April 10, 2019 at Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL -- GAME #10/ROAD #4 RHP JORDAN LYLES (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP YU DARVISH (0-1, 8.

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1 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (5-4) VS. CHICAGO CUBS (3-7) April 10, 2019 at Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL -- GAME #10/ROAD #4 RHP JORDAN LYLES (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP YU DARVISH (0-1, 8.10 ERA) THE PIRATES...have won four of their last five games...split their first two games of the season in Cincinnati...Lost back-to-back extra-inning games to the Cardinals at PNC Park before sweeping the Reds in a four-game series...were 7-2 after nine games last season (8-2 after 10 games). ON THE BUMP: RHP Jordan Lyles is making his second start of the season tonight...he made his Pirates debut last Thursday BUCS WHEN... against the Reds at PNC Park and pitched 5.0 scoreless frames...lyles, who was signed as a free agent on 12/17, posted a Last five games ERA (28.0ip/8er) in his final 15 appearances in 2018, 14 of which came in relief. ONE OF THE BEST: Since 2011 the Pirates have produced the fourth-best record in the National League ( ;.515), trailing only the Dodgers ( ,.567), Cardinals ( ,.557) and Nationals ( ,.553). WANNA BE STARTING SOMETHING: After the first nine games, the Bucco starting pitchers have produced a 1.98 ERA (50.0ip/11er); the lowest ERA among all National League starting staffs and the second-lowest in the Majors behind Tampa Bay (1.77)...The staff enters today s action having surrendered seven earned runs in its last 44.0 innings of work (1.43 ERA). AT THE TOP: Adam Frazier has reached base safely in all eight of his starts while batting leadoff in each contest and enters today s action with a career-high tying seven-game hitting streak...in his career, Frazier is hitting.345 (102-for-296) with runners on base and.330 (60-for-182) with RISP...He hit his third career leadoff home run on Sunday. THE MELK MAN: Melky Cabrera enters tonight s game with five consecutive hits and has hit safely in five of his seven starts in right field, going 11-for-24 (.458) with two doubles and three RBI...The switch-hitter has gone 10-for-22 (.455) against RHP and is 1-for-3 from the right side of the plate...melky ranks first among active switch-hitters in hits (1867) and RBI (810). MOUND MEN: Pittsburgh s pitching staff enters today s action with the lowest ERA (2.93) among all National League teams... The staff s three shutouts are tied with Oakland for the most in the Majors this season. BUCS/CUBS: The Pirates and Cubs are scheduled to meet tonight for the second of 19 times this season...after Thursday s game, however, the clubs aren t scheduled to meet again until July 1 at PNC Park...The Bucs posted a 9-10 record against the Cubs last season, going 5-5 at Wrigley Field while hitting 14 home runs in the 10 games. PIRATES SET SAIL: The Pirates began this 10-day, eight-game road trip with a 10-0 loss on Monday...The trip continues with three games in Washington over the weekend and concludes with two in Detroit next Tuesday and Wednesday (day off in Detroit on Monday)...The Bucs are 1-2 on the road this season, having split two games in Cincinnati to start the season. FOR LOVE OF IVY: In 30 career games at Wrigley Field, Francisco Cervelli is hitting.314 (32-for-102) with five homers and 29 RBI...In addition, Cervelli has produced a.400 (14-for-35) average with runners in scoring position at the confines. JOSH RINGING THE BELL: Josh Bell has homered in two of his last three games and has gone 7-for-19 (.368) with three doubles, two homers and five RBI in his last five games...he hit a 474-foot home run over the batters eye at PNC Park on Sunday; the fourth-longest home run hit in the 19 years of play at the ballpark... SO LONG CENTRAL: Thursday s scheduled game with the Cubs will