May 8, 2018 at Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago, IL --- GAME #36/ROAD #21 RHP IVAN NOVA (2-2, 4.01 ERA) vs. RHP LUCAS GIOLITO (1-4, 7.

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1 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (19-16) vs. CHICAGO WHITE SOX (9-23) May 8, 2018 at Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago, IL --- GAME #36/ROAD #21 RHP IVAN NOVA (2-2, 4.01 ERA) vs. RHP LUCAS GIOLITO (1-4, 7.03 ERA) THE PIRATES...had the day off yesterday...are 2-5 on their current road trip to Washington (0-4), Milwaukee (2-1) and Chicago (AL)...Snapped their four-game losing streak with Friday night s win...won a season-high five straight games from 4/25 (game two) - 4/29...Lost a season-high five straight games from 4/19-25 (game one)... Have gone in their last 26 games after going 7-2 in their first nine...were after 35 games in 2017 (14-22 after 36). ABOUT TONIGHT S STARTER: Ivan Nova gets the start tonight in the opener of this brief two game series against the White Sox...Nova has gone 4-1 with a 2.42 ERA in seven career starts against Chicago, which all came as a member of the Yankees... He has allowed one run in six of those seven starts with the exception coming on August 21, 2012, here in Chicago when he lost a 7-3 decision (6.0ip/6r) against Francisco Liriano. THE EXTRA BAT: Pittsburgh s designated hitters have gone 5-for-14 (.357) in three games during interleague play this season...adam Frazier started two of those three games while Francisco Cervelli made the other start in the team s seasonopening series in Detroit. CENTRAL SUCCESS; The Bucs are 22-9 in their last 3s against teams from the American League Central dating back to June 15, 2015, including a 13-4 record on the road in that span...so far this season Pittsburgh is 3-0 on the road against the A.L. Central after sweeping the Tigers in the season-opening series from March 30 to April 1. SHOOTING BLANKS: The Pittsburgh pitching staff recorded its Major League-leading sixth shutout of the season Sunday afternoon; a 9-0 blanking of the Brewers in Milwaukee...In terms of games played, this marks the first time since 1992 in which the staff has produced six shutouts within the first 35 games (the 92 staff had six shutouts in the first 22 games). AGAINST THE JUNIOR CIRCUIT: The Pirates have played the most interleague games (eight) in the Majors so far this season... During those eight games the Pirates have gone 6-2 while scoring a total of 49 runs (average of 6.1 runs per game)...the Bucs have produced a (.593) record against American League teams over the last six seasons ( ); the best mark among all National League teams and the second-best in the Majors behind Boston (68-34;.667). FINAL STOP OF THE TRIP: This is the final stop on Pittsburgh s 10-day, nine-game road trip to Washington, Milwaukee and Chicago...Beginning Friday night, the Pirates are scheduled to play 15 of their final 19 games of the month at PNC Park, which will include two games against the White Sox on May Pittsburgh has played the second-most road games (20) in the Majors so far this season, trailing only the Colorado Rockies (23). INTERLEAGUE BELL RINGER: In 30 career games against A.L. teams, Josh Bell is hitting.310 (31-for-100) with five home runs and 20 RBI...He has reached base safely in 13 of his last 14 interleague games overall and holds career average of.333 (14-for-42) in 12 games in American League ballparks. DEEP THOUGHTS: Beginning with the action on April 21, the Pirates have hit at least one home run in 13 of their last 15 games, going deep a total of 19 times in that span...pittsburgh s 19 homers in that span are tied for the second-most in the National League, trailing only the Washington Nationals (24). HADER S GONNA HATE: Richard Rodriguez struck out six of the seven batters he faced in 2.0 scoreless innings of work on Sunday; his second six strikeout performance of the season (also April 19)...Since