA ranks second among all Major League teams behind the St. Louis Cardinals (3.29). IT S NEVER OVER: Pittsburgh s 43 come-from-behind wins ranked second in the Majors this season, trailing only the St. Louis Cardinals (44)...The Pirates also produced 11 walkoff victories this season, the most by the club since 1982 (also 11). ROAD WINS: The Pirates went away from home this season, winning 10 of their last 12 games and 12 of their last 16...They also finished the campaign by winning a season-best five consecutive road series...the 45 road wins by Pittsburgh in 2015 were tied with St. Louis for the second-most in MLB behind the Cubs (48) and the most for the Corsairs since the 1991 team posted a road record. HOW MAY WE ASSIST YOU?: The Pirates led all National League teams with 38 outfield assists this season - the first time the Bucs led the league since 2009 (45)...Starling Marte led all N.L. outfielders with 16 assists, the most by a Pirates outfielder since Jose Guillen had 16 in Gregory Polanco ranked second in the N.L. with 13 outfield assists, marking the first time since 1970 that the Pirates had the top two outfield assist leaders in the league; Willie Stargell (16) and Matty Alou (15) ranked first and second respectively in 1970 (Alou was actually tied for second). CUTCH 1K: Andrew McCutchen collected his 1000th career hit on April 29 at Wrigley Field...Since making his Major League debut on June 4, 2009, McCutchen ranks first among all National League players in hits (1151), runs (639), doubles (236) and extra-base hits (426). WINNING THE CLOSE ONES: Pittsburgh posted a Major-League leading (.680) record in one-run games in The last time Pittsburgh had the best one-run game record among all big league teams was 1958 (30-19,.612)...In addition, the Pirates produced a 21-7 record in one-run games at PNC Park this season, winning 12 of the last 14 instances. DIVISIONAL BREAKDOWN: The Pirates went a combined against teams from the N.L. East (24-9) and N.L. West (27-6) divisions this season and 13-7 against the American League...The Bucs also posted a record against the N.L. Central, posting a losing mark against all four division rivals. LET THERE BE LIGHT: The Pirates went 19-3 in day games played at PNC Park in 2015 and a Major League-best (.681) overall...pittsburgh s 2.64 ERA in day games also ranked first among all Major League teams. THE K CLUB: For the first time in team history, the Pirates had two pitchers strike out at least 200 batters in the same season...francisco Liriano led the staff with a career-high 205 strikeouts, while Gerrit Cole ranked second with Liriano joins Bob Veale (four times) and Oliver Perez (in 2004) as the only lefthanders in team history to whiff 200 or more in one season...a.j. Burnett (209 in 2013) is the only other righthander...veale holds the overall club record with 276 in BUC BITS Final National League Central Standings Team W L PCT. GA/B Cardinals Pirates Cubs Brewers Reds The Pirates clinched a postseason berth on 9/23 N.L. Central Standings at All-Star Break Team W L PCT. GA/B Cardinals Pirates Cubs Reds Brewers Pirates All-Time Postseason Record Overall In Home Games In Road Games At PNC Park At Three Rivers Stadium At Forbes Field At Exposition Park World Series Titles New York Yankees...27 St. Louis Cardinals...11 Philadelphia/Oakland Athletics...9 Boston Red Sox...8 New York/San Francisco Giants...8 Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers...6 Pittsburgh Pirates...5 Cincinnati Reds...5 Pirates Postseason Results 2015 WC vs. Cubs...L WC vs. Giants...L NLDS vs. Cardinals...L WC vs. Reds... W NLCS vs. Braves...L NLCS vs. Braves...L NLCS vs. Reds...L WS vs. Orioles... W NLCS vs. Reds... W NLCS vs. Reds...L NLCS vs. Dodgers...L NLCS vs. Reds...L WS vs. Orioles... W NLCS vs. Giants... W NLCS vs. Reds...L WS vs. Yankees... W WS vs. Yankees...L WS vs. Senators... W WS vs. Tigers... W WS vs. Americans...L Wild Card NLDS NLCS World Series MILESTONE VICTORY: With a 5-4 victory in Colorado on September 24, Pittsburgh posted its 10,000th franchise win (since officially joining the National League in 1887)...The Pirates became the fifth club to record 10,000 or more victories, joining the Giants, Cubs, Braves and Dodgers...The Yankees won their 10,000th game during the final week of the regular season. STREAKING BUCS: The Pirates won eight consecutive road games between September It marked the first time since the 1987 season in which the club won eight straight games on the road and the first time since 1938 (July 4-12) that the Bucs did so during one continuous road trip. WORLD CHAMPIONS NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS N.L. DIVISION CHAMPIONS N.L. WILD CARD

