JULY 5, 2016 at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO --- GAME #84/ROAD #43 LHP STEVEN BRAULT (Major League Debut) vs. RHP MIKE LEAKE (5-6, 4.

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1 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (42-41) vs. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (43-39) JULY 5, 2016 at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO --- GAME #84/ROAD #43 LHP STEVEN BRAULT (Major League Debut) vs. RHP MIKE LEAKE (5-6, 4.13 ERA) THE PIRATES...have won five straight games and have gone 8-2 in their last 10 after losing eight-of-nine...were a season-high nine games over.500 following their win in Texas on 5/27 (28-19); have gone since then...won a season-high six straight games from 4/ Were after 83 games in 2015 (50-34 after 84). ROSTER MOVES: The Pirates have selected LHP Steven Brault (#43) from Triple-A Indianapolis and he is expected to make BUCS WHEN... his Major League debut tonight in St. Louis...RHP Jameson Taillon has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder fatigue...to make room on the 40-man roster for Brault, the Pirates designated catcher Jacob Stallings for assignment. Last five games ON THE MOUND: Steven Brault went 2-3 with a 2.31 ERA in nine minor league starts this season and has produced a 10-3 Last ten games record and a 1.52 ERA following the 2015 All-Star Break...Posted a 1.83 ERA (19.2ip/4er) in four starts in April...Strained his left hamstring while running to first base on 5/8 and was placed on the disabled list...made one rehab start with Short-Season Leading after West Virginia on 6/20...Was reinstated at Indy on 6/25...Made his last start on Thursday and tossed 5.0 scoreless innings in Tied after an 11-1 win at Toledo...Did not allow an extra-base hit to a left-handed hitter during his nine minor league starts. Trailing after COLE TO INDY: RHP Gerrit Cole, on the disabled list since 6/14 (retro to 6/11) with a right triceps strain, is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Indianapolis tonight. Leading after FOR STARTERS: With Steven Brault scheduled to toe the rubber tonight, the Pirates will have used 10 different starting Tied after pitchers this season; they used a total of eight starters last season...the last season in which Pittsburgh used 10 or more different starting pitchers was 2013 (12). Trailing after FINAL STOP; ST. LOUIS: Pittsburgh has gone 5-1 on this nine-game, 10-day road trip to Seattle (1-1), Oakland (3-0) and Leading after St. Louis (1-0)...The Pirates close out the first half of the season with a three-game series against the Cubs at PNC Park. Tied after MR. FREESE: Former Cardinal David Freese enters tonight s action with a six-game hitting streak (8-for-22,.364)...He hit a two-run homer in Oakland Sunday afternoon and has now gone deep twice in six games on this road trip. Trailing after BUCS DOING BETTER AT BUSCH: The Pirates took two-of-three from the Cardinals in St. Louis May 6-8, their second straight Scoring first winning series at Busch Stadium (also last September 4-6)...Prior to winning their series here last September, the Bucs had dropped seven straight series at Busch and had lost 17-of-20 games overall. Opp. score first UNDER THE ARCH: Starling Marte has gone 8-for-18 in his four games played in St. Louis this season and has produced Scoring four multi-hit games in his last five games here...he is hitting.408 (20-for-49) in his last 12 games at Busch Stadium, where Scoring less than he has recorded a.309 career average (34-for-110). PEN PALS: Prior to giving up one run in the ninth inning on Monday, the Bucco relievers had pitched 34.1 consecutive Outhitting Opp scoreless innings, dating back to the seventh inning on June 24...It is the longest scoreless streak of any bullpen in the Majors Being out-hit this season and the longest by the Pittsburgh pen in the modern era (since 1900), according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Hits are equal SAVING THE DAY: Bucco closer Mark Melancon has converted each of his last 20 save situations dating back to 4/27...He has gone 24-for-25 in save opportunities this season, suffering his only blown save on 4/24 at Arizona...His 108 saves since Comeback wins the start of the 2014 season are the most in the Majors and his 93.9 save pct. in that time is also the best mark in MLB. Wins in final AB...5 HAVE MERCER!: Jordy Mercer homered Friday night and has gone 6-for-13 in his last four games...he has hit safely in 16 of his last 18 games (20-for-58,.345) and has gone 12-for-35 (.343) with two homers and five RBI in his last 10 road games... Walkoff Wins... 1 Mercer ranks fourth among N.L. shortstops with a.362 on-base percentage and fourth with a.276 batting average. Losses in final AB...8 MOVING UP THE CHARTS: Andrew McCutchen is tied with Frank Thomas (163) for seventh place on the club s all-time Walkoff Losses...3 home run list...brian Giles ranks sixth with 165 and Dave Parker is fifth with In Pittsburgh s 130 seasons of play in the National League, only two right-handed batters have hit more home runs than McCutchen; Hall-of-Famers Ralph Kiner Extra Inning Games (301) and Roberto Clemente (240). HOW MAY I ASSIST YOU?: 2015 Gold Glove Award winner Starling Marte shares the National League lead in outfield assists Playing errorless (nine) after leading the circuit with 16 last season...as a team, the Pirates rank second in the league with 19 outfield assists, Homered trailing only the Atlanta Braves (22). 2+ homers LEADING THINGS OFF: John Jaso connected off Jeff Samardzija for his second leadoff home run of the season on 6/22 and the sixth of his career...jaso is hitting.365 (19-for-52) with eight walks and 11 runs scored in the first inning this season... Series (W-L-T) As a team, Pittsburgh s leadoff hitters rank second in the league in batting average (.310), second in OPS (.860), second in on-base percentage (.388) and fourth in slugging percentage (.468). Series Sweeps...4 REJOYCE REJOYCE: Matt Joyce, who is hitting.345 (10-for-29) overall in his last 13 games, has gone 11-for-29 (.379) as a Swept in a Series...4 pinch hitter this season, leading MLB in home runs (4), RBI (13), hits and runs scored (9)...Joyce s four pinch hit home runs are tied with Mark Johnson (1996) for the second-most in club history behind Craig Wilson (7 in 2001), and his 13 RBI are Interleague three shy of the club record of 16 set by Willie Stargell in Before the break ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY After the break July 5, 1982: Omar Moreno and Johnny Ray led off the bottom of the first inning with back-to-back home runs against Houston s Joe Niekro at Three Rivers Stadium. It marked the second time in club history that the first two Bucco batters of a game homered and came one day shy of the first occasion 37 years prior when Peter Coscarat and Jim Russell did it vs. Boston on July 6, Starter goes 6.0ip Starter goes less than 6.0ip UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Wednesday at St. Louis 7:15 LHP Jeff Locke (8-5, 5.13 ERA) vs. LHP Jaime Garcia (6-6, 3.84 ERA) ROOT Thursday at St. Louis 12:45 RHP Chad Kuhl (1-0, 4.09 ERA) vs. RHP Adam Wainwright (7-5, 4.70 ERA) ROOT Friday vs. Chicago 7:05 EDT TBA vs. LHP Francisco Liriano (5-8, 5.34 ERA) ROOT/MLB NETWORK Saturday vs. Chicago 7:15 EDT TBA vs. LHP Jonathon Niese (7-6, 4.87 ERA) FOX Sunday vs. Chicago 1:35 EDT TBA vs. TBD ROOT

2 YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO 2016 (Minors) (MLB) M.L. CAREER vs. ST. LOUIS: Is making his first career start against the Cardinals tonight LHP STEVEN BRAULT 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 MINOR LEAGUES 4/12 at Toledo L L 4/17 vs. Columbus ND L 4/22 at Louisville W W 4/27 at Norfolk ND L APRIL (1-1, 1.83 ERA) /2 vs. Durham L L 5/8 vs. Louisville ND L MAY (0-1, 1.97 ERA) Suffered a strained left hamstring while running to first base in his start on May 8. Made one rehab start with Short-Season West Virginia on June 20. 6/20 vs. Batavia (rehab) ND W 6/25 vs. Buffalo L L 6/30 at Toledo W W JUNE (1-1, 1.46 ERA) Minors (2-3, 2.31 ERA) MINORS BATTING:.250 (1-for-4) 1 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 SACS MAJORS BATTING:.000 (0-for-0) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 SACS CATCHERS THROWING CS/ATT PICKOFFS PB ERA Cervelli 9/24 38% 0 4 (394.2ip/165er) 3.76 Fryer 0/ (0.0/0er) 0.00 Kratz 3/4 75% 0 2 (100.0ip/44er) 3.96 Stallings 0/ (17.0ip/25er) Stewart 2/11 18% 0 4 (225.2ip/125er) 4.99 CAUGHT STEALINGS BY PITCHERS... 1 PITCHER PICKOFFS... 1 SB OFF PITCHERS... 1 NO THROWS... 6 OTHERS (double steals)... 2 TEAM BATTING Most runs, game, Pirates... 12, 5/24 vs. ARI, 5/17 vs. ATL & Most runs, game, Opponents... 15, 6/21 vs. SF Most runs, inning, Pirates...8, (7th) Most runs, inning, Opponents... 7, 6/21 vs. SF (4th) Most hits, game, Pirates... 21, 5/17 vs. ATL Most hits, game, Opponents...22, 6/21 vs. SF Most hits, inning, Pirates...7, 5/17 vs. ATL (1st) Most consec. hits, inning... 