making his Pirates debut on April 17, Rodriguez 21 strikeouts are tied for the most in the Majors by a reliever along with Milwaukee s Josh Hader. OSUNA EXPECTED TO BE RECALLED: José Osuna, who is expected to be recalled prior to tonight s game, enters today with an International League-leading OPS,.628 slugging percentage and 12 doubles...he is also tied for the league lead with 15 extra base hits, ranks third in batting average (.359) and fifth in total bases (49) coming into today...osuna took home International League Player-of-the-Month accolades for April after hitting.361 while leading the league in extra base hits (12) and slugging (.656)...He also served as Pittsburgh s 26th man in the club s April 25 doubleheader vs. Detroit, where he went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the game...he will wear uniform #36. EXTRA EXTRA: Jordy Mercer went deep for the first time this season on Sunday and now has 10 extra base hits from the eighth spot of the lineup this year, which is the most in the Majors...Since the beginning of last season, Mercer s 32 extra base hits while batting eighth are the most by any player in the Majors. RISPY BUSINESS: The Pirates went 5-for-12 with runners in scoring position on Sunday and are hitting.265 for the season in that category...the only two National League teams with a better average with RISP are the Braves (.311) and Padres (.270)... Individually, Francisco Cervelli is tied for the third-most RBI (20) with runners in scoring position among all National League players, trailing Atlanta s Freddie Freeman (22) and Chicago s Javier Baez (21)...Cervelli s.423 average with RISP ranks fifth among all National League players coming into today s action. REHABBING BUCCO: RHP Joe Musgrove made his second rehab start last night with Double-A Altoona (4.0ip/2h/1r/1er/0bb/4so) while throwing a total of 34 pitches in the game (28 strikes)...musgrove made his first rehab start (3.0ip/5h/2r/2er/0bb/2so) with Single-A Bradenton on May 1, throwing a total of 36 pitches (29 strikes) in that game. ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY May 8, 1968: Roberto Clemente s sacrifice fly in the top of the 14th inning gave the Bucs a 4-3 win against the Braves at Fulton County Stadium. Steve Blass started and allowed three unearned runs in the first inning before the Bucs mounted a comeback. Ron Kline earned the win after twirling 5.0 scoreless innings of relief. BUCS WHEN... Last five games Last ten games 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...8 Wins in final AB...4 Walkoff Wins...2 Losses in final AB...2 Walk-off Losses... 1 Extra Inning Games Playing errorless Homered homers Series (W-L-T) Series Sweeps...2 Swept in a Series...2 Interleague Before the break After the break Starter goes 6.0ip Starter goes less than 6.0ip UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Wednesday at Chicago (AL) 1:10 RHP Trevor Williams (4-2, 2.63 ERA) vs. RHP Reynaldo Lopez (0-2, 2.43 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Thursday OFF DAY IN PITTSBURGH

2 46 - RHP IVAN NOVA YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO M.L. CAREER vs. CHICAGO (AL): 4-1 with a 2.42 ERA (44.2ip/12er) in seven career starts (all as a member of the Yankees)...Has allowed one earned run in six of his seven starts; the exception came on 8/21/12 at Chicago when he was charged with six earned runs in 6.0 innings while losing a 7-3 decision against Francisco Liriano...In his last start against the Sox on 5/14/16 he won a 2-1 decision after alowing one run over 5.2 innings of work. 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 3/29 at Detroit ND W 4/4 vs. Minnesota L L 4/10 at Chicago W W 4/15 at Miami W W 4/20 at Philadelphia ND L 4/26 vs. Detroit ND W MARCH/APRIL (2-1, 3.32 ERA) /2 at Washington L L MAY (0-1, 9.64 ERA) CAREER BATTING:.047 (5-for-106) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 14 SACS 2018 BATTING:.000 (0-for-15) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 SACS Nova is hitless in his last 42 big league at bats CATCHERS THROWING CS/ATT PCT PB PICK OFFS CATCHER S ERA Cervelli 5/13 38% 1 0 (237.0ip/112er) 4.25 Díaz 1/4 25% 0 0 (75.1ip/31er) 3.70 CAUGHT STEALINGS BY PITCHERS... 