JULY 8, 2017 at Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL --- GAME #88/ROAD #45 RHP IVAN NOVA (8-6, 3.24 ERA) vs. RHP JAKE ARRIETA (8-6, 4.

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1 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (40-47) vs. CHICAGO CUBS (43-43) JULY 8, 2017 at Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL --- GAME #88/ROAD #45 RHP IVAN NOVA (8-6, 3.24 ERA) vs. RHP JAKE ARRIETA (8-6, 4.33 ERA) THE PIRATES...are 3-2 after the first five games of their seven game road trip to Philadelphia (3-1) and Chicago (0-1) leading up to the All-Star break...have gone in their last 26 games after losing four straight and five-of-six...won a season-high four straight games from 6/ Have gone in their last 51 games, dating back to 5/13...Have scored a season-high 12 runs four times; the last time coming on 6/2 at New York (NL)...Had a record after 87 games last season (46-42 after 88). BUCS WHEN... HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY: One year ago today Josh Bell made his Major League debut, delivering a pinch-hit single against Chicago s Jake Arrieta on the first pitch he saw...one night later, Bell connected off Chicago s Adam Warren for a pinch-hit grand slam in his second at bat to become the first Pittsburgh player whose first big league homer was a grand slam since Enrique Romo, who connected off New York s Roy Lee Jackson on October 1, YOU RE SO SUPER NOVA: Since being acquired by the Pirates last year on August 1, Ivan Nova s 3.17 ERA is the fifth-best among all Major League pitchers (minimum 150.0ip) behind Washington s Max Scherzer (2.51), Minnesota s Ervin Santana (2.93), Chicago s Jon Lester (2.97) and Boston s Chris Sale (3.09). GO THE DISTANCE: Ivan Nova has recorded five complete games since joining the Pirates last year on August 1, which leads all of Major League Baseball...Two of Nova s five complete games have come this year on April 17 at St. Louis and on April 29 at Miami...Prior to Nova, the last Pirate to record two complete games before to the All-Star break was Charlie Morton, who had two prior to the 2011 break. FIGURING IT OUT: In their last five meetings against Jake Arrieta, the Pirates have hit.309 (33-for-113) with eight home runs while winning four of the five games as Arrieta has produced an 7.81 ERA (27.2ip/25r/24er)...In the previous nine regular season games prior to this current stretch, the Chicago righthander went 7-1 with a 0.86 ERA (63.0ip/7r/6er) against the Bucs while holding the club to zero home runs and a.139 (29-for-209) batting average. PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF: Andrew McCutchen was named the National League Player-of-the-Month earlier this week after hitting.411 with six home runs and 23 RBI last month...he led all National League players in batting, OPS (1.193) and OBP (.505) while ranking sixth in RBI (minimum: 90 PAs)...So far this month, McCutchen has gone 11-for-25 (.440) with five doubles, a pair of home runs, two RBI and a OPS. BLACK AND BLUE BUCCO: Josh Harrison, who is celebrating his 30th birthday today, was hit by a pitch for a Major Leagueleading 20th time in yesterday s game...the 20 hit by pitches are tied for the fifth-most in Major League history before the All-Star Break (since 1933)...In 1971, Montreal s Ron Hunt was hit by a pitch a Major League-leading 25 times prior to the break...jason Kendall holds the Pirates club record for HBP prior to the break with 21 in PITCHING IN THE MONTH OF JULY: Pittsburgh s pitching staff enters today with a 2.86 ERA (63.0ip/20er) after the first seven games of this month...the only two teams in the Majors to post a lower ERA than the Pirates so far this month are the Dodgers (2.21) and Brewers (2.71). CUTCH CLOSING IN ON 1400 HITS: Andrew McCutchen enters today with 1395 career hits, which ranks 17th in Pirates history (Jason Kendall ranks 16th with 1409)...Since his first season in the big leagues in 2009, McCutchen s 1395 hits rank seventh in all of Major League Baseball and first among all National League players. LOOKING AHEAD TO TOMORROW: Jameson Taillon will start and close out the first half of Pittsburgh s season tomorrow afternoon here at Wrigley Field...Taillon enters today with a career-best 15.1 scoreless innings streak...coming into today, that s the third-longest active streak in the Majors behind Boston s Joe Kelly (21.1ip) and New York s Steven Matz (17.0ip). RINGING THE