5, (7th) Most consec. hits, game...5, 5/17 vs. ATL, & Most hits, inning, Opponents...6, twice, last on 6/21 vs. SF (4th & 8th) Fewest hits, game, Pirates...3, & 5/3 vs. CHI Fewest hits, game, Opponents...3, & 4/16 vs. MIL Most doubles, game...7, Most triples, game...2, 5/19 vs. ATL Most home runs, game, Pirates...5, Most home runs, game, Opponents... 5, Most consecutive games, home run...7, 4/25-5/2 Most consec. games, HR, Opponents...10, 4/5-15 Most extra-base hits...8, Most consecutive games, extra-base hit... 26, 4/3-5/2 Most stolen bases, game, Pirates...4, & 6/8 vs. NY Most stolen bases, game, Opponents...3, 5/2 vs. CHI, 4/15 vs. MIL & Most left on base...14, 4/17 vs. MIL & Most left on base (extra innings)... TEAM PITCHING Most strikeouts, 9-inning game, Pirates... 14, 6/7 vs. NY (GM2) & 4/3 vs. STL Most strikeouts, game, Pirates (extra innings)...17, (13 inns.) Most strikeouts, 9-inning game, Opponents... 14, & Most strikeouts, game, Opponents (extra innings)...17, (13 inns.) Most walks, 9-inning game, Pirates , Most walks, game, Pirates (extra innings)... Most walks, 9-inning game, Opponents... 8, 6/4 vs. LAA Most walks, game, Opponents (extra innings) , (13 inns) TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Longest winning streak... 6 games, (4/24-30) Longest losing streak...5 games (6/15-19 & 6/8-12) Longest game, innings... 13, Longest game, time...5:25, (13 innings) Longest game, time, 9 innings... 4:01, Shortest game, time... 2:24, 6/20 vs. SF Largest margin of victory...11 runs, 5/24 vs. ARI (12-1) Largest margin of defeat...11 runs, 6/21 vs. SF (4-15) TOMORROW S STARTER JEFF LOCKE: The 28-year-old lefthander will be making his 17th start of the season tomorrow night...his last start was a 7-3 win over Sonny Gray in Oakland Friday night (5.0ip/3h/3r/3er/3bb/3so)...Has won each of his last three starts and seven of his last nine...has posted a 1.93 ERA (18.2ip/4er) in his last three outings...has gone 3-4 with a 7.16 ERA in nine starts on the road...has won each of his last five home starts, where he has gone 5-1 with a 2.96 ERA in seven starts this season. vs. ST. LOUIS: 2-4 with a 4.04 ERA (49.0ip/22er) in nine career starts in one start this year; had a no-decision (6.0ip/3er) in a 6-4 walkoff loss at Busch on 5/7...Went 0-2 with a 4.32 ERA in three starts last year; allowed three runs in 6.2 innings and had a no-decision in a 4-3 win at PNC Park on 5/10...Gave up four runs (1er) in 5.0 innings and lost a 4-1 decision to Carlos Martinez at PNC Park on 7/9...Lost a 4-3 decision (5.0ip/4er) to Martinez at Busch Stadium on 8/ HIGHS & LOWS Largest come from behind victory...3 runs, 3 times, last on Largest come from behind loss...5 runs, 6/22 vs. SF Largest crowd, home...39,500, 4/3 vs. STL Smallest crowd, home... 14,890, 4/6 vs. STL Largest crowd, road... 46,950, Smallest crowd, road... 10,637, Most errors, game, Pirates... 4, 5/1 vs. CIN Most errors, game, Opponents...3, 4 times, last on Consecutive innings w/out an error , 6/12-25 Most double plays turned... 3, 4 times, last on 5/17 vs. ATL Rain delays, home (total time)...2 (4 hours, 33 minutes) Rain delays, road (total time) (1 hour, 56 minutes) INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most hits, game...4, Freese & Marte Most consecutive hits...5, Polanco (5/24-25) Most runs, game....3, 3 times, last by Marte Most 2bs, game...3, Polanco (6/8 vs. NY & 5/17 vs. ATL) & Freese Most 3bs, game... 1, 18 times, last by Frazier Most HR, game... 3, McCutchen Most extra-base hits... 3, Polanco (6/8 vs. NY & 5/17 vs. ATL), McCutchen & Freese Most total bases...12, McCutchen Most RBI, game...5, Polanco (5/24 vs. ARI) & McCutchen Most SB, game... 2, 5 times, last by Marte and Frazier Most walks, game...3, Cervelli Mercer & Polanco (4/6 vs. STL) Consec. games, home run...2, Kang (6/3-4), Jaso (4-30/5-1), Rodriguez (4/22-23) & McCutchen (5/11-13 & ) Longest hitting streak...12 games, Jaso (4/9-23) Grand slams , Polanco & Marte Inside-the-park home runs... Leadoff home runs... 3, Mercer & Jaso (6/22 vs. SF & 4/30 vs. CIN) Walkoff home runs INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most strikeouts, game...10, Liriano & 4/3 vs. STL) Longest winning streak... 4 games, Locke (5/19-6/4) Longest losing streak... 5 games, Liriano (5/29-6/27) Fewest hits, complete game...3, Locke Most walks, game...7, Locke (4/15 vs.mil) Most IP, game, starter...9.0, Locke Most IP, game, reliever...4.0, Schugel (6/10 vs. StL) & Boscan (5/23 vs. COL) Most consec. scoreless IP , Melancon (5/23-7/3) Most consecutive saves... 20, Melancon (4/27-7/3)