1 PITCHER PICKOFFS... 0 SB OFF PITCHERS... 0 NO THROWS... 2 OTHERS (double steals)...0 TOMORROW S STARTER TREVOR WILLIAMS: The 26-year-old righthander will be making his eighth start of the season tomorrow afternoon in the finale of this 10-day, nine-game road trip...allowed two runs over 5.2 innings and lost a 3-1 decision in his last start Thursday afternoon at Nationals Park...Has worked 6.0 innings in five of his seven starts...began the season with three straight wins before suffering his first loss on 4/17 vs. Colorado (6.0ip/2er)...Has gone 2-1 with a 2.28 ERA (23.2ip/6er) in his first four road starts...surrendered two homers in his last outing after allowing just one in his first six starting assignments. vs. CHICAGO: Has never faced the White Sox...Has gone 3-1 with a 1.69 ERA (32.0ip/6er) in five career interleague starts...is 1-0 this season after winning a 1-0 decision on 4/1 at Detroit...In addition to this season, he lost a 7-2 decision (6.0ip/4r/3er) at Toronto on 8/12/17, won a 10-1 decision over the Orioles on 9/26/17 at PNC Park (6.0ip/1er) and beat the Tigers, 3-0, on 8/8/17. TEAM BATTING Most runs, game, Pirates...14, 4/6 vs. CIN Most runs, game, Opponents...13, 4/25 vs. DET (game one) & Most runs, inning, Pirates...6, 4/6 vs. CIN (6th) Most runs, inning, Opponents...6, (6th) Most hits, game, Pirates... 17, (13 innings) Most hits, game, Opponents...20, 4/25 vs. DET (game one) Most hits, inning, Pirates...6, (6th) Most consec. hits, inning... 5, (6th) & 4/8 vs. CIN (5th) Most consec. hits, game... 5, & 4/8 vs. CIN Most hits, inning, Opponents...6, 4/25 vs. DET (4th- game one) Fewest hits, game, Pirates...2, PHI Fewest hits, game, Opponents... 1, 4/8 vs. CIN Most doubles, game...6, 4/6 vs. CIN Most triples, game...2, 4/16 vs. COL Most home runs, game, Pirates...4, Most home runs, game, Opponents...4, & 4/25 vs. DET (game one) Most consecutive games, home run...7, 4/21-28 Most consec. games, HR, Opponents...4, 5/1-4, 4/10-13 & 4/1-5 Most extra-base hits...7, & 4/6 vs. CIN Most consecutive games, extra-base hit...18, 3/30-4/18 Most stolen bases, game, Pirates...2, 4/6 vs. CIN Most stolen bases, game, Opponents...2, 4 times, last on Most left on base...13, 4/25 vs. DET (game two) Most left on base (extra innings)... TEAM PITCHING Most strikeouts, game, Pirates... 16, Most strikeouts, game, Pirates (extra innings)... Most strikeouts, game, Opponents... 13, Most strikeouts, game, Opponents (extra innings)... Most walks, game, Pirates...6, & (game 1) Most walks, game, Pirates (extra innings)...9, Most walks, game, Opponents... 11, 4/2 vs. MIN TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Longest winning streak...5 games, 4/25-29 Longest losing streak... 5 games, 4/19-25 Longest game, innings innings, Longest game, time... 5:27, Longest game, time, 9 innings...3:51, 4/25 vs. DET (game one) Shortest game, time, 9 innings... 2:28, 4/8 vs. CIN Largest margin of victory runs, 4/6 vs. CIN (14-3) Largest margin of defeat... 8 runs, (4-12) & (5-13) Largest come from behind victory...5 runs, 4/27 vs. StL Largest come from behind loss... 4 runs, 4/7 vs. CIN 2018 HIGHS & LOWS Largest crowd, home...30,186, 4/2 vs. MIN Smallest crowd, home... 8,869, 4/17 vs. COL Largest crowd, road... 42,516, Smallest crowd, road... 6,852, Most errors, game, Pirates... 2, 5 times, last on Most errors, game, Opponents... 3, Consecutive innings w/out an error...53, 3/30-4/6 Most double plays turned... 