BELL: Thursday night Josh Bell hit his 16th home run of the season to surpass Ralph Kiner (15 in 1946) for most by a Pirates rookie before the break...since the first All-Star Game was played in 1933, Bell s 33 extra-base hits are the most by a Bucco rookie prior to the All-Star break, four more than Dale Long s total in His 43 RBI are also four shy of tying Warren Morris (47 in 1999) and Bill Brubaker (47 in 1936) for the most by a Pirates rookie prior to the All-Star break. HOT COFFEE: Gregory Polanco went 1-for-4 yesterday afternoon and has now hit safely in seven straight games (12-for-28) and in nine of his last 10 contests (14-for-37)...On Thursday night, Polanco went 4-for-4 while also hitting his seventh home run of the season. RAVING ABOUT RIVERO: Felipe Rivero recorded his fifth save of the season on Wednesday and has been charged with just two earned runs in his last 23 appearances (25.1ip) while striking out 32 batters and holding opponents to an.105 average (9-for-86)...Rivero enters today with the lowest ERA (0.78) among all relief pitchers in the Majors. MARTE ON REHAB: Outfielder Starling Marte went 2-for-3 for Indianapolis in his fourth game on rehab at Triple-A Friday night...he is now a combined 5-for-19 with a home run and three RBI in six games on rehab between Indianapolis and Single-A Bradenton...Marte is currently serving an 80-game suspension and is eligible for reinstatement on Tuesday, July 18. ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY July 8, 2005: Humberto Cota delivered a two-out walk-off single in the 10th inning off Braden Looper to give the Bucs a 6-5 win against the Mets at PNC Park. The Mets held a 5-1 lead before the Pirates scored four times in the ninth to tie it before Cota s heroics in the 10th. It was the third time in 2005 the Bucs won when trailing after eight innings. UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS 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...20 Wins in final AB...7 Walkoff Wins...4 Losses in final AB Walkoff Losses...6 Extra Inning Games Playing errorless Committing at least 1 Error Homered homers Series (W-L-T) Series Sweeps...2 Swept in a Series...6 Interleague Before the break After the break Starter goes 6.0ip Starter goes less than 6.0ip Sunday at Chicago 12:10 RHP Jameson Taillon (5-2, 2.73 ERA) vs. LHP Jon Lester (5-5, 3.94 ERA) ROOT/TBS ALL-STAR BREAK

2 46 - RHP IVAN NOVA YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO M.L. CAREER vs. CHICAGO: 1-0 with a 2.92 ERA (12.1ip/4er) in two career starts...surrendered two home runs (one to Jake Arrieta and one to Addison Russell), but won a 4-3 decision over Arrieta earlier this year on 6/17 at PNC Park (7.0ip/3er)...Also gave up one run in 5.1 innings in a rain-shortened complete game that ended in a 1-1 tie last year at PNC Park on 9/29. 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 4/7 vs. Atlanta W W 4/12 vs. Cincinnati L L 4/17 at St. Louis (CG) L L 4/23 vs. New York (AL) W W 4/29 at Miami (CG) W W APRIL (3-2, 1.50 ERA) /4 at Cincinnati L L 5/9 at Los Angeles BS L 5/14 at Arizona BS W 5/20 vs. Philadelphia W W 5/25 at Atlanta W W 5/31 vs. Arizona L L MAY (2-2, 4.17 ERA) /6 at Baltimore BS L 6/11 vs. Miami W W 6/17 vs. Chicago W W 6/22 at Milwaukee L L 6/28 vs. Tampa Bay W W JUNE (3-1, 3.48 ERA) /3 at Philadelphia L L TOTALS (8-6, 3.24 ERA) CATCHERS THROWING CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Cervelli 6/26 23% 2 4 (436.1ip/201er) 4.15 Diaz 2/6 33% 1 2 (162.0ip/82er) 4.56 Stallings 1/2 50% 0 0 (13.1ip/11er) 7.43 Stewart 5/16 31% 0 3 (171.0ip/74er) 3.89 CAUGHT STEALINGS BY PITCHERS...2 PITCHER PICKOFFS... 1 SB OFF PITCHERS... 2 NO THROWS OTHERS (double steals)... 1 TEAM BATTING Most runs, game, Pirates...12, & Most runs, game, Opponents...14, 4/24 vs. CHI Most runs, inning, Pirates...8, (2nd) Most runs, inning, Opponents... 7, (3rd) Most hits, game, Pirates...18, Most hits, game, Opponents...18, 6/30 vs. SF & 6/9 vs. MIA Most hits, inning, Pirates... 6, 5 times, last on (1st) Most consec. hits, inning... 6, (1st) Most consec. hits, game...6, Most hits, inning, Opponents...6, 4 times, last on 6/16 vs. CHI (9th) Fewest hits, game, Pirates...1, Fewest hits, game, Opponents... 2, 4/25 vs. CHI Most doubles, game... 5, 6/9 vs. MIA Most triples, game...3, Most home runs, game, Pirates... 4, & Most home runs, game, Opponents... 