bring an end of 11 straight against N.L. Central teams to begin the season...starting Friday, the Pirates are scheduled to play 22 straight games outside the National League Central division prior to playing in St. Louis on Thursday, May 9. OUR FAVORITE MARTIN: Jason Martin has gone 4-for-8 with a double and an RBI in his first three games...he made his Major League debut on Saturday and singled off Cincinnati s Tanner Roark in his first at bat...martin was the first Bucco to make his debut as the leadoff batter since Starling Marte in REHABBING BUCS: Outfielder Gregory Polanco (left shoulder surgery on 9/12) and RHP Dovydas Neverauskas (left oblique strain) began rehab assignments with High-A Bradenton on Sunday...Polanco has gone 1-for-7 with two walks and an RBI in two games...neverauskas struck out one batter in a scoreless inning of relief on Sunday...Catcher Elias Díaz (virus) went 2-for-4 with a double last night with Triple-A Indianapolis after beginning his rehab stint with Bradenton on Friday and going 2-for-5 with two RBI and two walks in two games with the Marauders. CLOSING IT OUT: In 2018, Felipe Vázquez posted the fifth-highest single season save total in club history...his 37 saves last year were also the most by a Bucco lefthander in one season and ranked third among the N.L. leaders...on Pittsburgh s all-time saves list, Felipe ranks ninth with 60; one behind Stan Belinda (61) and seven behind Matt Capps (67). GUIDING THE SHIP: Clint Hurdle is in his ninth season as manager of the Pirates...His 671 wins in a Pittsburgh uniform rank fifth all time behind Fred Clarke (1422), Danny Murtaugh (1115), Jim Leyland (851) and Chuck Tanner (711)...Among active Major League managers, Hurdle s 1205 career wins rank third behind Bruce Bochy (1930) and Terry Francona (1581). ROSTER NOTES: Five players (Melky Cabrera, Lonnie Chisenhall, Erik Gonzalez, Jordan Lyles, and JB Shuck) are wearing black and gold for the first time...there are four rookies on the squad (Nick Burdi, Jason Martin, Kevin Newman and Pablo Reyes)...The oldest player on the roster is Francisco Liriano (35) and the youngest is Jason Martin (23). ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY April 10, 1975: The Pirates banged out 12 hits, including four home runs, while beating the Cubs 8-4 on Opening Day at Wrigley Field. Willie Stargell led the way offensively, going 4-for-4 with three RBI and a pair of solo home runs. Stargell s second homer of the game broke a 4-4 tie in the eighth inning, making him the third player in team history to go deep twice on Opening Day. UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS 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...2 Wins in final AB... 1 Walkoff Wins... 1 Losses in final AB...2 Walkoff Losses...0 Extra Inning Games Playing errorless Homered homers Series (W-L-T) Series Sweeps... 1 Swept in a Series... 1 Interleague Before the break After the break Starter goes 6.0ip Starter goes less than 6.0ip Thursday at Chicago 7:05 RHP Joe Musgrove (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP José Quintana (0-1, ERA) AT&T SportsNet Friday at Washington 7:05 EDT RHP Trevor Williams (1-0, 2.25 ERA) vs. LHP Patrick Corbin (0-0, 3.75 ERA) MLB Network Saturday at Washington 4:05 EDT RHP Chris Archer (1-0, 2.45 ERA) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (1-2, 3.32 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Sunday at Washington 1:35 EDT RHP Jameson Taillon (0-2, 3.00 ERA vs. RHP Aníbal Sánchez (0-1, 6.52 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Monday in Detroit OFF DAY