3 ADAM FRAZIER N Played three innings at second base and one in right field Monday in St. Louis; went hitless in two at bats. ROAD TRIP: 4-10 (.400) 0 HR 1 RBI N Made the start in left field Sunday afternoon in Oakland and went 2-for-4 with a double, triple and an RBI. SERIES: 0-2 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Made Major League debut on 6/24 at PNC Park and singled off LA s J.P. Howell in his first at bat. LAST 3: 3-7 (.429) 0 HR 1 RBI 0-for-2 N Was leading the International League in hits (87) and batting average (.333) at the time of promotion on Friday. DAVID FREESE N Has hit safely in six straight games and in 8 of his last 9...Has 11 hits in his last 24 at bats with RISP (.458). ROAD TRIP: 8-22 (.364) 2 HR 5 RBI N Recorded season-high tying three RBI (third time) on 6/26; had a three-run double off Clayton Kershaw. SERIES: 2-4 (.500) 0 HR 0 RBI N Is hitting.333 (20-for-60) against lefies this year and.319 (37-for-116) with runners on base. LAST 3: 4-10 (.400) 1 HR 3 RBI 6 games N Has made 41 starts at third base and 14 at first base...hit.286 with 44 HR and 237 RBI with St. Louis ( ). ERIC FRYER N Was claimed Sunday off waivers from St. Louis, where he hit.368 (14-for-38) in 24 games (eight starts). ROAD TRIP: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Hit.292 (7-for-24) with three RBI in his eight starts with the Cardinals; made last start on 6/26 at Seattle. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Became first St. Louis player to start a season with 6 straight hits; capped off streak with 3 hits on 4/17 vs. Cincy. LAST 3: 2-9 (.222) 0 HR 1 RBI 1 game N Made Major League debut with the Pirates in Hit.267 (8-for-30) with Bucs in (16 games). JOSH HARRISON N Has hit safely in five straight games and in eight of his last 10 after going hitless in his previous 14 at bats. ROAD TRIP: 6-21 (.286) 0 HR 5 RBI N Is hitting.304 (45-for-148) on the road...hit.333 in April, 325 in May and.198 in June...Is 5-for-16 in July. SERIES: 1-3 (.333) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 3-12 (.250) 0 HR 1 RBI 5 games N His 38 RBI are the most he has had in a season since posting a career-best 52 in N Has 21 hits in his last 63 at bats (.333 avg.) against lefties...has 26 hits in his last 79 at bats (.329) with RISP. JOHN JASO N Went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI on Monday...Has four hits in his last five at bats after an 0-for-12 stretch. ROAD TRIP: 4-14 (.286) 0 HR 1 RBI N Has gone 8-for-15 (.533) with two doubles, a home run and four RBI in his four games at Busch Stadium. SERIES: 2-3 (.667) 0 HR 1 RBI N Is hitting.365 (19-for-52) with eight walks, five doubles, two homer and 11 runs scored in the first inning. LAST 3: 4-10 (.400) 0 HR 1 RBI 2 games N Has made 61 starts at first base...played final 2.0 innings in RF on 6/21 (his second career appearance there). MATT JOYCE N Has gone 7-for-18 (.389) with a double, homer and three RBI in his last five starts (four in RF/1 as the DH). ROAD TRIP: 5-12 (.417) 0 HR 1 RBI N Has hit all eight of his homers in the seventh inning or later - tied for the most in the N.L. SERIES: 1-1 (1.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has gone 11-for-29 (.379) with nine walks, four homers and 13 RBI as a pinch hitter (1.354 OPS). LAST 3: 4-8 (.500) 0 HR 1 RBI 4 games N Has 13 pinch hit RBI; 3 shy of Pirates record for pinch hit RBI in a season held by Willie Stargell (16 in 1982). JUNG HO KANG N Made his season debut on 5/6 at Busch Stadium and hit two home runs (off Tyler Lyons and Kevin Siegrist). ROAD TRIP: 2-12 (.167) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has four hits (two home runs) in his last 34 at bats...is hitting.333 (17-for-51) in the seventh inning and later. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has a.300 career average (70-for-233) and 11 home runs in 74 games against N.L. Central teams. LAST 3: 2-12 (.167) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-5 N Began season on the D.L. recovering from left knee surgery...homered twice in season debut on 5/6 at St. Louis. Multi-Hit Games: 2 Multi-RBI Games: 0 Last HR: No MLB Home Runs First HR: No MLB Home Runs Multi-Hit Games: 16 Multi-RBI Games: 8 Last HR: 7/3/16 at OAK First HR: 6/24/09 at ATL (Kris Medlen) Multi-Hit Games: 2 Multi-RBI Games: 1 Last HR: 8/3/14 at CWS First HR: 9/11/13 vs. OAK (Tommy Milone) Multi-Hit Games: 23 Last HR: 6/19/16 at CHI First HR: 8/23/11 vs. MIL (Marco Estrada) Multi-Hit Games: 18 Multi-RBI Games: 2 Last HR: 6/22/16 vs. SF First HR: 4/24/10 vs. TOR (Ricky Romero) Multi-Hit Games: 8 Multi-RBI Games: 9 Last HR: 6/24/16 vs. LA First HR: 5/10/08 vs. NYY (Darrell