2 Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance APRIL (12-10) 6 1 at Cin L T3-1.0 Diaz (1-0) Watson (0-1) Chapman (1) 43, at Cin L 4-5 (11) Hoover (1-0) Liz (0-1) 30, at Cin L T4-3.0 Chapman (1-0) Scahill (0-1) 15, at Mil W Locke (1-0) Fiers (0-1) 27, at Mil L T4-3.0 Nelson (1-0) Worley (0-1) 41, at Mil W Sadler (1-0) Lohse (0-2) 39, DET W Cole (1-0) Sanchez (1-1) * 39,933 39, DET L Greene (2-0) Burnett (0-1) Soria (4) 31,755 71, DET L Simon (2-0) Liriano (0-1) Soria (5) 19,509 91, MIL W Worley (1-1) Nelson (1-1) Melancon (1) 25, , MIL W Locke (2-0) Lohse (0-3) 33, , MIL W Cole (2-0) Garza (1-2) Melancon (2) 28, , CHI L T3-3.0 Arrieta (2-1) Caminero (0-1) 11, , CHI L Jackson (1-0) Melancon (0-1) Rondon (3) 13, , CHI W Worley (2-1) Hammel (1-1) Watson (1) 15, , CHI W T3-3.0 Liz (1-1) Schlitter (0-2) Melancon (3) 22, , at Ari W Cole (3-0) Collmenter (1-3) Melancon (4) 24, at Ari W Watson (1-1) Reed (0-1) Melancon (5) 38, at Ari W Liriano (1-1) Hellickson (1-3) 32, at Chi L Hammel (2-1) Worley (2-2) 29, at Chi L Wood (2-1) Locke (2-1) 29, at Chi W Cole (4-0) Hendricks (0-1) 30,634 MAY (14-14) 1 23 at Stl L 1-2 (10) Choate (1-0) Scahill (0-2) 40, at Stl L 1-2 (11) T3-5.5 Villanueva (3-1) Hughes (0-1) 45, at Stl L 2-3 (14) T3-6.5 Socolovich (1-0) Liz (1-2) 44, CIN L Lorenzen (1-1) Locke (2-2) 16, , CIN L Leake (2-1) Cole (4-1) Chapman (6) 16, , CIN W Burnett (1-1) DeSclafani (2-3) 27, , STL L Wacha (5-0) Liriano (1-2) Rosenthal (11) 33, , STL W Scahill (1-2) Martinez (3-1) Melancon (6) *38, , STL W T3-7.0 Hughes (1-1) Harris (1-1) Melancon (7) 34, , at Phi W Cole (5-1) Williams (2-3) Melancon (8) 21, at Phi W Burnett (2-1) O Sullivan (0-2) 20, at Phi L T3-6.5 Hamels (3-3) Liriano (1-3) Papelbon (7) 29, at Phi L Harang (4-3) Worley (2-3) Papelbon (8) 29, at Chi L (12) Jackson (2-1) Liz (1-3) 33, at Chi L Lester (4-2) Cole (5-2) Wood (1) 38, at Chi W T3-7.5 Burnett (3-1) Arrieto (4-4) Melancon (9) 36, MIN L T3-8.0 Nolasco (4-1) Liriano (1-4) Perkins (14) 22, , MIN L 3-4 (13) T3-9.0 Duensing (2-0) Bastardo (0-1) Perkins (15) 21, , NY W Cole (6-2) Syndergaard (1-2) Melancon (10) 33, , NY W Burnett (4-1) Harvey (5-2) *39, , NY W Liriano (2-4) Niese (3-5) *37, , MIA W Morton (1-0) Phelps (2-2) Melancon (11) 20, , MIA W Locke (3-2) Urena (0-1) 20, , MIA W Cole (7-2) Dyson (2-2) Melancon (12) 33, , at SD W Burnett (5-1) Kennedy (2-5) 23, at SD L Kimbrel (1-1) Scahill(1-1) 28, at SD W Morton (2-0) Ross (2-5) Melancon (13) 43, at SD L Despaigne (3-3) Locke (3-3) 20,556 JUNE (17-9) 1 51 at SF W Cole (8-2) Vogelsong (4-3) Melancon (14) 41, at SF W Burnett (6-1) Heston (5-4) Melancon (15) 41, at SF W Liriano (3-4) Hudson (3-5) Melancon (16) 41, at Atl W Morton (3-0) Avilan (2-1) Melancon (17) 27, at Atl L Grilli (1-2) Worley (2-4) 33, at Atl W Cole (9-2) Wood (4-3) Melancon (18) 24, MIL L Nelson (3-6) Burnett (6-2) Rodriguez (11) 18, , MIL L Jungmann (1-0) Liriano (3-5) Rodriguez (12) 20, , MIL W Morton (4-0) Lohse (3-7) Melancon (19) 26, , PHI W 1-0 (13) Bastardo (1-1) McGowan (1-2) 33, , PHI W Cole (10-2) O Sullivan (1-5) Melancon (20) *37, , PHI W 1-0 (11) Bastardo (2-1) Papelbon (1-1) 34, , CWS W Liriano (4-5) Rodon (2-1) 24, , CWS W Morton (5-0) Quintana (3-7) Melancon (21) 28, , at CWS W Locke (4-3) Danks (3-7) Melancon (22) 19, at CWS W Cole (11-2) Petricka (1-2) Melancon (23) 21, at Was L Ross (2-1) Burnett (6-3) Storen (20) 38, at Was L SCHERZER (8-5) Liriano (4-6) 41, at Was L Gonzalez (5-4) Morton (5-1) 40, CIN W Scahill (2-3) Villarreal (0-2) Melancon (24) 26, , CIN L Leake (5-4) Cole (11-3) Hoover (1) *37, , CIN L 4-5 (13) Villarreal (1-2) Scahill (2-4) 35, , ATL W 3-2 (10) Melancon (1-1) Grilli (2-3) 34, , ATL W Morton (6-1) Teheran (5-4) 36,417 1,030, ATL L Wood (5-5) Locke (4-4) Grilli (21) 36,082 1,066, at Det W 5-4 (14) Guerra (1-0) Wilson (1-3) 33,899 JULY (17-9) 1 77 at Det W Burnett (7-3) Simon (7-5) 31, at Det W Liriano (5-6) Ryan (1-2) Melancon (25) 34, CLE L Bauer (7-5) Morton (6-2) Allen (16) *38,840 1,105, CLE W Locke (5-4) ANDERSON (1-1) Melancon (26) *37,928 1,143, CLE W Cole (12-3) Salazar (7-4) Melancon (27) *36,812 1,180, /12 Starling Marte single in 13th 2. 6/14 Josh Harrison single in 11th 3. 6/26 Jordy Mercer double in 10th 4. 7/6 Pedro Alvarez single in 9th 5. 7/11 Andrew McCutchen homer in 14th 6. 7/12 Gregory Polanco single in 10th 2015 Walkoff Wins 7. 8/7 Pedro Alvarez single in 10th 8. 8/18 Pedro Florimon triple in 15th 9. 8/22 Starling Marte homer in 9th 10. 