2 31 - RHP JORDAN LYLES YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO M.L. CAREER vs. CHICAGO: 2-2 with a 3.89 ERA (41.2ip/18er) in 1 (six starts)...has made his last six appearances in relief (6.2ip/3er) since making his last start on 4/12/15...Has gone 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA (35.0ip/15er) in his six starts and is winless (0-1) in three starts at Wrigley Field...Made his last start at Wrigley while pitching with the Astros on 6/23/13; a loss to Jeff Samardzija. DATE/OPP W/L IP H R ER BB SO PITCHES ERA SCORE DATE/OPP W/L IP H R ER BB SO PITCHES ERA SCORE 4/4 vs. Cincinnati ND W APRIL (0-0, 0.00 ERA) /25 vs. Red Sox ND W 3/2 vs. Yankees ND W 3/7 vs. Orioles ND W 3/12 vs. Twins (relief) ND L 3/23 vs. Phillies W W SPRING (1-0, 5.06 ERA) In addition to his official spring training games listed above, Lyles most recently threw 92 pitches in 6.0 innings of a minor league game in Bradenton 3/29. He also threw 60 pitches/4.0 innings in a simulated game at LECOM Park on 3/18. CAREER BATTING:.121 (21-for-174) 4 2B 0 3B 2 HR 11 RBI 13 SACS 2019 BATTING:.000 (0-for-2) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 SACS 2 Career HR: 9/30/12 off Mike Fiers 4/30/14 off Josh Collmenter CATCHERS THROWING ERA CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB Cervelli 3/5 60% 0 1 (69.0ip/23er) 3.00 Díaz 0/0 0% 0 0 (0.0ip/0er) 0.00 Stallings 0/0 0% 0 0 (14.0ip/4er) 2.57 CAUGHT STEALINGS BY PITCHERS... 1 PITCHER PICKOFFS... 0 SB OFF PITCHERS... 0 NO THROWS... 0 OTHERS (double steals)...0 TEAM BATTING Most runs, game, Pirates...7, 4/7 vs. CIN Most runs, game, Opponents...10, 4/8 at CHI Most runs, inning, Pirates...3, 4/7vs. CIN (5th) & 4/1 vs. STL (1st) Most runs, inning, Opponents...6, 4/8 at CHI (2nd) Most hits, game, Pirates...12, 4/7 vs. CIN & 4/6 vs. CIN Most hits, game, Opponents...8, 4/8 at CHI, 4/6 vs. CIN & 4/1 vs. STL Most hits, inning, Pirates...4, 4/7 vs. CIN (5th) Most consec. hits, inning...3, 4/4 vs. CIN (8th) & 3/28 at CIN (6th) Most consec. hits, game...3, 4/4 vs. CIN & 3/28 at CIN Most hits, inning, Opponents...4, 4/8 at CHI & 4/6 vs. CIN (3rd) Fewest hits, game, Pirates...5, 3/28 at CIN Fewest hits, game, Opponents... 3, 4/5 vs. CIN Most doubles, game...4, 4/7 vs. CIN Most triples, game...1, 4/7 vs. CIN & 4/3 vs. STL Most home runs, game, Pirates...2, 4/7 vs. CIN Most home runs, game, Opponents... 3, 4/7 vs. CIN Most consecutive games, home run...2, 4/6-7 & 4/1-3 Most consec. games, HR, Opponents...3, 4/6-8 Most extra-base hits...7, 4/7 vs. CIN Most consecutive games, extra-base hit...8, 3/28-4/7 Most stolen bases, game, Pirates...2, 4/3 vs. STL & 3/31 at CIN Most stolen bases, game, Opponents... 1, 4/3 vs. STL Most left on base... 12, 3/31 at CIN Most left on base (extra innings)... TEAM PITCHING Most strikeouts, game, Pirates... 11, 4/8 at CHI Most strikeouts, game, Pirates (extra innings)...17, 4/1 vs. STL Most strikeouts, game, Opponents... 12, 4/8 at CHI Most strikeouts, game, Opponents (extra innings)... Most walks, game, Pirates...4, 4/8 at CHI & 4/4 vs. CIN Most walks, game, Pirates (extra innings)... 8, 4/1 vs. STL Most walks, game, Opponents... 7, 3/31 at CIN & 3/28 at CIN Most walks, game, Opponents (extra innings) , 4/1 vs. STL TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Longest winning streak...4 games (4/4-7) Longest losing streak... (4/1-3) Longest game, innings... 11, 4/1 vs. STL Longest game, time... 4:50, 4/1 vs. STL Longest game, time, 9 innings... 3:13, 4/8 at CHI Shortest game, time, 9 innings... 2:25, 4/5 vs. CIN Largest margin of victory...5 runs, 3/31 at CIN (5-0) Largest margin of defeat runs, 4/8 at CHI (0-10) TOMORROW S STARTER JOE MUSGROVE: The 26-year-old righthander will be making his second start/third appearance of the season tomorrow night...tossed 7.0 scoreless innings and won his first start Friday night vs. Cincinnati... Made his season debut in Cincinnati on 3/31 and threw 2.0 perfect innings of relief...went 6-9 with a 4.06 ERA (115.1ip/52er) in 19 starts with the Pirates in his first season with the Bucs after being acquired from the Astros on 1/13/18...Had abdominal surgery this offseason on 10/19 to help relieve a stress reaction he had on the front of his pelvic bone. vs. CHICAGO: 2-1 with a 1.80 ERA (20.0ip/4er) in three career starts...went 2-0 in two starts with the Pirates last season; won a 2-1 decision over Kyle Hendricks on 5/30 at PNC Park (7.0ip/1er) and a 3-1 decision over Tyler Chatwood on 8/8 at PNC Park HIGHS & LOWS Largest come from behind victory... 