3, (game 1) Rain delays, home (total time)...1 (1 hour, 37 minutes) Rain delays, road (total time) Players used...31 INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most hits, game...5, Marte Most consecutive hits...6, Marte (4/14-15) Most runs, game....4, Marte Most 2bs, game...2, Dickerson & Mercer (4/6 vs. CIN) Most 3bs, game... 1, 8 times, last by Marte Most HR, game...2, Polanco Most extra-base hits... 2, 7 times, last by Cervelli (4/25 vs. DET - game one) Most total bases...8, Marte & Polanco Most RBI, game...6, Cervelli (4/25 vs. DET- game one) Most SB, game...1, 14 times, last by Polanco Most walks, game...4, Polanco (4/2 vs. MIN) Consec. games, home run..2, Marte (5-4/5), Dickerson (4/30-5/1) & Rodríguez ( ) Longest hitting streak... 1s, Dickerson (4/4-16) Grand slams , Moran (4/2 vs. MIN) Inside-the-park home runs... 1, Marte Leadoff home runs... 2, Frazier & Rodriguez Walkoff home runs , Dickerson (4/26 vs. DET) INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most strikeouts, game... 9, Kingham (4/29 vs. StL), Nova & Taillon (4/2 vs. MIN) Longest winning streak... 3 games, Williams (4/1-12) Longest losing streak...3 games, Taillon (4/19-30) Fewest hits, complete game...1, Taillon (4/8 vs. CIN) Most walks, game...5, Williams & - game 1) Most IP, game, starter , Taillon (4/8 vs. CIN) Most IP, game, reliever , Glasnow Most consec. scoreless IP , Taillon (4/8-19) Most consecutive saves... 6, Vázquez (4/1-5/4)

3 JOSH BELL N Went deep for the second time this season Sunday afternoon at Milwaukee; a solo shot in the seventh inning. ROAD TRIP: 5-22 (.227) 1 HR 1 RBI N Has hit safely in 10 of his last 11 interleague games, going 17-for-44 (.386) with two homers and 11 RBI. N Has reached base safely in each of his five games this month, going 5-for-18 with five walks and a.435 OBP. LAST 3: 2-11 (.182) 1 HR 1 RBI N Has hit safely in 10 of his last 14 contests...has been charged with one error in 275 total chances at first base. First HR: 7/9/16 vs. CHI (Adam Warren) FRANCISCO CERVELLI N ROAD TRIP: 5-19 (.263) 1 HR 2 RBI LAST 3: 2-9 (.222) 0 HR 1 RBI Is 11-for-26 (.423) with RISP...Started behind the plate in Sunday s shutout while also going 1-for-4 at the plate. N His five home runs have already matched his 2017 output and are two shy of his career high of seven in N Has gone 9-for-25 (.360) with a double, pair of home runs and four RBI over his last eight games. N Has 22 RBI; recorded his 22nd last year on 7/9...Ranks second in the NL with 17 RBI from the 6th spot of lineup. Last HR: 5/2/18 at WAS First HR: 6/24/09 at ATL (Kris Medlen) ELIAS DÍAZ N Made his eighth start behind the plate Thursday afternoon and went hitless in four at bats. ROAD TRIP: 0-8 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Recorded his third career three-hit game on 4/29 while making the start behind the plate in team s 5-0 shutout. LAST 3: 0-6 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-8 N Has been charged with one error in his last 37 games (30 starts) behind the plate dating back to 8/28/17. N Has gone 15-for-31 (.484) with two home runs and six RBI in his eight starts this season. COREY DICKERSON N Had his fourth three-hit game of the year Sunday...Has at least one RBI in eight of his last 1s (12 total). ROAD TRIP: 9-29 (.310) 3 HR 9 RBI N Has gone deep three times in the first seven games of the road trip...is 19-for-56 (.339) over his last 15 games. LAST 3: 4-13 (.308) 1 HR 4 RBI N Is hitting.370 (10-for-27) with RISP...His 24 RBI ranks 2nd among NL left fielders behind Yoenis Cespedes (27). N Has hit safely in 23 of his last 29 games, going 39-for-111 (.351) with 10 doubles, five homers and 23 RBI. ADAM FRAZIER N Hit his first career leadoff home run Sunday off Chase Anderson; was also his second homer of the season. ROAD TRIP: 7-24 (.292) 1 HR 1 RBI N The Pirates are 6-1 in his seven multi-hit games...is 7-for-22 with a pair of doubles in interleague play this year. N Is 10-for-29 (.345) with a homer, two RBI, three walks and a.424 on-base percentage in his last nine games. LAST 3: 4-10 (.400) 1 HR 1 RBI 2 games N Has gone 22-for-77 (.286) with a pair of doubles and two homers in his 19 starts. DAVID FREESE N Has gone 4-for-11 with a home run