4, Most consecutive games, home run... 9, 6/16-24 Most consec. games, HR, Opponents...9, 6/17-25 Most extra-base hits... 6, & Most consecutive games, extra-base hit...36, 4/12-5/20 Most stolen bases, game, Pirates... 3, 6/11 vs. MIA Most stolen bases, game, Opponents...5, 4/10 vs. CIN Most left on base...13, & 4/7 vs. ATL Most left on base (extra innings)...15, 7/1 vs. SF (11 innings) INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most hits, game... 4, Cervelli Osuna & Polanco & 4/8 vs. ATL) Most consecutive hits...6, McCutchen (6/29-7/1) Most runs, game.....3, McCutchen Jaso & Frazier Most 2bs, game...2, 10 times, last by McCutchen Most 3bs, game...1, 22 times, last by Mercer & Bell Most HR, game...2, McCutchen & 6/13 vs. COL) & Harrison Most extra-base hits... 2, 24 times, last by McCutchen & Bell Most total bases....9, McCutchen Most RBI, game... 6, Diaz Most SB, game...2, Frazier (6/11 vs. MIA) & McCutchen (5/17 vs. WAS) Most walks, game... 4, Frazier Consec. games, home run...2, McCutchen (6/19-20), Frazier (5/24-25), Mercer (5/23-24), Harrison (5/1-2) & Bell (6/2-3, 5/17-18 & 4/19-21) Longest hitting streak games, Mercer (6/9-21) Grand slams None Inside-the-park home runs...none Leadoff home runs...2, Harrison (4/26 vs. CHI) & Mercer (4/21 vs. NYY) Walkoff home runs , McCutchen (5/29 vs. ARI) & Marte (4/9 vs. ATL) 2017 HIGHS & LOWS CAREER BATTING:.068 (5-for-74) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 BB 11 SACS 2017 BATTING:.029 (1-for-34) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 BB 6 SACS Snapped an 0-for-28 streak with a single on 5/30 off Arizona s Robbie Ray TOMORROW S STARTER JAMESON TAILLON: The 25-year-old righthander will be making his 12th start of the season tomorrow afternoon...tossed 5.0 scoreless innings, struck out a career-high nine batters, and won a 3-0 decision at Philadelphia in his last start Tuesday...Will bring a career-high 15.1 scoreless innings streak into his start...is 3-1 with a 1.98 ERA (27.1ip/6er) in five starts since returning from D.L. on 6/12 (had testicular cancer surgery on 5/8)...Is 3-1 with a 2.31 ERA (35.0ip/9er) in six starts on the road; has not allowed an earned run in three of those six starts...has surrendered one home run in his last five starts (27.1ip). vs. CHICAGO: 2-2 with a 3.68 ERA (22.0ip/9er) in four career starts...this year he suffered a 7-1 loss on 6/18 at PNC Park (5.0ip/4er) and won a 6-1 decision on 4/16 at Wrigley Field (7.0ip/1r/0er)...Also won an 8-4 decision over Jake Arrieta at PNC Park on 9/28/16 (6.0ip/1h/1r/1er/3bb/4so) and allowed four runs in 4.0 innings while losing a 10-5 decision to Kyle Hendricks on 6/19/16 at Wrigley Field. TEAM PITCHING Most strikeouts, game, Pirates... 14, Most strikeouts, game, Pirates (extra innings)...14, 5/31 vs. ARI Most strikeouts, game, Opponents... 17, Most walks, game, Pirates... 9, 4/24 vs. CHI Most walks, game, Pirates (extra innings)... Most walks, game, Opponents...8, & Most walks, game, Opponents (extra innings) , 7/1 vs. SF INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most strikeouts, game...9, Taillon (7/4 at PHI) Longest winning streak... 3 games, Cole (6/13-24) & LeBlanc (4/26-5/21) Longest losing streak...6 games, Kuhl (4/18-6/14) Fewest hits, complete game... 3, Nova Most walks, game...6, Kuhl (4/8 vs. ATL) Most IP, game, starter...9.0, Nova Most IP, game, reliever , LeBlanc (4/10 vs. CIN) Most consec. scoreless IP , Taillon (6/23-7/4) Most consecutive saves...7, Watson (4/7-26) TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Longest winning streak...4 games (6/10-13) Longest losing streak... 6 games (5/7-12) Longest game, innings...14, 5/31 vs. ARI Longest game, time... 4:40, 5/31 vs. ARI (14 inn) Longest game, time, 9 innings... 4:01, 6/30 vs. SF Shortest game, time...2:10, 5/30 vs. ARI Largest margin of victory runs, (11-1) & (12-2) Largest margin of defeat...11 runs, (1-12) & 4/24 vs. CHI (3-14) Largest come from behind victory... 4 runs, Largest come from behind loss... 5 runs, Largest crowd, home...36,484, 4/7 vs. ATL Smallest crowd, home...11,027, 4/11 vs. CIN Largest crowd, road... 47,720, Smallest crowd, road...13,909, Most errors, game, Pirates...3, 6/27 vs. TB & 4/21 vs. NYY Most errors, game, Opponents... 3, Consecutive innings w/out an error , 5/8-14 Most double plays turned...4, & 4/8 vs. ATL Rain delays, home (total time)...3 (5 hours, 4 minutes) Rain delays, road (total time) (5 hours, 17 minutes) Players used... 37