3 runs, 4/6 vs. CIN Largest come from behind loss...4 runs, 4/1 vs. STL Largest crowd, home...37,336, 4/1 vs. STL Smallest crowd, home... 8,523, 4/4 vs.cin Largest crowd, road... 44,049, 3/28 at CIN Smallest crowd, road... 18,737, 3/31 at CIN Most errors, game, Pirates... 2, 44/7 vs. CIN, /1 vs. STL & 2/28 at CIN Most errors, game, Opponents... 4, 3/31 at CIIN Consecutive innings w/out an error...32, 4/1-6 Most double plays turned...1, done 5 times, last on 4/7 vs. CIN Rain delays, home (total time)... Rain delays, road (total time) Players used INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most hits, game...3, done 4 times, last by Cabrera (4/7 vs. CIN) Most consecutive hits...5, Cabrera (4/7-8) Most runs, game....2, done 5 times, last by Frazier, Bell & Cabrera (4/7 vs. CIN) Most 2bs, game... 2, Bell (4/6 vs. CIN) & Frazier (4/3 vs. STL) Most 3bs, game...1, Marte (4/7 vs. CIN) & González (4/3 vs. STL) Most HR, game...1, last by Frazier & Bell (4/7 vs. CIN) Most extra-base hits... 3, Bell (4/6 vs. CIN) Most total bases...8, Bell (4/6 vs. CIN) Most RBI, game...3, Moran (4/1 vs. STL) Most SB, game...1, 7 times, last by Martin (4/6 vs. CIN) Most walks, game... 2, 5 times, last by Gonzalez (4/7 vs. CIN) Consec. games, home run... 2, Bell (4/6-7) Longest hitting streak...7 games, Frazier (3/31-4/8) Grand slams Inside-the-park home runs... Leadoff home runs... 1, Frazier (4/7) Walkoff home runs INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most strikeouts, game... 8, Musgrove (4/5 vs. CIN) & Archer (4/1 vs. STL) Longest winning streak... Longest losing streak..., Taillon (3/28-4/8) Fewest hits, complete game... Most walks, game...3, Lyles (4/4 vs. CIN) & Archer (4/1 vs. STL) Most IP, game, starter...7.0, Musgrove (4/5 vs. CIN) & Taillon (4/3 vs. STL) Most IP, game, reliever...3.0, Brault (4/8 at CHI) Most consec. scoreless IP...9.0, Musgrove (3/31-4/5) Most consecutive saves... 2, Vázquez (4/4-5)

3 JOSH BELL N Has gone 7-for-19 (.368) with three doubles, two homers and five RBI in his last five games. ROAD TRIP: 0-4 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Hit a 474-foot homer over the batters eye at PNC Park on Sunday...Has homered in two of his last three games. SERIES 0-4 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has started each of the first nine games...has collected eight RBI in the last eight games. LAST 3: 5-12 (.417) 2 HR 4 RBI 0-for-1 N Is fourth in games played among N.L. first basemen since 2017; trails A. Rizzo, P. Goldschmidt and J. Votto. MELKY CABRERA N Has produced five straight hits...went 2-for-2 in his start in right field Monday afternoon. ROAD TRIP: 2-2 (1.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI Sunday afternoon...has started seven of the first nine games in RF. SERIES 2-2 (1.000) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 5-10 (.500) 0 HR 3 RBI FRANCISCO CERVELLI N ROAD TRIP: 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N SERIES 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N LAST 3: 2-6 (.333) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-2 ERIK GONZÁLEZ N Has started seven of the first nine games at shortstop...had an RBI-double and walked twice on Sunday. ROAD TRIP: 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Was the Opening Day starter at shortstop and went 1-for-4; collected Pittsburgh s first hit of the season. SERIES 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 1-6 (.167) 0 HR 1 RBI 0-for-2 N Has gone 11-for-21 in his last eight games after going hitless in four at bats in his Opening Day start on 3/28. N Ranks first among active switch hitters in hits (1867), doubles (363) and RBI (810)...Made MLB debut in Has gone 20-for-57 (.351) with