and two RBI in his last five games...struck out in his only at bat Saturday. ROAD TRIP: 3-10 (.300) 1 HR 1 RBI N Extended Pittsburgh s lead to 6-4 with a solo homer to lead off the ninth inning in his only at bat Friday. N Is 11-for-35 (.314) against right handed pitchers...has made seven starts at third base and two at first base. LAST 3: 2-6 (.333) 1 HR 1 RBI 0-for-1 N Has gone 11-for-37 (.297) with two home runs and five RBI in his nine starts this season. STARLING MARTE N His.329 interleague average since 2014 is the second-best mark in the N.L. behind Charlie Blackmon (.331). ROAD TRIP: 6-25 (.240) 2 HR 5 RBI N Has homered twice in his last three games...hit his first career inside-the-park home run Friday night. N His 35 triples since the beginning of the 2012 season rank third among all National League players. LAST 3: 4-13 (.308) 2 HR 5 RBI 3 games N Has reached base safely in 31 of his 35 games overall...has hit each of his five homers on the road. Multi-RBI Games: 3 Last HR: First HR: 6/2/17 at NY (Paul Sewald) Multi-Hit Games: 11 Multi-RBI Games: 8 Last HR: 5/4/18 at MIL First HR: 7/28/13 vs. MIL (Donovan Hand) Multi-Hit Games: 7 Multi-RBI Games: 0 First HR: 7/24/16 vs. PHI (Edubray Ramos) Multi-Hit Games: 3 Multi-RBI Games: 2 Last HR: First HR: 9/29/09 at CIN (Ramon Ramirez) Multi-Hit Games: 8 Multi-RBI Games: 4 Last HR: First HR: 7/26/12 at HOU (Dallas Keuchel) JORDY MERCER N Homered Sunday for the first time this season; a second inning solo shot off Milwaukee starter Chase Anderson. ROAD TRIP: 5-23 (.217) 1 HR 2 RBI N His 10 extra base hits from the eighth spot of the lineup are the most by any player in the Majors. LAST 3: 3-12 (.250) 1 HR 2 RBI N Sunday s three-hit game was his second of 2018 (also 4/6)... Was charged with his only error of the season on 4/28. N His 58s played at shortstop since the beginning of the 2014 season rank fifth in the Majors. Multi-Hit Games: 5 First HR: 8/8/12 vs. ARI (Josh Collmenter) COLIN MORAN N Reached base safely three times in five plate appearances Sunday after going 1-for-3 with an RBI and two walks. Multi-Hit Games: 5 ROAD TRIP: 4-17 (.235) 0 HR 1 RBI N Twenty six of his 27 hits have come vs. righties; his lone hit vs. a lefty came against Justin Wilson on 4/12. Multi-RBI Games: 3 Last HR: 4/25/18 vs. DET N Has hit safely in 17 of his last 25 games, going 24-for-80 (.300) with five doubles, a homer and 10 RBI. LAST 3: 2-10 (.200) 0 HR 1 RBI First HR: 7/21/17 at BAL N Is 8-for-25 (.320) with RISP...His 14 RBI from the seventh spot of the lineup is tops in the National League. (Richard Bleier) MAX MOROFF N Is 4-for-12 (.333) with runners on base...played the final two innings of Sunday s game at short; went 0-for-1. ROAD TRIP: 1-8 (.125) 1 HR 2 RBI N Went deep for the first time this season on 5/1 at Washington; a two-run shot in the ninth inning. LAST 3: 1-8 (.125) 1 HR 2 RBI 0-for-6 N Singled as a pinch hitter on 4/28...Has made each of his three starts at second base (last on 5/2). N Has made seven of his eight defensive appearances at second base; has one at shortstop (5/6). Multi-Hit Games: 0 Last HR: 5/1/18 at. WAS First HR: 7/16/17 vs. STL (Carlos Martinez) JOSÉ OSUNA N Is expected to be recalled today from Indy, where he hit.359 with 12 doubles, three HR, 18 RBI and a OPS. ROAD TRIP: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Is in his second stint with the Pirates this season after serving as the 26th man in 4/25 doubleheader vs. Detroit. N Made 17 appearances at third base and four in right field this year with Indy...Hit.353 in six games in May. LAST 3: 2-4 (.500) 1 HR 3 RBI N Hit first big league homer a year ago yesterday...was signed by Pittsburgh as a non-drafted free agent on 12/5/09. GREGORY POLANCO ROAD TRIP: 6-24 (.250) 0 HR 2 RBI LAST 3: 2-9 (.222) 0 HR 1 RBI 0-for-4 N Collected his 18th RBI of the season Sunday afternoon with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning. N Reached base safely three times in four