3 JOSH BELL N Made his big league debut one year ago today vs. the Cubs...Recorded team s only RBI in yesterday s game. ROAD TRIP: 4-18 (.222) 1 HR 5 RBI SERIES: 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 1 RBI LAST 3: 4-14 (.286) 1 HR 5 RBI 3 games N Hit 16th HR of the year Thursday, surpassing Ralph Kiner (15 in 1946) for most by a Pirates rookie before the break. N Has an RBI in seven of his last nine games...has hit safely in three straight and in seven of his last nine games. N Has 43 RBI; four shy of the team rookie-record before the break held by Warren Morris (1999) & Bill Brubaker (1936). Multi-Hit Games: 13 Multi-RBI Games: 9 Last HR: 7/6/17 at PHI First HR: 7/9/16 vs. CHI (Adam Warren) FRANCISCO CERVELLI N ROAD TRIP: 1-9 (.111) 0 HR 0 RBI SERIES: 1-3 (.333) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 1-6 (.167) 0 HR 0 RBI 1 game Has hit safely in his last five games at Wrigley Field, going 7-for-20 with two doubles, a homer and four RBI. N Went 1-for-3 with a walk Friday; has not started back-to-back games since making three straight from 6/ N Started at catcher on 7/3 after being reinstated from the DL (concussion) prior to the game; went 0-for-3. N Has gone 35 games since his last error on 4/24...Tied career high with four hits on 5/25 in Atlanta. Multi-Hit Games: 10 Last HR: 5/10/17 at LA First HR: 6/24/09 at ATL (Kris Medlen) ADAM FRAZIER N Is 5-for-14 with a double, triple, home run and four RBI in three games this year at Wrigley Field. ROAD TRIP: 0-13 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Started and went hitless in five at bats Friday...Has three hits in eight career at bats vs. Jake Arrieta. SERIES: 0-5 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has reached base safely in 19 of his last 23 games on the road...leads team with 48 starts batting leadoff. LAST 3: 0-7 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-16 N Has hit all three of his home runs this season on the road; all three have been three-run shots. Multi-Hit Games: 15 Multi-RBI Games: 9 Last HR: 5/25/17 at ATL First HR: 7/24/16 vs. PHI (Edubray Ramos) DAVID FREESE N One of his two three-hit games this year came here at Wrigley on 4/14; was 3-for-4 with two doubles & two RBI. ROAD TRIP: 3-11 (.273) 0 HR 1 RBI N Went 1-for-1 with an RBI and pair of walks on Wednesday and has now hit safely in four of his last five starts. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has made 55 starts at third base; made a total of 71 starts at third base for the Bucs last year. LAST 3: 2-7 (.286) 0 HR 1 RBI 0-for-5 N Has gone 4-for-15 (.267) so far this month after hitting.247 (20-for-81) in 24 games in June. Multi-Hit Games: 14 Last HR: 6/6/17 at BAL First HR: 9/29/09 at CIN (Ramon Ramirez) JOSH HARRISON N Is celebrating his 30th birthday today...went 0-for-4 with a hit by pitch in yesterday s game. ROAD TRIP: 2-21 (.095) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has been named to the All-Star team for the second time in his career (also in 2014); was selected by MLB. SERIES: 0-4 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 2-14 (.143) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-4 N Has been hit by a pitch a Major League-leading 20 times; was hit by a pitch a total of 19 times from N Has made five of his last six starts at second base...played in his 700th career game Thursday at Philadelphia. Multi-Hit Games: 24 Multi-RBI Games: 7 Last HR: 6/24/17 at STL First HR: 8/23/11 vs. MIL (Marco Estrada) JOHN JASO N Has gone 9-for-27 with three doubles and two homers in his last seven starts; made last start on Friday. ROAD TRIP: 1-12 (.083) 0 HR 1 RBI SERIES: 0-2 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 1-8 (.125) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-6 N His HR off Josh Osich on 7/2 was the second of his career off a lefty and first since his first career HR on 4/24/10. N Has two pinch-hit home runs this year (five career)...is hitting.333 (6-for-18) with seven RBI as a pinch hitter. N Is hitting.310 (31-for-100) in his last 36 games and has reached base safely in 29 of his last 40. Multi-Hit Games: 12 Last HR: 7/2/17 vs. SF First HR: 4/24/10 vs. TOR (Ricky Romero) ANDREW McCUTCHEN N Has three, three-hit games in his last four contests and is hitting.440 (11-for-25) with a OPS so far this month. ROAD TRIP: (.476) 2 HR 2 RBI N Is five hits shy of 1400 in his career; ranks 17th all-time in team history in that category (Jason Kendall is 16th with 1409). SERIES: 3-4 (.750) 0 HR 0 RBI N The Pirates are 22-7 this year in games when he knocks in a run, including 17-3 in the last 20 occasions. LAST 3: 6-13 (.462) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has hit safely in 21 of his last 26 games (41-for-92,.446)...Is 14-for-30 with runners in scoring position since 5/27. 