9/13 Josh Harrison single in 11th /2 Starling Marte homer in 12th 2015 PIRATES DAY BY DAY Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance 6 82 SD W Hughes (2-1) Maurer (5-2) 23,182 1,203, SD W Watson (2-1) Benoit (5-4) Melancon (28) 21,887 1,225, SD W Guerra (2-0) Cashner (3-10) Bastardo (1) 25,035 1,250, STL L Martinez (10-3) Locke (5-5) Rosenthal (26) 35,183 1,285, STL W Cole (13-3) Lynn (6-5) Melancon (29) *36,825 1,322, STL W 6-5 (14) Worley (3-4) Greenwood (0-1) *37,318 1,359, STL W 6-5 (10) Caminero (1-1) Rosenthal (1-2) 33,544 1,393, ALL-STAR BREAK at Mil L Fiers (5-7) Morton (6-3) Rodriguez (20) 32, at Mil L Nelson (7-9) Worley (3-5) Rodriguez (21) 33, at Mil L Jungmann (5-1) Locke (5-6) 33, at KC W Burnett (8-3) Ventura (4-7) Melancon (30) 38, at KC L Davis (6-1) Cole (13-4) Holland (21) 38, at KC L Volquez (9-5) Morton (6-4) 39, WAS W Liriano (6-6) Fister (3-6) *37,799 1,431, WAS W Worley (4-5) Solis (1-1) Melancon (31) *38,371 1,469, WAS L Gonzalez (8-4) Burnett (8-4) *38,185 1,507, WAS W Cole (14-4) Ross (2-3) Melancon (32) *37,597 1,545, at Min W Melancon (2-1) Perkins (0-3) 30, at Min W Liriano (7-6) Santana (2-1) 37, at Cin L Holmberg (1-0) Burnett (8-5) 35, at Cin W Locke (6-6) Lorenzen (3-6) Melancon (33) 35,088 AUGUST (19-8) at Cin L Iglesias (2-3) Cole (14-5) Chapman (22) 42, at Cin W Morton (7-4) Sampson (0-1) Soria (1) 39,596 3 CHI PPD - RAIN (rescheduled for 9/15) CHI L Arrieta (12-6) Happ (0-1) 34,993 1,580, CHI W Bastardo (3-1) Wood (5-4) Melancon (34) 35,759 1,615, LA W 5-4 (10) Bastardo (4-1) Johnson (2-4) *39,404 1,655, LA W Blanton (1-0) Latos (4-8) Melancon (35) *38,981 1,694, LA W Caminero (2-1) Johnson (0-2) *37,094 1,731, at Stl L Martinez (12-4) Locke (6-7) Rosenthal (34) 41, at Stl L Wacha (14-4) Cole (14-6) Rosenthal (35) 41, at Stl W Liriano (7-6) Lynn (9-7) 41, at NY W 3-2 (10) Caminero (3-1) Parnell (1-2) Melancon (36) 38, at NY W 5-3 (14) Blanton (2-0) Gillmartin (1-1) Melancon (37) 38, at NY W Caminero (4-1) Parnell (1-3) 40, ARI L Hellickson (9-8) Cole (14-7) Ziegler (21) 27,365 1,758, ARI W 9-8 (15) Blanton (3-0) Hessler (0-1) 24,975 1,783, ARI W Happ (1-1) Ray (3-9) Melancon (38) 32,088 1,815, SF W Morton (8-4) Peavy (3-6) *36,671 1,852, SF L Bumgarner (15-6) Locke (6-8) Casilla (30) *37,692 1,890, SF W Melancon (3-1) Kontos (2-2) *38,259 1,928, SF W Liriano (9-6) Vogelsong (9-9) Melancon (39) 31,364 1,959, at Mia W Happ (2-1) Koehler (8-12) Melancon (40) 17, at Mia L Hand (4-3) Morton (8-5) Ramos (22) 17, at Mia W Locke (7-8) Narveson (1-1) 16, at Mia W Cole (15-7) Nicolino (2-2) Melancon (41) 19, COL W Watson (3-1) Oberg (3-5) Melancon (42) 32,607 1,992, COL W Happ (3-1) Rusin (4-7) Melancon (43) 35,838 2,028, COL L De La Rosa (8-6) Morton (8-6) 36,271 2,064,564 SEPTEMBER (16-12) at Mil L Nelson (11-10) Cole (15-8) Rodriguez (32) 18, at Mil L Jeffress (4-0) Locke (7-9) 24, at Mil L Jungmann (9-5) Liriano (9-7) Rodriguez (33) 22, at Stl W Happ (4-1) Martinez (13-7) 44, at Stl L Garcia (8-4) Morton (8-7) 45, at Stl W Cole (16-8) Lackey (11-9) 46, at Cin L DeSclafani (8-10) Locke (7-10) Chapman (29) 19, at Cin W Liriano (10-7) Iglesias (3-7) 16, at Cin W Happ (5-1) Sampson (2-4) Melancon (44) 19, MIL L 4-6 (13) Rodriguez (1-3) Liz (1-4) Lohse (2) 21,964 2,086, MIL W Morton (9-7) Nelson (11-12) Melancon (45) 28,346 2,114, MIL W Locke (8-10) Davies (1-1) 35,749 2,150, MIL W 7-6 (11) Hughes (3-1) Thornburg (0-1) 34,740 2,185, CHI W Watson (4-1) Grimm (3-5) Melancon (46) 31,488 2,216, CHI L LESTER (10-10) Happ (5-2) 25,914 2,242, CHI L 2-3 (12) Rondon (6-4) Worley (4-6) 31,945 2,274, CHI L Richard (4-2) Morton (9-8) Wood (2) 28,228 2,302, at LA L Greinke (18-3) Locke (8-11) 49, at LA W Liriano (11-7) Kershaw (14-7) Melancon (47) 49, at LA W Cole (17-8) Bolsinger (6-4) Melancon (48) 47, at Col W Burnett (9-5) Gray (0-2) 23, at Col W Happ (6-2) Rusin (5-9) Melancon (49) 23, at Col W Blanton (4-0) Bergman (3-1) 23, at Col W Blanton (5-0) Diaz (0-1) Melancon (50) 25, at Chi W Cole (18-8) Lester (10-12) Melancon (51) 40, at Chi W Liriano (12-7) Hammel (9-7) 41, at Chi L Arrieta (21-6) Burnett (9-6) 40, STL L Broxton (4-5) Melancon (3-2) Rosenthal (48) 30,198 2,333, STL PPD-RAIN (rescheduled for 9/30) STL W Cole (19-8) Wacha (17-7) 29,747 2,362, STL L Lyons (3-1) Morton (9-9) 34,729 2,397,612 OCTOBER (2-1) CIN W 6-4 (12) Caminero (5-1) Balester (1-1) 31,442 2,429, CIN L Finnegan (2-2) Burnett (9-7) Chapman (33) 34,180 2,463, CIN W Happ (7-2) Smith (0-4) 35,362 2,498,596 BOLD ITALICS - Clinched Postseason Berth BOLD - COMPLETE GAME *home sellout (21) DOUBLEHEADERS (9/15 and 9/30) Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance POSTSEASON (0-1) 10/7 1 CHI L ARRIETA (1-0) Cole (0-1) *40,889 40,889 Runs By Inning 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Xtra Total Bucs Opps STARTS BY POSITIONS AND BATTING ORDER 1B - Alvarez (73-46), Morse (8-7), Rodriguez (8-4), Hart (3-4), Ishikawa (3-2), Ramirez (3-1) 2B - Walker (84-51), Harrison (11-13), Rodriguez (3-0) 3B - Harrison (32-25), Kang (34-20), Ramirez (28-18), Rodriguez (3-0), Morel (1-1) SS - Mercer (67-41), Kang (29-20), Florimon (2-2), Rodriguez (0-1) LF - Marte (80-53), Harrison (5-2), Rodriguez (6-1), Ishikawa (4-0), Polanco (0-3), Decker (1-2), Snider (1-2), Tabata (1-0), Lambo (0-1) CF - McCutchen (94-57), Marte (3-7), Polanco (1-0) RF - Polanco (84-49), Harrison (5-3), Rodriguez (2-6), Tabata (3-1), Hart (0-3), Snider (2-0), Lambo (1-1), Decker (1-0), Hernandez (0-1) C - Cervelli (71-53), Stewart (26-10), Sanchez (1-1) DH - Alvarez (4-1), McCutchen (2-1), Hart (1-0), Cervelli (1-0) 1st - Polanco (58-38), Harrison (38-26), Marte (1-0), Mercer (1-0) 2nd - Marte (36-22), Walker (29-17), Polanco (14-10), Harrison (7-8), Mercer (5-2), Kang (2-1), Cervelli (1-2), Lambo (1-1), Snider (1-0), Rodriguez (0-1), Tabata (1-0), Decker (1-0) 3rd - McCutchen (95-58), Walker (1-4), Polanco (2-0), Marte (0-2) 4th - Marte (29-20), Ramirez (31-19), Walker (20-14), Kang (17-9), Hart (0-2), McCutchen (1-0) 5th - Kang (36-22), Marte (16-16), Alvarez (16-10), Walker (15-4), Cervelli (8-7), Harrison (3-2), Hart (1-2), Mercer (2-0), Rodriguez (1-0), Ishikawa (0-1) 6th - Alvarez (41-26), Cervelli (20-11), Walker (12-9), Morse (6-6), Mercer (6-2), Kang (3-4), Harrison (2-1), Tabata (3-1), Hart (0-2), Ishikawa (1-1), Polanco (1-0), Rodriguez (1-1), Marte (1-0), Snider (1-0) 7th - Cervelli (31-23), Alvarez (20-11), Mercer (12-5), Polanco (7-4), Rodriguez (8-4), Harrison (3-5), Walker (5-2), Kang (4-2), Ishikawa (3-0), Morse (2-1), Snider (1-2), Stewart (1-1), Hart (1-1), Morel (0-1), Lambo (0-1), Decker (0-1) 8th - Mercer (41-32), Stewart (23-9), Cervelli (12-10), Rodriguez (9-5), Walker (2-1), Kang (1-2), Ishikawa (2-0), Polanco (2-0), Florimon (2-1), Sanchez (1-1), Hart (2-0), Hernandez (0-1), Decker (0-1), Morel (1-0), Harrison (0-1) 9th - Pitcher (90-62), Rodriguez (3-1), Stewart (2-0), Polanco (1-0), Florimon (0-1), Decker (1-0), Ishikawa (1-0)

3 45 - RHP GERRIT COLE M.L. CAREER /8 at Cincinnati ND L 4/13 vs. Detroit W W 4/19 vs. Milwaukee W W 4/24 at Arizona W W 4/29 at Chicago (NL) W W APRIL (4-0, 1.76 ERA) /6 vs. Cincinnati L L 5/11 at Philadelphia W W 5/16 at Chicago (NL) L L 5/22 vs. New York W W 5/27 vs. Miami W W MAY (3-2, 2.43 ERA) /1 at San Francsico W W 6/7 at Atlanta W W 6/13 vs. Philadelphia W W 6/18 at Chicago (AL) W W 6/24 vs. Cincinnati L L 6/30 at Detriot ND W JUNE (4-1, 2.35 ERA) /5 vs. Cleveland W W 7/10 vs. St. Louis W W 1st Half (13-3, 2.30 ERA) /21 at Kansas City L L 7/26 vs. Washington W W JULY (3-1, 2.40 ERA) /1 at Cincinnati L L 8/7 vs. Los Angeles ND W 8/12 at St. Louis L L 8/17 vs. Arizona L L 8/22 vs. San Francisco ND W 8/27 at Miami W W AUGUST (1-3, 3.13 ERA) /1 at Milwaukee L L 9/6 at St. Louis W W 9/15 vs. Chicago (NL) ND W 9/20 at Los Angeles W W 9/25 at Chicago (NL) W W 9/30 vs St. Louis W W SEPT (4-1, 3.29 ERA) nd Half (6-5, 2.98 ERA) CAREER BATTING:.171 (24-for-140) 0 2B 0 3B 1 HR 9 RBI 14 SACS 2015 BATTING:.150 (9-for-60) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 2 RBI 9 SACS CAREER HOMERS (1): 9/7/14 at Chicago (NL) - off Blake Parker Gerrit Cole...Was named to his first National League All Star team; pitched a scoreless third inning which included a strikeout of Mike Trout...Set career highs in starts, wins, innings pitched and strikeouts in first full season with the Pirates...Was named National League Pitcher-of-the-Month for the month of April after going 4-0 with a 1.76 ERA and 35 strikeouts in five starts...became first Pittsburgh pitcher since Randy Tomlin (June 1992) to win the award...was charged with three runs or fewer in each of his first 14 starts...pitched a career-high 8.1 innings and struck out 10 batters in a 4-1 win vs. New York (NL) on 5/22...Became the first Pittsburgh pitcher since Emil Yde in to win 30 games in 53 Major League starts or fewer (Yde went in his first 50 career starts)...became MLB s first 10-game winner on 6/13 in team game #61; the last Pirates pitcher to earn his 10th win of the season on 6/13 or earlier was Bob Friend in 1956 (6/8) and the last Pittsburgh pitcher to earn his 10th win of the season in the team s 61st game (or earlier) was Vernon Law in 1960 (56th game)... Became just the second Pittsburgh pitcher to win 13 games prior to the All-Star break; also Dock Ellis (14-3 in 1971)...Became the first National League pitcher to win 13 or more games by the All-Star break since 2010, when Ubaldo Jimenez went 15-1 for Colorado and Adam Wainwright went 13-5 for St. Louis...Became just the third Pittsburgh pitcher to lead the Major Leagues in wins (13) at the All-Star break (since the first All-Star Game was played in 1933); also Roy Face in 1959 (12-0 and tied for the lead) and Rip Sewell in 1943 (12-2)...Had a 14-4 record and a 2.24 ERA after 20 starts, one of only three