Rasner) Multi-Hit Games: 10 Last HR: 6/24/16 vs. LA First HR: 5/3/15 at StL ERIK KRATZ N Has made 12 starts behind the plate since being acquired from the Angels on 6/11 (when Cervelli went on the D.L). ROAD TRIP: 2-17 (.118) 0 HR 1 RBI N Went 1-for-4 with an RBI Sunday in Oakland...Singled and scored the winning run in the 10th inning Saturday. SERIES: 0-4 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 2-12 (.167) 0 HR 1 RBI 0-for-5 N Hit first HR with the Pirates on 6/20; a game-winning solo shot off Madison Bumgarner; was his first since 8/18/14. N Began season with Houston; went 2-for-29 in 14 games before being designated for assignment on 5/16. Multi-Hit Games: 0 Multi-RBI Games: 1 Last HR: 6/20/16 vs. SF First HR: 5/22/12 vs. WSH (Tom Gorzelanny) STARLING MARTE N Is hitting.408 (20-for-49) in his last 12 games at Busch Stadium;.444 (8-for-18) in four games this season. ROAD TRIP: 6-23 (.261) 0 HR 2 RBI N Ranks sixth in the league with a.321 batting average and second with 24 stolen bases. SERIES: 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI N Produced a.345 average (29-for-84) in 25 games last month...has two hits in his last 16 at bats. LAST 3: 2-13 (.154) 0 HR 1 RBI 1 game N Has recorded at least 20 stolen bases in each of the last four seasons; is 24-for-30 this season. ANDREW McCUTCHEN ROAD TRIP: 3-21 (.143) 0 HR 0 RBI SERIES: 0-4 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 2-12 (.167) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-6 N Is hitting.234 (15-for-64) with three homers since moving to the third spot in the lineup on 6/15 (17 games). N Hit.237 (59-for-249) with nine homers in 61 games from the second spot of the batting order. N Leads all National League players with 1101 hits since the start of 2010 season. N Is tied with Frank Thomas for seventh on Pirates all-time HR list with 163; Brian Giles is sixth with 165. Multi-Hit Games: 31 Last HR: 6/14/16 at NYM First HR: 7/26/12 at HOU (Dallas Keuchel) Multi-Hit Games: 16 Last HR: 6/25/16 vs. LA First HR: 6/17/09 at MIN (Francisco Liriano) JORDY MERCER N Has a five-game hitting streak (7-for-18,.389) and has hit safely in 16 of his last 18 games (20-for-58,.345). ROAD TRIP: 7-21 (.333) 1 HR 3 RBI SERIES: 2-3 (.667) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 4-9 (.444) 0 HR 0 RBI 5 games GREGORY POLANCO ROAD TRIP: 8-26 (.308) 2 HR 6 RBI SERIES: 2-5 (.400) 2 HR 3 RBI LAST 3: 5-14 (.357) 2 HR 6 RBI 3 games N Homered and knocked in two runs Friday night...had a career-high tying 11-game hitting streak from 6/ N Hit.318 in April,.231 in May and.262 in June...Has gone 6-for-13 (.462) in his first four games this month. N Is hitting.314 (22-for-70) with six doubles, two home runs and five RBI in 18 games from the leadoff spot. N Had his first career two-homer game on Monday...Has five hits and six RBI in his last three games. N Is hitting.348 (24-for-69) in 19 career games at Busch Stadium;.392 (20-for-51) with 3 homers in his last 12. N Is hitting.348 (16-for-46) in his last 13 games...went 3-for-5 with a homer vs. San Francisco on 6/22. N Leads the team with 50 RBI...Has produced a.380 average (27-for-71) when leading off an inning. SEAN RODRIGUEZ N Has reached base safely 12 times in his last 23 plate appearances...tied career high with 4 RBI Wednesday. ROAD TRIP: 2-8 (.250) 0 HR 4 RBI N Is hitting.455 (10-for-22) in 13 career games at Busch Stadium. SERIES: 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has hit safely in nine of his last 10 starts; went 0-for-3 with a walk in his start in right field Saturday night. LAST 3: 0-5 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-6 N Has made 29 starts (8 in right field, 7 at second base, 6 at short, 4 at third base, 3 at first base, 1 in left field). Multi-Hit Games: 18 Last HR: 7/1/16 at OAK First HR: 8/8/12 vs. ARI (Josh Collmenter) Multi-Hit Games: 24 Multi-RBI Games: 12 Last HR: 7/4/16 at STL First HR: 6/13/14 at MIA (Mike Dunn) Multi-Hit Games: 5 Last HR: 5/30/16 at MIA First HR: 6/1/08 vs. TOR (A.J. Burnett)