plate appearances Saturday after going 1-for-2 with two walks. N Twenty two of his 25 hits have come against righthanders...the Bucs are 9-1 this year when he records an RBI. N Has been charged with two errors in 130 games since the beginning of the 2017 season (last on 8/9). Multi-Hit Games: 1 Last HR: 4/25/18 vs. DET First HR: 5/7/17 vs. MIL (Zach Davies) Last HR: 4/27/18 vs. StL First HR: 6/13/14 at MIA (Mike Dunn) SEAN RODRÍGUEZ N Went 1-for-1 with a walk Friday night while playing the last four innings of the game at second base. ROAD TRIP: 1-9 (.111) 0 HR 0 RBI N Started at shortstop on 5/3 at Nationals Park and went hitless in three at bats. N Hit his first career leadoff home run on 4/21 while also recording his first multi-hit game of the year. LAST 3: 1-5 (.200) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-1 N Has made four starts in left field, three at second base, four at shortstop and one in center field. Multi-Hit Games: 1 Multi-RBI Games: 2 Last HR: First HR: 6/1/08 vs. TOR (A.J. Burnett)

4 STEVEN BRAULT N Stranded his one inherited runner while retiring the one batter he faced in the seventh inning Saturday night in Milwaukee. BA AGAINST: N Struck out three of the seven batters he faced in 2.0 scoreless innings on 5/2 at Washington. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 1/0 N Allowed five runs (4er) in 4.2 innings and had a no-decision in his last start on 4/27 vs. St. Louis. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 3/2 N Has yet to strike out in his first 32 career plate appearances; is 7-for-31 with a double and two RBI at the plate. KYLE CRICK N Surrendered two runs (1er) on one hit, three walks and a wild pitch Saturday night at Milwaukee (0.2ip). BA AGAINST: N Has been scored upon in back-to-back appearances (2.0ip/3r)...Issued just one walk in his first nine outings. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 8-2 N Has recorded at least one strikeout in each of his first 10 appearances; has 13 K s in 8.1 innings of work overall. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 10/8 N Has surrendered one home run; came on 4/25 vs. Detroit (game one)...has been scored upon three times in his first 10 appearances. MICHAEL FELIZ N Struck out three of the five batters he faced while tossing a scoreless seventh inning Friday night at Milwaukee. BA AGAINST: N Retired all three batters he faced on 5/3 at Washington...Has made six straight scoreless appearances (6.0ip). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 2/2 N Made eight straight scoreless appearances from 4/1-20 (7.1ip/3 hits)...has at least one strikeout in 13 of his 16 appearances. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 16/9 N Is averaging 12.2 strikeouts (19 strikeouts in 14.0ip) per 9.0 innings this season...has been scored upon twice in his first 16 outings. TYLER GLASNOW N Allowed a season-high six runs on four hits in 1.0 inning in his last appearance on 5/1 at Nationals Park. BA AGAINST: N Posted a career-high tying seven strikeouts (also in his start on 4/15/17) while allowing two runs in 3.2 innings on 4/19 at Philly. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 2/0 N Surrendered his only homer on 4/16 vs. Colorado (Charlie Blackmon)...Has 23 strikeouts in 16.1 innings of work out of the bullpen. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 8/6 N Is in his first season working exclusively out of the bullpen...has allowed 12 of his 14 runs on the road. GEORGE KONTOS N Was charged with his third loss of the season Saturday night after allowing two runs on two hits in 1.0 inning of work at Milwaukee. BA AGAINST: N Worked a scoreless 11th inning while earning his second win in Pittsburgh s walkoff victory on 4/27 against the Cardinals. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 0/0 N Has allowed three hits in 15 at bats (.200) vs. the first batter he has faced...made six straight scoreless outings from 4/22 to 5/4. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 16/12 N Pitched a ninth inning to earn his second career save in 5-4 win on 4/2 over the Twins; picked up first save last year on 10/1. RICHARD RODRÍGUEZ BA AGAINST: INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 3/1 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 8/6 N Struck out six of the seven batters he faced Sunday in 2.0 scoreless innings; his second six strikeout performance this year (also 4/19). N Has been scored upon once in his first eight appearances...issued his only walk (intentional) on 4/30 at Washington. N Suffered his first big league loss on 4/22 in Philadelphia; allowed winning run to score with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning. N Has at least one strikeout in seven of his eight appearances, averaging 16.7 per 9.0 innings (11.1ip/21so). EDGAR SANTANA N Retired all three batters he faced Saturday night at Milwaukee...Has made five straight scoreless appearances (4.0ip). BA AGAINST: N Closed out the 6-2 win on 4/28 vs. St. Louis with a ninth inning while also striking out two of the three batters he faced. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 6/2 N Has at least one strikeout in eight of his last 10 games...surrendered his only homer this season on 4/25 vs. Detroit (game one). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 15/12 N Has made 11 scoreless outings among his first 15 appearances...has not allowed a run during the seventh inning (4.0ip). FELIPE VÁZQUEZ N Needed just 20 pitches for the six batters he faced while recording his sixth save Friday in Milwaukee; his first save since 4/14. BA AGAINST: N Escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the 9th inning on 4/26 and picked up the victory in Pittsburgh s 1-0, walkoff win vs. Detroit. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 6/4 N Has been scored upon once in his last 12 games (12.1ip/1er) after giving up four runs in 0.2ip in his season debut on 3/30. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 13/7 N Is 8-for-8 in save situations of more than 1.0 inning in his career...is 27-for-29 in save opportunities since the beginning of Disabled List (5 players, 5 appearances) On Date Off ^Games Player (injury) DL Eligible DL Missed Nick Burdi (R elbow surgery) * 2/20 5/ A.J. Schugel (R shoulder discomfort) 3/29 (retro to 3/26) 4/ Joe Musgrove (R shoulder strain) 4/2 (retro to 3/30) 4/ Josh Harrison (L hand fracture) 4/16 4/ Enny Romero (L shoulder impingement) 4/29 (retro to 4/26) 5/ * 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...8/21/17 vs. LA (Osuna & Rodríguez) The Pirates Hit a Grand Slam... 4/2/18 vs. MIN (Moran) The Pirates Hit an Inside-The-Park (Marte) The Pirates Hit a Leadoff HR (accomplished twice in 2018)... (Frazier) 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 Inning... (Freese, Jaso & Mercer) The Pirates Hit Three Consecutive HR s in One Inning... (Freese, Jaso & Mercer) 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) 2018 Walkoff Wins 1. 4/26 vs. Detroit Dickerson HR in 9th 2. 4/27 vs. St.Louis Marte single in 11th Pirates vs. Chicago/Interleague CAREER vs. WHITE SOX 2018 Ejections CAREER INTERLEAGUE AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Bell Cervelli Díaz Dickerson Frazier Freese Marte Mercer Moran Moroff Osuna Polanco Rodríguez W-L-S ERA G IP ER W-L-S ERA G IP ER Brault Crick Feliz Glasnow Kontos Kuhl Nova Rodríguez Santana Taillon Vázquez Williams /26 vs. Detroit Hurdle by Mike Winters (arguing Frazier out of base line)