pitchers in Pirates history to have as many wins and as low an over his first 20 starts of a season; the others were RHP Al Mamaux in 1915 (14-4, 1.78 ERA) and RHP Rip Sewell in 1943 (16-2, 2.22 ERA)...Pitched 7.0 scoreless innings while winning 16th game on 9/6 at St. Louis...Did not pitch again until 9/15...Went 3-0 with a 2.57 ERA (21.0ip/6er) in his last three starts and 4-0 in his last five outings...went 4-1 in six September starts and has now gone 12-2 with a 2.95 ERA in 17 starts during the final month of season...joins A.J. Burnett (209 in 2013) as the only two right-handed pitchers in club history to strike out 200 or more batters in a season...his 19 wins were the most by a Pittsburgh pitcher since LHP John Smiley won 20 in 1991 and the most by a RHP since Doug Drabek won 22 in LHP FRANCISCO LIRIANO M.L. CAREER /6 at Cincinnati ND L 4/15 vs. Detroit L L 4/21 vs. Chicago (NL) ND L 4/26 at Arizona W W APRIL (1-1, 2.22 ERA) /2 at St. Louis ND L 5/8 vs. St. Louis L L 5/13 at Philadelphia L L 5/19 vs. Minnesota L L 5/24 vs. New York W W 5/29 at San Diego ND L MAY (1-3, 5.22 ERA) /3 at San Francisco W W 6/9 vs. Milwaukee L L 6/12 vs. Chicago (AL) W W 6/20 at Washington L L 6/26 vs. Atlanta ND W JUNE (2-2, 2.78 ERA) /2 at Detroit W W 7/7 vs. San Diego ND W 7/12 vs. St. Louis ND W 1st Half (5-6, 2.98 ERA) /23 vs. Washington W W 7/29 at Minnesota W W JULY (3-0, 2.03 ERA) /8 vs. Los Angeles ND W 8/13 at St. Louis W W 8/18 vs. Arizona ND W 8/23 vs. San Francisco W W 8/28 vs. Colorado ND W AUGUST (2-0, 4.94 ERA) /3 at Milwaukee L L 9/8 at Cincinnati W W 9/13 vs. Milwaukee ND W 9/19 at Los Angeles W W 9/26 at Chicago (NL) W W 10/2 vs. Cincinnati ND W SEPT/OCT (3-1, 3.82 ERA) nd Half (7-1, 4.00 ERA) CAREER BATTING:.121 (21-for-174) 2 2B 0 3B 1 HR 10 RBI 14 SACS 2015 BATTING:.169 (11-for-65) 2 2B 0 3B 1 HR 7 RBI 2 SACS CAREER HOMERS (1): 8/8/15 vs. Los Angeles (NL) - off Mat Latos Francisco Liriano...Made a career-high tying 31 starts (also 2010 with Minnesota) and set career high in strikeouts (previous high was 201 in 2010)...Led Pirates staff in strikeouts and ranked ninth in the National League in that department...held opponents to a.220 batting average, the fifth-lowest mark among N.L. starting pitchers...his 2.27 ERA on the road was the fourth-lowest in the league behind Jake Arrieta (1.60), Zack Greinke (1.88) and Max Scherzer (2.20)...Became just the third LHP in club history to record at least 200 strikeouts in one season, joining Bob Veale (four times) and Oliver Perez (in 2004)...Posted six games with 10 or more strikeouts, which included a season-high 12 on 5/24 vs. New York (NL) and 6/15 vs. Chicago (AL)...Was Pittsburgh s Opening Day starter - his second straight O.D. start and the third of his career (also with Minnesota in 2009)...Returned home to the Dominican Republic for the birth of his daughter, Natalie, on 4/10...Was on Paternity List and missed scheduled start on 4/12; start was moved back three days until 4/15...Made his 200th career start on 4/26 at Arizona; walked a season-high six batters but gave up just two hits in the 8-0 victory (6.1ip)...Struck out 23 batters in consecutive starts (12.0ip) on 5/24 (12) and 5/29 (11)...Allowed two hits, walked one and struck out 12 in eight scoreless innings as the Pirates blanked the White Sox (11-0) on 6/12; only one other Pittsburgh pitcher in the modern era (since 1900) has struck out a dozen batters in a game while allowing three or fewer batters to reach safely via hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch (Bert Blyleven struck out 12 without issuing a walk in a three-hit shutout of the Expos on 8/16/80)...Was on the losing end of Max Scherzer s no-hitter on 6/20 at Washington...Had a two-run single on 7/12 vs. St. Louis; his first career multi-rbi game and first RBI overall since 7/5/13...Ranked third in the N.L. at the All-Star break with a.192 opponents batting average against...missed his scheduled start on 7/18 at Milwaukee due to tightness in his neck...struck out nine batters in 4.0 innings and a total of 11 in his victory on 7/23 vs. Washington (6.0ip/1er)...Went 5-0 with a 3.27 ERA (52.1ip/19er) and 51 K s in nine starts from 7/2 thru 8/23...Connected off Mat Latos for his first Major League home run (and extra-base) on 8/8 vs. Los Angeles...Went 2-for-3 with a double on 9/8 at Cincinnati...The Pirates won 16 of Liriano s last 17 starts, including 11 straight from 6/26 thru 8/28...Went 8-1 with a 3.48 ERA (98.1ip/38er) in his final 17 starts...went 11-for-65 (.169) with two doubles, a homer and seven RBI at the plate; hit.320 (8-for-25) with two doubles, a home run, five RBI in his last 11 starts..his seven RBI were the most by a Pittsburgh pitcher since Zach Duke had seven in 2006.