4 ARQUIMEDES CAMINERO BA AGAINST: INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 14/6 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 28/14 N Pitched 1.1 scoreless frames Monday and stranded his two inherited runners...struck out four of the six Oakland batters he faced Friday. N Has posted a 1.15 ERA (15.2ip/2er) in his last 10 games...tossed a season-high 2.1 scoreless innings last Tuesday (6/28) in Seattle. N Was on the D.L. with a left quad strain from 5/25 thru 6/10; has produced a 1.29 ERA (14.0ip/2er) since being reinstated on 6/11. N Pitched a scoreless 13th inning on 4/24 in Arizona and recorded his first Major League save. NEFTALI FELIZ N Recorded his first save of the season and the 98th of his career Monday in St. Louis - was his first save in the National League. BA AGAINST: N Pitched a scoreless seventh inning Sunday in Oakland...Has made nine straight scoreless appearances (8.0ip). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 21/4 N Struck out two of the five batters he faced in 1.2 scoreless innings against the Dodgers on 6/24 and picked up his second win. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 38/28 N Has been scored upon just once in his last 11 games and has been scored upon in five of his 38 appearances overall. JARED HUGHES N Has not pitched since retiring all three Seattle batters he faced last Tuesday night (1 K) in the first game of this nine-game road trip. BA AGAINST: N Allowed his two inherited runners to score on 6/27; the final two runs in a 5-4 loss to the Dodgers (pitched 1.2 scoreless frames). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 19/9 N Recorded his last win on 9/13/15 against the Brewers...Has surrendered two home runs this season (last on 6/8 against the Mets). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 28/13 N Has entered a game with multiple inherited runners on six occasions this year...has been scored upon twice in his last 9 appearances. MARK MELANCON N Has produced a 0.00 ERA (18.1ip/3r/0er) and 13 saves in his last 19 games, dating back to 5/16...Earned 24th save Sunday in Oakland. BA AGAINST: N Gave up two hits and struck out three batters Saturday in Oakland...Has allowed just four hits in his last 38 at bats against (.105 avg). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 10/2 N His 108 saves since the start of the 2014 season are tops in the Majors...Has a 1.79 ERA (252.0ip/50er) in 258 games with the Pirates. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 35/25 N Has five saves this year where he has worked less than 1.0 inning...is 24-for-25 in save opportunities; his lone blown save came on 4/24. JUAN NICASIO N Had an immaculate inning on Monday - just the third Pittsburgh pitcher to do it (Jeff Robinson on 9/7/87 and Ross Ohlendorf on 9/5/09) BA AGAINST: N Tossed a scoreless ninth inning Saturday night and picked up the win as the Pirates scored twice in the 10th at Oakland. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 0/0 N Pitched 3.0 scoreless innings (45 pitches) against the Dodgers on 6/27...Has tossed 6.1 innings in his last four games (1 run). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 5/5 N Retired all three Los Angeles batters he faced on 6/26 in his first appearance since being reinstated from the Restricted List on 6/24. A.J. SCHUGEL N Pitched a scoreless sixth inning Sunday in Oakland...Has posted a 2.52 ERA (25.0ip/7er) in 16 games since being recalled on 5/24. BA AGAINST: N Has made six straight scoreless appearances (7.0ip)...Recorded his first Major League win on 5/26 vs. Arizona INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 13/3 N Is in his second stint with the Pirates this season (also from 4/13 to 5/15)...Pitched a career-high 4.0 scoreless innings on 6/10 vs. STL. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 27/20 N Recorded his first Major League save on 4/25; entered game with tying run on deck in the 7th inning and pitched final 2.1 frames. TONY WATSON N Worked a scoreless eighth inning Sunday afternoon in Oakland...Has made 11 straight scoreless appearances (11.0ip). BA AGAINST: N Did not allow a run in his nine appearances (9.0ip) in May and made 11 consecutive scoreless outings between 4/29 and 5/28 (11.0ip). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 4/1 N Has posted a 1.76 ERA (15.1ip/3er) in 14 appearances on the road; has been been scored upon once in last nine road games (9.0ip/1r). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 35/23 N His 319 K s are tied with Scott Sauerbeck for third in club history among left-handed relievers, trailing only John Grabow (326) Disabled List (10 players, 10 appearances) On Date Off ^Games Player (injury) DL Eligible DL Missed Elias Diaz (R elbow discomfort) * 4/3 (retro to 3/25) 5/ Jared Hughes (L lat muscle strain) 4/3 (retro to 3/25) 4/9 4/ Jung Ho Kang (L knee surgery on 9/17) 4/3 (retro to 3/25) 4/9 5/ Cory Luebke (R hamstring tightness) 4/14 4/29 5/ Ryan Vogelsong (facial fractures) * 5/24 7/ Arquimedes Caminero (L quad strain) 5/25 6/9 6/ Francisco Cervelli (broken L hamate bone) 6/11 6/ Gerrit Cole (R triceps strain) 6/14 (retro to 6/11) 6/ Chris Stewart (L knee discomfort) 7/4 (retro to 7/2) 7/ Jameson Taillon (R shoulder fatigue) 7/5 (retro to 6/30) 7/ * 60-day DL ^Team record in games missed 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... (3 times in 2016), last on 6/3/16 vs. LAA (Marte & Kang) The Pirates Hit a Grand Slam... (2 times in 2016), last on (Polanco) The Pirates Hit an Inside-The-Park (McCutchen) The Pirates Hit a Leadoff HR...