four doubles, a triple, five homers and 21 RBI in his last 17 games at Wrigley. Singled as a pinch hitter in the 10th inning Saturday and scored the winning run on Kevin Newman s double. Has reached base safely in each of his first eight starts...has hit third in the lineup in his last five starts. N Has thrown out three-of-five runners attempting to steal; shared N.L. lead with 21 caught stealings in ADAM FRAZIER N Has hit safely in seven straight games (ties career high) and has reached base safely in each of his first nine. ROAD TRIP: 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI N Connected off Anthony DeSclafani for his third career leadoff home run on Sunday. SERIES 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI N Ranks third among N.L. leadoff batters with 11 hits...has started eight of the first nine games. LAST 3: 3-8 (.375) 1 HR 1 RBI 7 games N Is hitting.330 (60-for-182) with runners in scoring position since making his debut in N Was acquired from Cleveland as part of a five-player deal on 11/14. N Hit.200 (9-for-45) with two doubles, a homer, three RBI and three stolen bases in 18 spring training games. Multi-Hit Games: 3 Multi-RBI Games: 3 Last HR: 4/7/19 vs. CIN First HR: 7/9/16 vs. CHI (Adam Warren) Multi-Hit Games: 4 Last HR: 8/21/18 at BOS First HR: 6/15/06 vs. CLE (Cliff Lee) Last HR: 9/24/18 at CHI First HR: 6/24/09 at ATL (Kris Medlen) Multi-Hit Games: 3 Last HR: 4/7/19 vs. CIN First HR: 7/24/16 vs. PHI (Edubray Ramos) Last HR: 5/15/18 at DET First HR: 7/15/17 vs. LA (Chris Hatcher) JUNG HO KANG N Is hitting.308 (12-for-39) with three doubles and a homer in 12 career games at Wrigley Field. ROAD TRIP: 0-2 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Collected the game-winning RBI Friday night vs. Cincinnati while also celebrating his 32nd birthday. SERIES 0-2 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 0-8 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-8 N Has started seven of the first nine games...his home run last Wednesday was his first since 10/1/16. N Hit.250 (18-for-53) with a Major League-leading seven home runs in 16 spring training games; had 11 RBI. Last HR: 4/3/19 vs. STL First HR: 5/3/15 at STL (Trevor Rosenthal) STARLING MARTE N Is five hits shy of 900 in his career; 102 have come vs. the Cubs, the third-most against any team. ROAD TRIP: 0-3 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI SERIES 0-3 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 2-13 (.154) 0 HR 2 RBI 0-for-4 N Has reached base safely in seven of his first eight games...his last multi-hit game at Wrigley came on 4/15/17. N His 52 outfield assists since 2015 rank first among all Major League players (Billy Hamilton is second with 43). N Ranks seventh on the Pirates all-time list (since 1898) with 216 stolen bases; Barry Bonds is sixth with 251. JASON MARTIN N Played the final four innings in left field on Monday and went 1-for-2 at the plate. ROAD TRIP: 1-2 (.500) 0 HR 0 RBI N Started his second straight game in left field Sunday afternoon and went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. SERIES 1-2 (.500) 0 HR 0 RBI N Batted leadoff in his Major League debut on Saturday and singled off Tanner Roark in his first at bat. LAST 3: 4-8 (.500) 0 HR 1 RBI 3 games N Was recalled Friday before playing in any Triple-A games this season. COLIN MORAN N Is tied for the third-most pinch hits (12) in all of MLB since 2018 behind Tommy La Stella (24) & Chase Utley (13). ROAD TRIP: 0-2 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has gone 1-for-3 with two walks as a pinch hitter this season...has made two starts at third base. SERIES 0-2 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Made his first career start/appearance in left field Friday night. LAST 3: 1-7 (.143) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-5 N Made his fifth career appearance at first base on 4/1 (first since 10/1/17); has zero career starts