4 32 - LHP J.A. HAPP M.L. CAREER /11 at Oakland ND W 4/17 vs. Texas L L 4/22 vs. Houston W W 4/28 at Texas W W APRIL (2-1, 2.30 ERA) /3 at Houston ND L 5/9 vs. Oakland W W 5/15 vs. Boston ND W 5/21 at Baltimore ND L 5/26 at Tampa Bay ND W 5/31 vs. Cleveland ND L MAY (1-0, 4.94 ERA) /5 vs. Tampa Bay ND L 6/11 at Cleveland L L 6/16 at San Francisco L L 6/21 vs. Houston L L 6/27 at Los Angeles (AL) L L JUNE (0-4, 4.28 ERA) /3 at Oakland W W 7/8 vs. Detroit ND L 1st Half (4-5, 4.14 ERA) /20 at Detroit ND L 7/25 vs. Toronto ND L 7/27 vs. Arizona (relief) ND L 7/30 at Minnesota L L JULY (1-1, 7.43 ERA) /4 vs. Chicago (NL) L L 8/14 at New York (NL) ND W 8/19 vs. Arizona W W 8/24 at Miami W W 8/29 vs. Colorado W W AUGUST (3-1, 1.98 ERA) /4 at St. Louis W W 9/9 at Cincinnati W W 9/15 vs. Chicago (NL) L L 9/22 at Colorado W W 9/28 vs. St. Louis ND L 10/4 vs. Cincinnati W W SEPT/OCT (4-1, 1.75 ERA) nd Half (7-3, 2.95 ERA) CAREER BATTING:.089 (16-for-179) 2 2B 0 3B 1 HR 6 RBI 27 SACS 9 BB 2015 BATTING:.087 (2-for-23) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 3 SACS 1 BB CAREER HOMERS (1): 5/29/11 vs. Arizona - off Josh Collmenter J.A. Happ...Went 11-8 with a 3.61 ERA (172.0ip/69er) in 32 total games (31 starts) between Seattle and Pittsburgh...Set career highs in starts, innings pitched (172.0) and strikeouts (151)...Went 7-2 with a 1.85 ERA (63.1ip/13er) in his 11 starts with the Pirates; lost both games to the Cubs...His 1.37 ERA from 8/14 thru the end of the season was the second-lowest in the Major Leagues behind Jake Arrieta (0.49)...Began season with Seattle, where he received two runs of support or less when he was in the game in 12 of his 20 starts and had 10 of the 20 decided by one run...went 3-1 with a 3.31 ERA (65.1ip/24er) in his first 11 starts thru 6/5...Matched a Mariners record by allowing two runs or fewer in each of his first six home starts from 4/17 thru 6/5 (matched Joel Pineiro s streak from 7/26/01 to 5/10/02)...Snapped a streak of 14 consecutive home starts, dating back to 7/22/14, of allowing no more than three runs after giving up four runs vs. Detroit on 7/8...Was optioned to Single-A Bakersfield on 7/9 but did not appear in a game before being recalled on 7/20...Threw 1.0 perfect inning in his only relief appearance on 7/27 vs. Arizona (his first appearance out of the bullpen since 7/12/14 at Tampa Bay while pitching for Toronto)...Suffered the loss (3.1ip/7r/6er) in his final start with Seattle on 7/30 at Minnesota...Was acquired by Pittsburgh on 7/31 in exchange for minor league pitcher Adrian Sampson...Made first start with the Pirates on 8/4 vs. Chicago (NL) and suffered a 5-0 loss to Jake Arrieta (4.1ip/4er)...Gave up one run in 5.1ip on 8/14 at New York (NL) and received a no-decision in his second start with Pittsburgh...Tossed 6.0 scoreless innings and picked up first win with Pittsburgh on 8/19 vs. Arizona...Gave up just four hits in 6.0 scoreless innings while winning his second straight start on 8/24 at Miami... Won five straight starts and posted a 0.88 ERA (30.2ip/3er) between 8/19 and 9/9...Struck out a season-high 10 batters on 9/9 at Cincinnati - his fourth career game with 10 or more K s and first since 5/27/12 at LAA (also 10)...Threw just 56 pitches while giving up one hit and no runs in 6.0ip vs. St. Louis on 9/28 (no-decision)...made final start in regular season finale on 10/4 vs. Cincinnati and tossed 6.0 scoreless frames...went 2-for-23 (.087) with a walk and three sacrifice bunts at the plate M.L. CAREER /9 at Cincinnati ND L 7/20 at Kansas City W W 4/14 vs. Detroit