(3 times in 2016), last on 6/22/16 vs. SF (Jaso) 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... 9/12/15 vs. MIL (Morse) 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) 2016 Walkoff Wins Date Player/Opponent Action 1. 4/5 Jordy Mercer vs. St. Louis... 11th inning single scored Gregory Polanco Pirates vs. Cardinals 2016 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Frazier Freese Fryer Harrison Jaso Joyce Kang Kratz Marte McCutchen Mercer Polanco Rodriguez W-L-S ERA G IP ER W-L-S ERA G IP ER Caminero Feliz Hughes Kuhl Liriano Locke Melancon Nicasio Niese Schugel Taillon Watson Ejections 1. Clint Hurdle (May 11 at Cincinnati - arguing overturned stolen base call in 6th inning - Jeff Kellogg) 2. Starling Marte (May 11 at Cincinnati - arguing overturned stolen base call in 6th inning - Alan Porter) 3. Ray Searage (May 14 at Chicago - arguing balls and strikes in 4th inning - Brian Knight) 4. Arquimedes Caminero (May 24 vs. Arizona - hitting Nick Ahmed in 8th inning - Larry Vanover) 5. Clint Hurdle (May 24 vs. Arizona - automatic ejection for Caminero HBP - Larry Vanover) 6. Matt Joyce (June 8 vs. New York - arguing strike call in 7th inning - Alan Porter) 7. Andrew McCutchen (June 26 vs. Los Angles - upset over strike calls in 7th inning - Chris Conroy) 8. Jeff Branson (June 28 at Seattle - arguing balls and strikes in 5th inning - Ben May) 9. Clint Hurdle (June 28 at Seattle - following up after Branson ejection - Ben May) 10. Clint Hurdle (July 3 at Oakland - arguing balls and strikes in 6th inning - Sam Holbrook)

5 Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance APRIL (15-9) 3 1 STL W Liriano (1-0) Wainwright (0-1) *39,500 39, STL W 6-5 (11) 2-0 T Lobstein (1-0) Maness (0-1) 26,049 65, STL W Nicasio (1-0) Leake (0-1) Melancon (1) 14,890 80, at Cin W Vogelsong (1-0) Hoover (0-1) Melancon (2) 17, at Cin L T Iglesias (1-0) Cole (0-1) 22, at Cin L Ohlendorf (2-0) Caminero (0-1) 27, at Det W T2-1.0 Niese (1-0) Verlander (0-1) Melancon (3) 26, at Det L Sanchez (2-0) Nicasio (1-1) 26, DET L Greene (1-0) Caminero (0-2) 21, , DET L Zimmermann (2-0) Cole (0-2) Rodriguez (2) 18, , MIL L Nelson (2-1) Locke (0-1) 24, , MIL W Niese (2-0) Jungmann (0-2) 34, , MIL W Nicasio (2-1) Davies (0-1) 31, , at SD L T2-4.0 Rea (1-1) Liriano (1-1) Rodney (2) 19, at SD L T4-4.0 Pomeranz (2-1) Locke (0-2) 20, at SD W T3-4.0 Cole (2-1) Shields (0-3) 20, at Ari W Niese (3-0) Corbin (1-2) Melancon (4) 27, at Ari L T3-4.0 De La Rosa (2-3) Nicasio (2-2) 32, at Ari W (13) Feliz (1-0) Marshall (0-1) Caminero (1) 27, at Col W Locke (1-2) Bettis (2-1) Schugel (1) 20, at Col W Cole (2-2) De La Rosa (1-3) 20, at Col W 9-8 (12) Lobstein (2-0) Estevez (0-1) Melancon (5) 21, at Col PPD - INCLEMENT WEATHER CIN W Nicasio (3-2) Straily (0-1) Melancon (6) 29, , CIN W Liriano (2-1) Simon (0-3) Melancon (7) 34, ,474 MAY (14-13) 1 25 CIN L 5-6 (11) Wood (3-0) Vogelsong (1-1) 28, , CHI L Hammel (4-0) Cole (2-3) 18, , CHI L Arrieta (6-0) Niese (3-1) 22, , CHI L Lester (3-1) Nicasio (3-3) 28, , at Stl W Liriano (3-1) Martinez (4-2) Melancon (8) 43, at Stl L Rosenthal (1-1) Schugel (0-1) 42, at Stl W Cole (3-3) Wacha (2-3) Melancon (9) 42, at Cin L Ramirez (1-2) Niese (3-2) Cingrani (2) 12, at Cin PPD - RAIN at Cin W Watson (1-0) Ohlendorf (3-4) Melancon (10) 14, at Chi L Hammel (5-0) Liriano (3-2) 37, at Chi L Arrieta (7-0) Locke (1-3) 40, at Chi W Cole (4-3) Lester (4-2) Melancon (11) 40, ATL W Niese (4-2) Perez (1-1) Melancon (12) 16, , ATL W Nicasio (4-3) Blair (0-3) Melancon (13) 19, , ATL L Teheran (1-4) Liriano (3-3) Vizcaino (4) 18, , ATL W Locke (2-3) Foltynewicz (1-2) 23, , COL W Cole (5-3) Butler (2-2) Melancon (14) 23, , COL L Estevez (1-1) Melancon (0-1) 31, , COL PPD - RAIN COL W Boscan (1-0) Lyles (1-2) Melancon (15) 34, , ARI W Liriano (4-3) Miller (1-6) 18, , ARI W Locke (3-3) De La Rosa (4-5) Melancon (16) 20, , ARI W Schugel (1-1) Corbin (2-4) 30, , at Tex W Niese (5-2) Hamels (5-0) 37, at Tex L Darvish (1-0) Nicasio (4-4) 46, at Tex L Perez (3-4) Liriano (4-4) 44, at Mia W LOCKE (4-3) Nicolino (2-3) 10, at Mia L Fernandez (8-2) Cole (5-4) Ramos (16) 10,637 JUNE (9-19) 1 52 at Mia L Phelps (4-3) Watson (1-1) Ramos (17) 17, at Mia L 3-4 (12) Wittgren (1-0) Schugel (1-2) 19, LAA L Weaver 5-4) Liriano (4-5) 27, , LAA W Locke (5-3) Salas (2-2) Melancon (17) 31, , LAA L D. Guerra (1-0) Watson (1-2) Street (6) 27, ,345 6 NY PPD - RAIN 7 57 NY W Niese (6-2) Matz (7-2) Melancon (18) NY W Nicasio (5-4) degrom (3-2) Melancon (19) 26, , NY L 5-6 (10) Reed (1-0) Luebke (0-1) Familia (19) 28, , at Col L T De La Rosa (2-4) Locke (5-4) 24, STL L 3-9 (12) Broxton (1-0) Nicasio (5-5) 28, , STL L Martinez (7-5) Liriano (4-6) Rosenthal (12) *36, , STL L Leake (5-4) Niese (6-3) 31, , at NY W Taillon (1-0) degrom (3-3) 35, at NY L Syndergaard (7-2) Locke (5-5) 32, at NY L Colon (6-3) Nicasio (5-6) Familia (22) 33, at Chi L Arrieta (11-1) Liriano (4-7) 41, at Chi L Lester (9-3) Niese (6-4) Rondon (12) 41, at Chi L Hendricks (5-6) Taillon (1-1) 41, SF W Locke (6-5) BUMGARNER (8-3) Melancon (20) 27, , SF L Cueto (11-1) Boscan (1-1) 27, , SF L Law (3-1) Hughes (0-1) Casilla (15) 33, , SF L Suarez (3-1) Niese (6-5) Casilla (16) 29, , LA W Feliz (2-0) Tepesch (0-1) Melancon (21) 28, , LA W Locke (7-5) Maeda (6-5) 33,590 1,029, LA W Kuhl (1-0) Kershaw (11-2) Melancon (22) 32,228 1,061, LA L Kazmir (6-3) Liriano (4-8) Jansen (22) 26,925 1,088, at Sea L Iwakuma (7-6) Niese (6-6) Cishek (18) 24, at Sea W Taillon (2-1) Miley (6-4) 25,477 JULY (4-0) 1 80 at Oak W Locke (8-5) Gray (3-7) 15, at Oak W 4-2 (10) Nicasio (6-6) Coulombe (1-1) Melancon (23) 28, PIRATES DAY BY DAY Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance 3 82 at Oak W Liriano (5-8) Mengden (1-4) Melancon (24) 21, at Stl W Niese (7-6) Martinez (7-6) Feliz (1) 41, at Stl 6 85 at Stl 7 86 at Stl 8 87 CHI 9 88 CHI CHI ALL-STAR BREAK at Was at Was at Was MIL MIL MIL PHI PHI PHI SEA SEA at Mil at Mil at Mil at Atl at Atl at Atl CIN CIN CIN SD SD SD at LA at LA at LA at SF at SF at SF MIA MIA MIA HOU HOU HOU at Mil at Mil at Mil at Mil at Chi at Chi at Chi MIL MIL MIL STL STL STL CIN CIN CIN CIN at Phi at Phi at Phi at Phi at Cin at Cin at Cin at Cin at Mil at Mil at Mil WAS WAS WAS CHI CHI CHI CHI at Stl at Stl at Stl STARTS BY POSITIONS AND BATTING ORDER 1B - Jaso (29-32), Freese (9-5), Rogers (3-0), Rodriguez (1-2), Cervelli (0-1), Morse (0-1) 2B - Harrison (36-37), Rodriguez (5-2), Figueroa (1-1), Frazier (0-1) 3B - Freese (22-19), Kang (17-21), Rodriguez (3-1) SS - Mercer (40-37), Rodriguez (2-4) LF - Marte (36-31), Polanco (4-6), Joyce (1-3), Frazier (1-0), Rodriguez (0-1) CF - McCutchen (40-38), Marte (2-2), Polanco (0-1) RF - Polanco (31-27), Joyce (7-10), Rodriguez (4-4) C - Cervelli (25-21), Stewart (11-12), Kratz (6-7), Stallings (0-2) DH - Joyce (2-2), Polanco (3-1), Kang (1-0), Cervelli (0-1) AUGUST (0-0) SEPTEMBER (0-0) OCTOBER (0-0) BOLD - COMPLETE GAME *home sellout (2) 1st - Jaso (29-31), Mercer (10-7), Harrison (2-2), Freese (1-0), Joyce (0-1) 2nd - McCutchen (32-29), Polanco (4-7), Harrison (1-3), Marte (2-1), Freese (2-1), Joyce (1-0) 3rd - Freese (18-15), Polanco (13-16), McCutchen (8-9), Cervelli (1-0), Joyce (1-0), Harrison (0-1), Kang (1-0) 4th - Marte (26-21), Kang (10-15), Freese (4-4), Joyce (2-1) 5th - Cervelli (20-18), Marte (6-10), Freese (5-3), Joyce (3-4), Kang (4-2), Polanco (1-3), Harrison (1-1), Rogers (1-0), Mercer (1-0) 6th - Harrison (9-14), Polanco (12-8), Cervelli (4-5), Kang (3-4), Joyce (3-4), Rodriguez (3-3), Marte (4-1), Mercer (1-1), Rogers (2-0), Freese (1-1) 7th - Harrison (21-16), Mercer (8-12), Rodriguez (5-9), Polanco (5-0), Joyce (0-3), Frazier (1-1), Figueroa (1-0), Stewart (1-0) 8th - Mercer (19-16), Stewart (9-10), Rodriguez (6-2), Kratz (3-6), Polanco (3-1), Stallings (0-2), Joyce (0-2), Harrison (2-0), Morse (0-1), Jaso (0-1) 9th - Pitcher (36-37), Stewart (2-1), Kratz (3-0), Mercer (1-1), Rodriguez (1-0), Figueroa (0-1) MOST RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION 7/5 Steven Brault (LHP) selected from Indianapolis...Jacob Stallings (C) designated for assignment. 7/4 Chris Stewart (C) placed on 15-day D.L. (retro to 7/2)...Jameson Taillon (RHP) placed on 15-day D.L. (retro to 6/30). 7/3 Eric Fryer (C) claimed off waivers from St. Louis...Rob Scahill (RHP) designated for assignment. 6/26 Cory Luebke (LHP) unconditionally released...chad Kuhl selected from Indianapolis...Kyle Lobstein optioned to Indianapolis...Curtis Partch (RHP) designated for assignment. 6/24 Juan Nicasio (RHP) reinstated from Restricted List...Jorge Rondon (RHP) designated for assignment...adam Frazier (INF/OF) selected from Indianapolis.