2 games Multi-Hit Games: 25 Multi-RBI Games: 14 Last HR: 7/4/17 at PHI First HR: 6/17/09 at MIN (Francisco Liriano) JORDY MERCER N Is third among National League shortstops in OPS (.758)...Has established a new career-high in triples (four). ROAD TRIP: 3-14 (.214) 0 HR 1 RBI SERIES: 0-3 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 2-11 (.182) 0 HR 1 RBI 0-for-3 N Is hitting.320 (48-for-150) with nine doubles, four triples, six homers and 21 RBI in his last 41 games (since 5/22). N Has made just one error (on 6/25) in his last 62 games...hit his eighth homer of the year on 7/2. N Ranks second among NL shortstops in fielding pct. (.987)...Is hitting.292 (33-for-113) from 8th spot of lineup. Multi-Hit Games: 18 Multi-RBI Games: 7 Last HR: 7/2/17 vs. SF First HR: 8/8/12 vs. ARI (Josh Collmenter) MAX MOROFF N Flied out in pinch hit appearance Friday...Started at shortstop Thursday and went 0-for-3 with a walk. ROAD TRIP: 0-4 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Recorded his first career multi-rbi game on 6/7 at Baltimore while making the start at second base. SERIES: 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 1-7 (.143) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-6 N Has made six starts at second base (last on 6/28), three at shortstop and one at third base (7/2). N Was tied for 1st in HR (13), 2nd in OPS (.954) and 3rd in slugging (.569) in International League at time of promotion. Multi-Hit Games: 0 Multi-RBI Games: 1 Last HR: No M.L. Home Runs First HR: No M.L. Home Runs JOSÉ OSUNA N Struck out in pinch hit appearance Friday afternoon...has made his last four starts in the outfield. ROAD TRIP: 0-5 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI SERIES: 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 1-9 (.111) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-7 GREGORY POLANCO ROAD TRIP: 8-20 (.400) 1 HR 2 RBI SERIES: 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 6-12 (.500) 1 HR 2 RBI 7 games N Had three outfield assists Thursday, including two in successive plays; the first Pirate to have 3 assists since N Has batted second in each of his last three starts...has hit safely in eight of his last nine starts (12-for-42). N Four of his last five hits have gone for extra bases and 16 of his 32 hits overall have been extra-base hits. N Matched a season-high with four hits on Thursday (also 4/8 vs. Atlanta) while homering and collecting two RBI. N Recorded his seventh homer of the season Thursday...Is 9-for-31 from the sixth spot of the lineup. N Has hit safely in each of his last seven games (12-for-28) and in nine of his last 10 contests (14-for-37). N Has gone 63 games since making his only error on 4/7 (left field); made his last error in right field on 9/2/16. Multi-Hit Games: 8 Multi-RBI Games: 6 Last HR: 6/20/17 at MIL First HR: 5/7/17 vs. MIL (Zach Davies) Multi-Hit Games: 16 Multi-RBI Games: 3 Last HR: 7/6/17 at PHI First HR: 6/13/14 at MIA (Mike Dunn) CHRIS STEWART N Has been behind the plate for each of team s last three shutouts; 7/4 at Philly, 6/29 vs. Tampa & 5/21 vs. Philly. ROAD TRIP: 0-4 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Made his 400th career appearance behind the plate on 7/2 vs. San Francisco and went hitless in three at bats. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Was on the 10-day disabled list from 5/30 to 6/18 due to a left hamstring strain. LAST 3: 2-10 (.200) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-8 N Collected first career triple on 4/23...Has thrown out five runners attempting to steal against him; had three in Multi-Hit Games: 3 Multi-RBI Games: 1 Last HR: 4/10/16 at CIN First HR: 8/9/11 vs. PIT (James McDonald)