L L 7/25 vs. Washington L L 4/20 vs. Chicago ND L 7/30 at Cincinnati L L 4/25 at Arizona ND W JULY (2-2, 5.84 ERA) APRIL (0-1, 1.80 ERA) /1 at St. Louis ND L 5/7 vs. Cincinnati W W 5/12 at Philadelphia W W 5/17 at Chicago W W 5/23 vs. New York W W 5/28 at San Diego W W MAY (5-0, 1.81 ERA) /3 at San Francisco W W 6/8 vs. Milwaukee L L 6/14 vs. Philadelphia ND W 6/19 at Washington L L 6/25 vs. Cincinnati ND L JUNE (1-2, 2.41 ERA) /1 at Detroit W W 7/6 vs. San Diego ND W 7/11 vs. St. Louis ND W 1st Half (7-3, 2.11 ERA) RHP A.J. BURNETT Was on the D.L. from July 31-September 9 with right elbow inflammation 9/10 vs. Milwaukee ND L 9/16 vs. Chicago (NL) ND L 9/21 at Colorado W W 9/27 at Chicago (NL) L L 10/3 vs. Cincinnati L L SEPT/OCT (1-2, 3.77 ERA) nd Half (2-4, 6.04 ERA) CAREER BATTING:.114 (56-for-493) 8 2B 3 3B 4 HR 19 RBI 59 SACS 2015 BATTING:.119 (5-for-42) 0 2B 0 3B 1 HR 5 RBI 9 SACS CAREER HOMERS (4): 8/28/00 vs. St. Louis - off Rick Ankiel 6/25/02 vs. Philadelphia - off Robert Person 7/24/05 at San Francisco - off Kevin Correia 7/11/15 vs. St. Louis - off John Lackey A.J. Burnett...Was named to the National League All-Star team for the first time in his 17-year career (did not appear in the game)...finished the season with 2513 career strikeouts - good for 31st on the all-time strikeouts list; passed Christy Mathewson (2507) in his final start on 10/3...Posted a 1.45 ERA in his first five starts thru 5/1, but received just total of five runs of support and had an 0-1 record...surrendered just one run or less in four straight starts (4/14 thru 5/1) for the first time in his career...passed Sandy Koufax on the all-time strikeout list on 5/1 at St. Louis...Also had an RBI-single on 5/1 at St. Louis - his first RBI since 6/20/14 (also at Busch Stadium)...Picked up first win in his sixth start on 5/7 vs. Cincinnati; also recorded his 2400th career strikeout, becoming the 41st pitcher in history to do so...became the first Pittsburgh pitcher since 1900 to give up two runs or less in each of his first nine starts; Bob Walk was the most-recent pitcher to do it in his first seven games (in 1988)...Tossed 7.0 scoreless innings while picking up his third win on 5/17 at Chicago (NL) and lowered ERA to Went 5-0 with a 1.82 ERA in six starts during the month of May; just his second 5-0 month (also June 2012)...Pitched 9.0 scoreless innings in a no-decision on 6/14 vs. Philadelphia...Gave up a career-high 14 hits and lost a 4-1 decision at Chicago (AL) on 6/19...Had the first multi-rbi game of his career on 6/25 vs. Cincinnati...Connected off John Lackey on 7/11 at PNC Park for his fourth career home run...surrendered a home run to Mark Reynolds on 7/11; his first homer allowed since 6/2 (47.0ip)...Entered the All-Star break with a 7-3 record and a 2.11 ERA (119.1ip/28er) in 18 starts; ranked second in the N.L. in ERA and fifth in innings pitched...was diagnosed with a flexor strain in his right elbow on 8/3 and received a PRP injection...threw a 2.0-inning simulated game on 8/25 at Miami (40 pitches)...threw 71 pitches (5.0 innings) in a sim game at PNC Park on 8/30...Also threw 95 pitches (6.0 innings) in final simulated game on 9/4 at St. Louis...Was reinstated from the D.L. and made start on 9/10 vs. Milwaukee...Went 1-2 with a 3.77 ERA (28.2ip/12er) in his last five starts...won his 164th and final game on 9/21 at Colorado...Made his final regular season start on 10/3 vs. Cincinnati and suffered a 3-1 loss (6.2ip/3er)...Hit.119 (5-for-42) with a team-high tying nine sacrifice bunts and had a career-high five RBI.