there. KEVIN NEWMAN N Went 1-for-4 while making his second start at shortstop Monday; also had three errors in the second inning. ROAD TRIP: 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI N Delivered his first Major League walkoff hit Saturday afternoon; an RBI-double with one out in the 10th inning. SERIES 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI N Started at second base for the first time this season Saturday afternoon and went 2-for-4 with a walk. LAST 3: 3-11 (.273) 0 HR 2 RBI N Made his first start of the season at shortstop on Thursday and went 0-for-3 with an RBI. PABLO REYES N Started Monday s game in left field and went hitless in three at bats. ROAD TRIP: 0-3 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI SERIES 0-3 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 1-5 (.200) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-3 N Went 5-for-17 with a pair of homers and five RBI in four games last year at Wrigley from 9/ N Played the final three innings in right field Saturday and singled in his only at bat in the ninth inning. N Struck out in pinch-hitting appearance and also played the final three innings of Friday s game in right field. JB SHUCK N Walked as a pinch hitter in his only plate appearance Monday afternoon. ROAD TRIP: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Played the final two innings in right field on Sunday...Played the final four innings in left field on Saturday. SERIES 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has reached base safely in six of his seven games with a PA and has produced a.450 on-base percentage. LAST 3: 2-7 (.286) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-1 N Was a non-roster invitee in spring training...has made two starts in left field and one each in center and right. JACOB STALLINGS N Caught the final four innings of Monday s 10-0 setback and went 1-for-2 at the plate. ROAD TRIP: 1-2 (.500) 0 HR 0 RBI N Made his season debut Saturday afternoon and 2-for-4 with a run scored while catching all 10 innings. SERIES 1-2 (.500) 0 HR 0 RBI N Was a member of a big league Opening Day roster for the first time in his career. LAST 3: 3-6 (.500) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has made a total of 16 starts in his big league career ( ). Last HR: 9/30/18 at CIN First HR: 7/26/12 at HOU (Dallas Keuchel) Last HR: 4/1/18 vs. STL First HR: 7/21/17 at BAL (Richard Bleier) Last HR: 9/25/18 at CHI First HR: 9/14/18 at MIL (Gio Gonzalez) Last HR: 8/10/16 at KC First HR: 7/29/13 at TEX (Matt Garza)

4 STEVEN BRAULT N Gave up four hits and four runs while pitching 3.0 innings Monday; also singled as a pinch hitter (is now 1-for-3 in his career as a PH). BA AGAINST: N Made his 2019 season debut on 4/1 vs. St. Louis and was charged with the loss; surrendered one run in 1.2 innings of work. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 0/0 N Spent majority of 2018 season pitching in relief for the Pirates...Has gone 5-3 with a 4.87 ERA (88.2ip/48er) as a big league reliever. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 2/1 N Allowed just one of his 18 inherited runners in score in 2018; stranded the bases loaded twice. NICK BURDI N Struck out all three Chicago batters he faced in the eighth inning Monday afternoon. BA AGAINST: N Retired each of the three Cincinnati batters he faced Saturday...Has struck out eight batters in 3.2ip (19.64 K s per 9.0ip). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 0/0 N Suffered his first Major League loss last Wednesday; failed to retire any of the three St. Louis batters he faced in the 10th inning. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 5/3 N Was charged with a run in 0.2ip on 4/1; struck out two batters and gave up two hits...is the lone rookie on the pitching staff. KEONE KELA N Was charged with his second blown save of the season Saturday after surrendering a solo homer to Joey Votto in the eighth inning. BA AGAINST: N Has surrendered a homer twice in his five outings; allowed a total of five in 52.0 combined innings in 2018 with Texas and Pittsburgh. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 5/1 N Retired all three Cincinnati batters he faced Friday night while making his 200th career appearance. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 5/2 N Has made three scoreless outings; the two games in which he has been scored upon have come when he allowed a home run. NICK KINGHAM N Pitched 2.0 innings in Sunday s 7-5 win over the Reds; gave up a two-run homer to Derek Dietrich with two outs in the eighth. BA AGAINST: N Worked 2.0 scoreless innings and picked up his first win of the season Thursday night against the Reds. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 3/1 N Made his season debut in relief on 4/1; entered game with two outs and bases loaded and allowed one inherited runner to score. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 3/2 N Has gone 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA (9.1ip/4er) in six big league relief appearances. FRANCISCO LIRIANO BA AGAINST: INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 4/1 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 4/3 RICHARD RODRÍGUEZ BA AGAINST: INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 2/2 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 5/3 N Pitched 2.0 scoreless innings on Monday...Has yet to allow a hit in his first four appearances. N Struck out two of the three Cincy batters he faced in the 10th inning Saturday while earning his first win with the Bucs since 7/21/16. N Ranks 14th among active pitchers with 1757 strikeouts; CC Sabathia leads the way with N Has worked a combined 4.0 scoreless innings in his first four outings...earned his only big league save on 5/9/06 with Minnesota. N Pitched a ninth inning Sunday afternoon vs. Cincinnati to earn his first Major League save. N Struck out two of the three batters he faced while working a scoreless seventh inning Saturday against the Reds. N Has made three straight scoreless appearances (3.0ip) after being scored upon in each of his first two outings (1.0ip/4r). N Two of the first three hits he has allowed this season have been homers; allowed five homers in 69.1 innings of work last season. FELIPE VÁZQUEZ N Struck out two of the three batters he faced while picking up his second save of the season Friday night against the Reds. BA AGAINST: N Recorded his first save of the season Thursday night...ranks ninth in club history with 60 saves; Stan Belinda is eighth with 61. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 1/0 N Was charged with one unearned run while pitching 1.1 innings on 4/1; stranded his one inherited runner in the eighth inning. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 4/4 N Was a National League All-Star in Finished the season ranked third among N.L. relievers with 37 saves Injured List (10 players, 10 appearances) On Date Off ^Games Player (injury) IL Eligible IL Missed Lonnie Chisenhall (R index finger fracture) 3/28 (retro to 3/26) 4/ Elias Díaz (virus) 3/28 (retro to 3/25) 4/ Chad Kuhl (Tommy John surgery on 9/20) * 3/1 4/ Jordan Lyles (R side discomfort) 3/28 (retro to 3/25) 4/4 4/4 1-3 Dovydas Neverauskas (L oblique strain) 3/28 (retro to 3/25 4/ José Osuna (lower neck discomfort) 3/28 (retro to 3/25 4/ Gregory Polanco (L shoulder surgery on 9/12) 3/28 (retro to 3/25 4/ Edgar Santana (Tommy John surgery on 10/4) * 3/28 5/ Corey Dickerson (R posterior shoulder strain) 4/4 4/ Kyle Crick (R triceps tightness) 4/5 (retro to 4/4) 4/ * 60-day IL ^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...9/30/18 at CIN (Marte & Bell) The Pirates Hit a Grand Slam... 8/10/18 at SF (Cervelli) The Pirates Hit an Inside-The-Park HR... 5/4/18 at MIL (Marte) The Pirates Hit a Leadoff HR... 4/7/19 vs. CIN (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...7/14/18 vs. MIL - game 2 (Marte, Polanco & Luplow) The Pirates Hit Three Consecutive HR s in One Inning...5/24/17 at ATL (Freese, Jaso & Mercer) The Pirates Hit Four HR s in One Inning... 