5 Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance MARCH (1-0) 29 at Det T3-0.5 PPD - RAIN (rescheduled for March 30) 30 1 at Det W (13) Brault (1-0) Wilson (0-1) 42, at Det PPD - RAIN (rescheduled for April 1) APRIL (16-12) 1 2 at Det W Williams (1-0) Fulmer (0-1) Vázquez (1) 14, at Det W T1 --- Kuhl (1-0) Farmer (0-1) Vázquez (2) 18, MIN W Taillon (1-0) Lynn (0-1) Kontos (1) 30,186 30, MIN L Rogers (1-0) Nova (0-1) 20,690 50, CIN W Brault (2-0) Bailey (0-2) Vázquez (3) 9,227 60, CIN W Williams (2-0) Castillo (0-2) 11,115 71, CIN L Peralta (1-0) Kontos (0-1) Iglesias (2) 14,336 85, CIN W TAILLON (2-0) Mahle (1-1) 11,251 96,805 9 at Chi PPD - SNOW (rescheduled for April 10) at Chi W Nova (1-1) Chatwood (0-2) Vázquez (4) 40, at Chi L Duensing (1-0) Glasnow (0-1) 35, at Chi W Williams (3-0) Hendricks (0-1) 29, at Mia L Peters (2-1) Kuhl (1-1) 6, at Mia W Kontos (1-1) Zeigler (0-3) Vázquez (5) 26, at Mia W Nova (2-1) Ureña (0-3) 10, COL L Marquez (1-1) Brault (2-1) 8, , COL L Bettis (3-0) Williams (3-1) Davis (8) 8, , COL W Kuhl (2-1) Freeland (0-3) 8, , at Phi L Arrieta (2-0) Taillon (2-1) 19, at Phi L Garcia (2-1) Kontos (1-2) Neris (3) 20, at Phi L Nola (2-1) Feliz (0-1) Neris (4) 28, at Phi L 2-3 (11) Rios (3-0) R. Rodriguez (0-1) 29, DET PPD - RAIN (rescheduled for April 25) DET L Stumpf (1-0) Taillon (2-2) Greene (4) DET W Kuhl (3-1) Boyd (0-2) 9, , DET W Vázquez (1-0) Wilson (0-3) 12, , STL W 6-5 (11) Kontos (2-2) Hicks (1-1) 15, , STL W Williams (4-1) Flaherty (0-1) 18, , STL W Kingham (1-0) Weaver (2-2) 14, , at Was L Roark (2-2) Taillon (2-3) Kintzler (1) 20,879 MAY (2-4) 1 30 at Was L Scherzer (6-1) Kuhl (3-2) 23, at Was L Strasburg (3-3) Nova (2-2) 27, at Was L Solis (1-1) Williams (4-2) Doolittle (6) 30, at Mil W Kingham (2-0) Guerra (2-2) Vázquez (6) 32, at Mil L Hader (1-0) Kontos (2-3) 32, at Mil W Kuhl (4-2) Anderson (3-3) 38, at CWS 9 37 at CWS SF SF SF CWS CWS SD SD SD SD at Cin at Cin at Cin STL STL STL CHI CHI CHI at Stl JUNE (0-0) 1 57 at Stl 2 58 at Stl 3 59 at Stl 5 60 LA 6 61 LA 7 62 LA 8 63 at Chi 9 64 at Chi at Chi at Ari at Ari at Ari CIN CIN CIN MIL MIL MIL ARI ARI ARI ARI at NY at NY at NY 1B - Bell (19-14), Freese (0-2) 2B - Harrison (10-4), Frazier (7-8), Rodríguez (0-3), Moroff (2-1) 3B - Moran (15-13), Freese (4-3) SS - Mercer (17-14), Rodríguez (2-2) LF - Dickerson (16-15), Rodríguez (3-1) CF - Marte (19-15), Rodríguez (0-1) RF - Polanco (17-15), Frazier (1-1), Osuna (1-0) C - Cervelli (15-12), Díaz (4-4) DH - Frazier (2-0), Cervelli (1-0) 2018 PIRATES DAY BY DAY Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance at SD at SD JULY (0-0) 1 84 at SD 2 85 at LA 3 86 at LA 4 87 at LA 6 88 PHI 7 89 PHI 8 90 PHI 9 91 WAS WAS WAS MIL MIL MIL MIL ALL-STAR BREAK at Cin at Cin at Cin at Cle at Cle at Cle NY NY NY NY CHI CHI STL STL STL at Col at Col at Col at SF at SF at SF at SF at Min at Min CHI CHI CHI CHI ATL ATL ATL at Mil at Mil at Mil at Stl at Stl at Stl at Atl at Atl at Atl CIN CIN CIN MIA MIA MIA at Stl at Stl at Stl at Mil at Mil at Mil KC KC KC MIL MIL MIL at Chi at Chi at Chi at Chi at Cin at Cin at Cin 1st - Frazier (10-8), Harrison (8-4), Rodríguez (1-3), Moroff (0-1) 2nd - Polanco (14-14), Mercer (3-1), Harrison (2-0), Frazier (0-1) 3rd - Marte (17-15), Polanco (2-0), Rodríguez (0-1) 4th - Bell (19-14), Dickerson (0-1), Freese (0-1) 5th - Dickerson (16-13), Freese (2-2), Cervelli (1-1) 6th - Cervelli (12-11), Freese (2-1), Díaz (1-2), Marte (2-0), Dickerson (0-1), Rodríguez (1-0), Moran (0-1), Osuna (1-0) 7th - Moran (13-12), Cervelli (3-0), Polanco (1-1), Mercer (0-2), Díaz (2-0), Freese (0-1) 8th - Mercer (12-11), Rodríguez (3-3), Moran (2-0), Díaz (0-2), Moroff (2-0) 9th - Pitchers (16-15), Mercer (2-0), Díaz (1-0) AUGUST (0-0) SEPTEMBER (0-0) DOUBLEHEADERS (4/1, 4/25) BOLD - COMPLETE GAME *home sellout (--) STARTS BY POSITIONS AND BATTING ORDER MOST RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION 4/20 A.J. Schugel (RHP) rehab assignment transferred from Bradenton to Indianapolis. 4/25 José Osuuna (INF/OF) recalled as the 26th man for second game of doubleheader; optioned back to Indianapolis. 4/28 Nick Kingham (RHP) recalled from Indianapolis...Enny Romero (LHP) placed on 10-day D.L. (retro to 4/26). 5/4 A.J. Schugel (RHP) returned from rehab. 5/6 Joe Musgrove (RHP) rehab assignment transferred from Bradenton to Altoona. 5/7 Nick Kingham (RHP) optioned to Indianapolis.