5 50 - RHP CHARLIE MORTON M.L. CAREER Morton began the season on the 15-day disabled list, recovering from right hip surgery (performed on 9/26/14). In addition to his three rehab starts (listed below), he threw 55 pitches in a simulated game at Pirate City on 4/18 in addition to pitching in Extended Spring Training games on 4/27 (75 pitches) and 5/2 (93 pitches). 5/8 at Harrisburg W W 5/14 vs. Norfolk W W 5/19 vs. Pawtucket L L REHAB (2-1, 1.33 ERA) /25 vs. Miami W W 5/30 at San Diego W W MAY (2-0, 1.93 ERA) /5 at Atlanta W W 6/10 vs. Milwaukee W W 6/16 vs. Chicago (AL) W W 6/21 at Washington L L 6/27 vs. Atlanta W W JUNE (4-1, 5.54 ERA) /5 vs. Cleveland L L 7/8 vs. San Diego ND W 7/17 at Milwaukee L L 7/22 at Kansas City L L 7/28 at Minnesota ND W JULY (0-3, 5.11 ERA) /2 at Cincinnati W W 8/9 vs. Los Angeles ND W 8/15 at New York ND W 8/20 vs. San Francisco W W 8/25 at Miami L L 8/30 vs. Colorado L L AUGUST (2-2, 3.47 ERA) /5 at St. Louis L L 9/11 vs. Milwaukee W W 9/17 vs. Chicago (NL) L L 9/23 at Colorado ND W 9/30 vs. St. Louis L L SEPT. (1-3, 7.66 ERA) nd Half (3-7, 5.26 ERA) st Half (6-2, 4.15 ERA) CAREER BATTING:.072 (18-for-249) 4 2B 0 3B 0 HR 6 RBI 36 SACS 3 BB 2015 BATTING:.028 (1-for-36) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 1 RBI 6 SACS 1 BB Charlie Morton...Began season on the 15-day disabled list, recovering from right hip surgery...threw 55 pitches in a simulated game at Pirate City on 4/18...Pitched in an Extended Spring Training game on 4/27 and threw 75 pitches...made another outing in Extended Spring on 5/2 (93 pitches/6 innings) before joining Double-A Altoona on a rehab assignment... Pitched 7.0 scoreless innings and gave up two hits on 5/8 vs. Harrisburg...Made second rehab start on 5/14 with Triple-A Indianapolis; gave up two runs (one earned) and struck out eight batters in 7.0 innings while winning a 3-2 decision vs. Norfolk...Gave up just two hits and two runs while striking out nine batters, but lost a 3-1 decision in third rehab start on 5/19 vs. Pawtucket (6.1ip pitches)...was recalled from rehab and reinstated from D.L. on 5/25; made start that night vs. Miami and won a 4-2 decision (7.0ip/2er)...Tallied lone RBI (sixth career) on 5/20 at San Diego...Won each of his first five starts thru 6/16...Snapped an 0-for-24 streak at the plate with a hit on 6/16; a single off Chicago s Jose Quintana... Pitched 14.1 consecutive scoreless innings from 6/ Had career-high five-game winning streak from 5/25 thru 6/6...Failed to get out of the first inning in a 9-0 loss on 6/21 at Washington (0.2ip/9er)...Rebounded to win his sixth decision on 6/27 vs. Atlanta (6.0ip/4er)...Pitched 7.0 scoreless innings in a 3-0 victory at Cincinnati on 8/2 and 6.2 scoreless frames in a 4-0 victory vs. San Francisco on 8/20...Went 0-3 with a 4.15 ERA (17.1ip/8er) in his next three starts thru 9/5...Won his ninth and final game on 9/11 vs. Milwaukee (6.0ip/2er)... Went 0-2 with a ERA (10.1ip/16er) in his last three starts, failing to pitch 5.0 full innings in any outing...went 5-0 with a 1.62 ERA in his first five starts and 4-9 with a 5.93 ERA in his last 18...Went 1-for-36 with a walk, an RBI and six sacrifice bunts at the plate; went hitless in his last 29 at bats. 4/10 at Milwaukee W W 4/18 vs. Milwaukee W W 4/23 vs. Chicago (NL) ND W 4/28 at Chicago (NL) L L APRIL (2-1, 4.76 ERA) /5 vs. Cincinnati L L 5/10 vs. St. Louis ND W 5/15 at Chicago (NL) ND L 5/20 vs. Minnesota ND L 5/26 vs. Miami W W 5/31 at San Diego L L MAY (1-2, 5.73 ERA) /6 at Atlanta ND L 6/12 vs. Philadelphia ND W 6/17 at Chicago (AL) W W 6/23 vs. Cincinnati ND W 6/28 vs. Atlanta L L JUNE (1-1, 2.96 ERA) /4 vs. Cleveland W W 7/9 vs. St. Louis L L 1st Half (5-5, 4.03 ERA) LHP JEFF LOCKE M.L. CAREER /19 at Milwaukee L L 7/24 vs. Washington ND W 7/31 at Cincinnati W W JULY (2-2, 2.84 ERA) /5 vs. Chicago (NL) ND W 8/11 at St. Louis L L 8/17 at New York (NL) ND W 8/21 vs. San Francisco L L 8/26 at Miami W W AUGUST (1-2, 5.46 ERA) /2 at Milwaukee L L 9/7 at Cincinnati L L 9/12 vs. Milwaukee W W 9/18 at Los Angeles L L 9/24 vs. Colorado ND W SEPT (1-3, 4.67 ERA) nd Half (3-6, 5.10 ERA) CAREER BATTING:.092 (14-for-153) 1 2B 0 3B 0 HR 2 RBI 2 BB 14 SACS 2015 BATTING:.067 (3-for-45) 1 2B 0 3B 0 HR 2 RBI 6 BB 6 SACS Jeff Locke...Set career highs in innings pitched and strikeouts...tied his career high in starts...made first start on 4/10 and won a 6-2 decision at Milwaukee (6.0ip/2er)...Recorded his first career extra-base hit (double) and RBI on 4/10 at Milwaukee...Tied career high with 8.0ip and retired 23 of the last 25 batters he faced while winning his second start on 4/18 vs. Milwaukee...Suffered back-to-back losses on 4/28 at Chicago (3.2ip/6r/5er) and 5/5 vs. Cincinnati (7.0ip/4er)...Pitched 5.2 scoreless frames and picked up his third win on 5/26 vs. Miami...Surrendered season-high seven runs (six earned) while losing a 7-1 decision on 5/31 at San Diego...Tossed 6.0 scoreless innings in a no-decision on 6/12 vs. Philadelphia... Retired the last 19 batters he faced while giving up just two hits in 8.0 innings of a 1-0 victory vs. Cleveland on 7/4...Was charged with two earned runs or less in six straight starts from 6/12 thru 7/9 and posted a 1.59 ERA (34.0ip/6er) in that time...had an RBI-single while losing a 6-1 decision on 7/19 at Milwaukee...Posted a 2.84 ERA in his five starts during the month of July...Won his seventh decision after giving up two runs in 7.0ip on 8/26 at Miami...Suffered back-to-back losses in his first two starts to start the month of September...Won his eighth and final game on 9/12 vs. Milwaukee...Went 3-for-45 (.067) with a double, two RBI and seven sacrifice bunts at the plate.