8/20/03 at STL (Sanders-2, Kendall & Giles) The Pirates Hit Five Home Runs in a Game...7/14/18 vs. MIL - game 2 (Luplow-2, Moroff, Marte & Polanco The Pirates Hit Six Home Runs in a Game...4/14/14 at CIN The Pirates Hit Seven Home Runs in a Game...8/20/03 atstl (club record, done 3 times) 2019 Walkoff Wins 1. 4/6 vs. Cin... Newman double in 10th 2019 Ejections person date reason 1. Kela 4/7 vs. Cin on-field skirmish 2. Vázquez 4/7 vs. Cin on-field skirmish Pirates vs. Chicago 2019 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Bell Cabrera Cervelli Frazier González Kang Marte Martin Moran Newman Reyes Shuck Stallings W-L-S ERA G IP ER W-L-S ERA G IP ER Archer Brault Burdi Kela Kingham Liriano Lyles Musgrove Rodríguez Taillon Vázquez Williams

5 Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance MARCH (1-1) 28 1 at Cin L T3-1.0 Duke (1-0) Taillon (0-1) Hernandez (1) 44, at Cin PPD - RAIN (rescheduled for May 27) 31 2 at Cin W T2-1.0 Williams (1-0) Gray (0-1) 18,737 APRIL (4-3) 1 3 STL L 5-6 (11) 1-2 T3-2.0 Hicks (1-1) Brault (0-1) Gant (1) *37,336 37, STL L Gant (2-0) Burdi (0-1) Hudson (1) 23,954 61, CIN W Kingham (1-0) Hernandez (0-1) Vázquez (1) 8,523 69, CIN W Musgrove (1-0) Gray (0-2) Vázquez (2) 12,497 82, CIN W 6-5 (10) Liriano (1-0) Iglesias (0-2) 15,798 98, CIN W Archer (1-0) DeSclafani (0-1) Rodríguez (1) 14, , at Chi L Brach (1-0) Taillon (0-2) 40, at Chi at Chi at Was at Was at Was at Det at Det SF SF SF ARI ARI ARI ARI at LA at LA at LA at Tex MAY (0-0) 1 28 at Tex 3 29 OAK 4 30 OAK 5 31 OAK 7 32 TEX 8 33 TEX 9 34 at Stl at Stl at Stl at Stl at Ari at Ari at Ari at SD at SD at SD at SD COL COL COL LA LA LA at Cin at Cin at Cin at Cin MIL MIL 1 57 MIL 2 58 MIL 4 59 ATL 5 60 ATL 6 61 ATL 7 62 at Mil 8 63 at Mil 9 64 at Mil at Atl at Atl at Atl at Atl at Mia at Mia at Mia DET DET SD SD SD at Hou at Hou at Hou at Mil at Mil at Mil JUNE (0-0) 2019 PIRATES DAY BY DAY Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance JULY (0-0) 1 83 CHI 2 84 CHI 3 85 CHI 4 86 CHI 5 87 MIL 6 88 MIL 7 89 MIL 8-11 ALL-STAR BREAK at Chi at Chi at Chi at Stl at Stl at Stl PHI PHI PHI STL STL STL STL at NY at NY at NY at Cin at Cin at Cin AUGUST (0-0) NY NY NY MIL MIL MIL at Stl at Stl at Stl at LAA at LAA at LAA CHI CHI CHI WAS WAS WAS WAS CIN CIN CIN at Phi at Phi at Phi at Col at Col at Col at Col MIA MIA MIA STL STL STL at SF at SF at SF at SF at Chi at Chi at Chi SEA SEA SEA at Mil at Mil at Mil CHI CHI CHI CIN CIN CIN STARTS BY POSITIONS AND BATTING ORDER 1B - Bell (5-4) 2B - Frazier (4-3), Newman (1-0) 3B - Kang (4-3), Moran (1-1) SS - González (4-3), Newman (1-1) LF - Dickerson (1-2), Shuck (1-1), Martin (1-1), Moran (1-0), Reyes (0-1) CF - Marte (5-3), Shuck (0-1) RF - Cabrera (4-3), Reyes (0-1), Shuck (1-0) C - Cervelli (4-4), Stallings (1-0) DH - 1st - Frazier (4-4), Martin (1-0) 2nd - Marte (5-3) Cabrera (0-1) 3rd - Cervelli (3-2), Dickerson (1-2), Moran (1-0) 4th - Bell (5-4) 5th - Kang (3-2), Cervelli (1-2), Cabrera (1-0) 6th - Cabrera (2-2), Kang (1-1), Moran (1-1), Newman (1-0) 7th - Shuck (2-2), Cabrera, (1-1), Reyes (1-1), Martin (1-0), Stallings (1-0) 8th - González (4-3), Newman (1-1) 9th - Pitchers (5-4) SEPTEMBER (0-0) DOUBLEHEADERS (5/27) BOLD - COMPLETE GAME *home sellout (1) MOST RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION 4/4 Jordan Lyles (RHP) reinstated from injured list...corey Dickerson (OF) placed on 10-day injured list...jake Barrett (RHP) claimed off waivers by New York (AL). Elias Díaz (C) began rehab assignment with Bradenton. 4/5 Jason Martin (OF) recalled from Indianapolis...Kyle Crick (RHP) placed on 10-day injured list. 4/7 Dovydas Neverauskas (RHP) and Gregory Polanco (OF) began rehab assignments with Bradenton. 4/9 Elias Díaz (C) rehab assignment transferred to Indianapolis.