4 ANTONIO BASTARDO BA AGAINST: INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 5/2 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 9/6 N Was charged with two runs in 1.0 inning of work Friday after surrendering a two-run home run to Kris Bryant in the eighth inning. N Struck out two of the four batters he faced in 1.1 scoreless innings of work on 7/2 against the Giants. N Walked the only batter he faced (Joe Panik) and was charged with one run on 6/30 in his first game back with the Pirates since 4/24. N Has been scored upon in eight of his nine appearances with the Pirates...Was reinstated from the DL (left quad strain) on 6/27. DANIEL HUDSON N Worked a scoreless seventh inning Wednesday night...has allowed one unearned run in his last six appearances (5.2ip). BA AGAINST: N Allowed one unearned run in 1.0 inning and was charged with his fourth loss in 11-inning game on 7/1 vs. the Giants. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 13/5 N Has been scored upon five times (four home runs) in his last 24 appearances (21.2ip/5er ERA). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 42/30 N Earned his first win as a member of the Pirates on 6/10 vs. Miami while retiring each of his three batters faced. WADE LeBLANC N Tossed 1.1 scoreless innings Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field...Has a 2.62 ERA (34.1ip/10er) when working more than 1.0 inning. BA AGAINST: N Has made back-to-back scoreless appearances (3.1ip) after being scored upon in his previous two outings (2.2ip/3r). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 10/2 N Has issued three walks in his last 20 appearances (24.0ip)...Is 3-0 at home and 0-2 on the road; his two losses came on 6/6 and 6/7. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 33/25 N Earned third career save (3.0ip/0r) on 5/2 at Cincinnati...Has a.215 batting average against (26-for-121) against right-handed batters. JHAN MARIÑEZ N Has been scored upon in back-to-back outings (3.0ip/4r) after making six straight scoreless appearances (5.1ip). BA AGAINST: N Surrendered one run in 2.0 innings of work Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field on a home run by Kris Bryant in the sixth inning. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 11/6 N Was claimed off waivers on 5/19 from Milwaukee, where he went 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 15 relief appearances. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 18/8 N Recorded his only career win on 7/19/10 vs. Colorado while pitching with the Marlins...Made MLB debut with Miami on 7/16/10. JUAN NICASIO N Recorded his first save as a member of the Pirates Thursday and the second of his career; his other save came on 5/15/15 vs. Colorado. BA AGAINST: N Has allowed one hit in 22 at bats over his last seven appearances...has recorded 24 strikeouts in his last 20 appearances (18.1ip). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 20/5 N Has been scored upon in just six of his 42 appearances this season...recorded his lone win on 4/21 against the Yankees. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 42/30 N Surrendered his last home run on 9/10/16 (Joey Votto); a streak of 51.2 innings since serving up his last home run. FELIPE RIVERO N Has saves in back-to-back appearances...recorded his fifth save of the year Wednesday night at Philadelphia on his 26th birthday. BA AGAINST: N Has allowed an earned run in just four of his first 43 appearances...has been scored upon twice in his last 23 games (25.1ip/3r/2er). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 18/2 N Three of his five saves with the Pirates have been more than 1.0-inning saves; his last multi-inning save come on 6/17 vs. the Cubs. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 43/33 N Has 26 strikeouts in his last 16 appearances (19.1ip); has allowed six hits in 64 at bats (.094) in those 16 appearances. A.J. SCHUGEL N Was recalled Friday from Indianapolis, where he went 3-1 with a 4.17 ERA (36.2ip/17er) and 36 strikeouts in 26 relief appearances. BA AGAINST: N Is in his second stint with the Bucs this season; was also with the team from 6/10-14, but did not appear in a game. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 0/0 N Went 2-2 with a 3.63 ERA (52.0ip/21er) in 36 games with the Pirates last year; made last appearance on 8/30 against the Cubs. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 0/0 N Recorded his first career save last year with the Pirates on 4/25...Picked up last big league win on 7/6/16 at St. Louis. TONY WATSON N Retired each of his three batters faced Thursday...Was charged with a blown save and loss (1.0ip/3h/1r) on 7/2 vs. San Francisco. BA AGAINST: N Ranks seventh in Pirates history in appearances (442); Wilbur Cooper ranks sixth on the list with 469 appearances with Pittsburgh. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 15/8 N Has made the most appearances among MLB lefthanders since the start of 2012 (399)...Posted his last save on 5/21. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 39/25 N Recorded his last win on 5/29 vs. Arizona...Made seven straight scoreless appearances from 6/20 to 7/1 (6.0ip) Disabled List (8 players, 9 appearances) On Date Off ^Games Player (injury) DL Eligible DL Missed Adam Frazier (L hamstring strain) 4/24 (retro to 4/23) 5/3 5/ Antonio Bastardo (L quad strain) 4/25 5/5 6/ David Freese (R hamstring strain) 4/29 (retro to 4/26) 5/6 5/ Jameson Taillon (testicular cancer) 5/6 (retro to 5/4) 5/15 6/ Gregory Polanco (L hamstring strain) 5/17 (retro to 5/15) 5/25 5/ Josh Lindblom (L side discomfort) 5/20 5/30 6/ Chris Stewart (L hamstring strain) 5/30 6/9 6/ Francisco Cervelli (concussion) 6/7 6/14 6/ Francisco Cervelli (concussion) 6/22 (retro to 6/20) 6/27 7/3 4-6 * 60-day DL ^Team record in games missed 2017 Restricted List (2 players, 2 appearances) Player Date Placed Games Missed ^ Jung Ho Kang 3/ Starling Marte 4/ 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... (2 times in 2017) - (Osuna & Mercer) The Pirates Hit a Grand (Mercer) The Pirates Hit an Inside-The-Park (McCutchen) The Pirates Hit a Leadoff HR... (2 times in 2017) - last on 4/26/17 vs. CHI (Harrison) The Pirates Hit Back-to-Back HR s Leading Off Game... 9/20/13 vs. CIN (Tabata & Walker) The Pirates Hit a Leadoff Inside-The-Park HR... 4/20/12 vs. STL (Presley) The Pirates Hit a Pinch-Hit Grand Slam...7/9/16 vs. CHI (Bell) The Pirates Hit Three HR s in One Inning... (Freese, Osuna & Mercer) The Pirates Hit Three Consecutive HR s in One Inning... (Freese, Osuna & 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) Pirates vs. Chicago 2017 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Bell Cervelli Frazier Freese Harrison Jaso McCutchen Mercer Moroff Osuna Polanco Stewart W-L-S ERA G IP ER W-L-S ERA G IP ER Bastardo Cole Hudson Kuhl LeBlanc Marinez Nicasio Nova Rivero Schugel Taillon Watson Williams Ejections 1. 5/22 at Atlanta...Hurdle by Phil Cuzzi (arguing balls and strikes) 2. 5/22 at Atlanta...Freese by Phil Cuzzi (arguing balls and strikes) 3. 5/23 at Atlanta...Hurdle by Nic Lentz (arguing Bell being out of base line) 2017 Walkoff Wins 1. 4/9 vs. Atlanta...Marte HR in 10th 2. 5/6 vs. Milwaukee...Harrison single in 10th 3. 5/27 vs. New York...Jaso single in 10th 4. 5/29 vs. Arizona...McCutchen HR in 9th

5 Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance APRIL (11-13) 3 1 at Bos L T2-1.0 Porcello (1-0) Cole (0-1) Kimbrel (1) 36, at Bos L 0-3 (12) Kelly (1-0) Bastardo (0-1) 36,137 6 at Bos PPD - RAIN (rescheduled for April 13) 7 3 ATL W Nova (1-0) Foltynewicz (0-1) Watson (1) *36,484 36, ATL W Kuhl (1-0) Dickey (0-1) Watson (2) 31,756 68, ATL W 6-5 (10) Rivero (1-0) Ramirez (0-1) 22,713 90, CIN L Lorenzen (1-0) Glasnow (0-1) 28, , CIN L Storen (1-0) Nicasio (0-1) Iglesias (3) 11, , CIN L Garrett (2-0) Nova (1-1) 12, , at Bos L T4-3.5 Barnes (2-0) Nicasio (0-2) Kimbrel (3) 32, at Chi W Cole (1-0) Hendricks (1-1) Watson (3) 40, at Chi W Williams (1-0) Strop (0-1) Watson (4) 41, at Chi W T3-1.5 Taillon (1-0) Uehara (0-1) 39, at Stl L T3-2.0 Lynn (1-1) NOVA (1-2) Oh (1) 40, at Stl L Leake (1-1) Kuhl (1-1) Oh (2) 38, at Stl L T4-3.0 Wacha (2-1) Cole (1-2) Rosenthal (1) 40, NYY W Nicasio (1-2) Sabathia (2-1) Watson (5) 30, , NYY L Betances (2-1) Rivero (1-1) 36, , NYY W Nova (2-2) Montgomery (1-1) Watson (6) 27, , CHI L Anderson (2-0) Kuhl (1-2) 13, , CHI L Hendricks (2-1) Cole (1-3) Davis (5) 15, , CHI W LeBlanc (1-0) Lester (0-1) Watson (7) 16, , at Mia W Taillon (2-0) Conley (1-2) 19, at Mia W NOVA (3-2) Straily (1-2) 33, at Mia L T4-2.0 McGowan (1-0) Williams (1-1) 26,245 MAY (13-17) 1 25 at Cin L 3-4 (10) Lorenzen (2-0) Hudson (0-1) 14, at Cin W T4-2.0 Glasnow (1-1) Feldman (1-3) LeBlanc (1) 13, at Cin L Davis (1-1) Taillon (2-1) 14, at Cin L Adleman (1-1) Nova (3-3) Igleisas (5) 17, MIL W LeBlanc (2-0) Scahill (0-1) 21, , MIL W 2-1 (10) Watson (1-0) Torres (1-3) 22, , MIL L Davies (3-2) Glasnow (1-2) 25, , at LA L Wood (3-0) Williams (1-2) 37, at LA L 3-4 (10) Jansen (2-0) Hudson (0-2) 47, at LA L Maeda (3-2) Kuhl (1-3) Dayton (1) 40, at Ari L Greinke (4-2) Cole (1-4) Rodney (9) 17, at Ari L Corbin (3-4) Glasnow (1-3) 21, at Ari W Williams (2-2) Walker (3-3) Watson (8) 31, at Ari W 6-4 (10) Watson (2-0) Wilhelmsen (0-1) 34, WAS L Strasburg (4-1) Kuhl (1-4) 16, , WAS W Cole (2-4) Turner (2-2) 18, , WAS W Glasnow (2-3) Roark (3-2) 27, , PHI L Hellickson (5-1) Williams (2-3) 25, , PHI W Nova (4-3) Velasquez (2-4) Watson (9) 32, , PHI W LeBlanc (3-0) Nola (2-1) Watson (10) 24, , at Atl L Foltynewicz (3-4) Cole (2-5) Johnson (9) 21, at Atl L Jackson (1-0) Watson (2-1) 25, at Atl W 12-5 (10) Rivero (2-1) Collmenter (0-2) 25, at Atl W Nova (5-3) Colon (2-5) 33, NY L degrom (4-1) Kuhl (1-5) 29, , NY W 5-4 (10) Watson (3-1) Pill (0-1) 31, , NY L Harvey (4-3) Glasnow (2-4) 21, , ARI W Watson (4-1) Bradley (1-1) 16, , ARI L RAY (5-3) Nova (5-4) 14, , ARI L 5-6 (14) McFarland (3-0) Marinez (0-1) 20, ,084 JUNE (13-13) 2 55 at NY W Cole (3-5) Sewald (0-1) 33, at NY L Gsellman (4-3) Glasnow (2-5) Reed (8) 34, at NY W Williams (3-3) Pill (0-2) 35, at Bal L 5-6 (10) Brach (1-1) LeBlanc (3-1) 26, at Bal L 6-9 (11) Givens (6-0) LeBlanc (3-2) 19, MIA L Volquez (3-7) Cole (3-6) 21, , MIA L McGowan (4-0) Glasnow (2-6) 23, , MIA W Hudson (1-2) Phelps (2-3) Rivero (1) 27, , MIA W Nova (6-4) Locke (0-2) Rivero (2) 22, , COL W Taillon (3-1) Freeland (7-4) 16, , COL W Cole (4-6) Ottavino (0-1) 16, , COL L Marquez (5-3) Kuhl (1-6) 17, , CHI L Uehara (2-3) Nicasio (1-3) 25, , CHI W Nova (7-4) Arrieta (6-5) Rivero (3) 34, , CHI L Lackey (5-7) Taillon (3-2) 34, , at Mil W Cole (5-6) Garza (3-3) 25, at Mil W Kuhl (2-6) Davies (7-4) 23, at Mil L Drake (3-2) Hudson (1-3) Knebel (11) 25, at Mil L Anderson (6-2) Nova (7-5) Knebel (12) 28, at Stl W Rivero (3-1) Oh (1-4) 47, at Stl W Cole (6-6) Lynn (5-5) 46, at Stl L Bowman (2-2) Nicasio (1-4) 43, TB L 2-4 (10) Colome (2-3) Rivero (3-2) Hunter (1) 20, , TB W Nova (8-5) Snell (0-5) 21, , TB W Taillon (4-2) Archer (6-5) 22, , SF L Cueto (6-7) Cole (6-7) 26, ,360 JULY (3-4) 1 81 SF L 1-2 (11) Osich (2-1) Hudson (1-4) Dyson (1) 27, , PIRATES DAY BY DAY Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance 2 82 at SF L Samardzija (4-9) Watson (4-2) Dyson (2) 32,144 1,024, at Phi L Nola (6-5) Nova (8-6) 26, at Phi W Taillon (5-2) Leiter Jr. (1-1) Rivero (4) 24, at Phi W Cole (7-7) Lively (1-4) Rivero (5) 19, at Phi W Kuhl (3-6) Benoit (1-3) Nicasio (1) 33, at Chi L Edwards Jr. (3-1) Williams (3-4) 41, at Chi 9 89 at Chi ALL-STAR BREAK STL STL STL MIL MIL MIL MIL at Col at Col at Col at SF at SF at SF at SD at SD at SD CIN CIN CIN SD SD SD DET DET at Det at Det at Tor at Tor at Tor at Mil at Mil STL STL STL STL LA LA LA LA at Cin at Cin at Cin at Chi at Chi at Chi l 135 CIN CIN CIN CHI CHI CHI CHI at Stl at Stl at Stl at Mil at Mil at Mil at Cin at Cin at Cin MIL MIL MIL STL STL STL BAL BAL at Was at Was at Was at Was STARTS BY POSITIONS AND BATTING ORDER 1B - Bell (33-42), Jaso (3-3), Osuna (2-2), Freese (2-0) 2B - Harrison (20-26), Ngoepe (6-4), Hanson (5-4), Frazier (3-6), Gosselin (4-3), Moroff (2-4) 3B - Freese (26-29), Harrison (13-16), Frazier (1-0), Ngoepe (0-1), Moroff (0-1) SS - Mercer (37-44), Moroff (1-2), Ngoepe (1-1), Frazier (1-0) LF - Frazier (19-19), Polanco (11-14), Jaso (4-5), Osuna (2-6), Harrison (4-1), Bostick (0-1), Ortiz (0-1) CF - McCutchen (32-38), Marte (6-7), Polanco (0-2), Frazier (1-0), Ortiz (1-0) RF - Polanco (17-20), Jaso (9-13), McCutchen (6-7), Osuna (8-6), Frazier (0-1) C - Cervelli (21-28), Stewart (10-10), Diaz (9-8), Stallings (0-1) DH - Freese (0-2), Frazier (0-1), Polanco (0-1), Bell (0-1) AUGUST (0-0) SEPTEMBER (0-0) OCTOBER (0-0) BOLD - COMPLETE GAME *home sellout (1) 1st - Frazier (24-24), Harrison (10-13), Mercer (3-8), Moroff (2-0), Jaso (0-2), Marte (1-0) 2nd - Harrison (23-24), Bell (5-6), Marte (5-6), Mercer (3-5), Jaso (2-2), Cervelli (1-2), Osuna (1-2) 3rd - McCutchen (25-30), Polanco (9-9), Bell (4-4), Jaso (1-4), Osuna (1-0) 4th - Polanco (15-22), Freese (17-15), Bell (6-8), Jaso (2-2) 5th - Bell (12-13), Freese (11-16), Cervelli (7-6), Jaso (5-5), Osuna (3-5), Diaz (2-1), Polanco (0-1) 6th - McCutchen (13-15), Cervelli (6-9), Jaso (5-5), Osuna (5-4), Polanco (4-4), Bell (2-4), Mercer (3-2), Diaz (1-2), Harrison (1-1), Gosselin (0-1) 7th - Mercer (11-10), Cervelli (6-10), Bell (3-6), Harrison (3-4), Hanson (4-3), Diaz (5-2), Osuna (2-3), Gosselin (3-1), Moroff (0-3), Jaso (1-1), Ortiz (1-1), Ngoepe (0-1), Bostick (0-1), Stewart (1-0), Polanco (0-1) 8th - Mercer (17-18), Stewart (9-9), Ngoepe (7-5), Moroff (1-3), Diaz (1-3), Frazier (1-2), Bell (1-2), Cervelli (1-1), Hanson (1-1), Gosselin (1-1), Harrison (0-1), Stallings (0-1) 9th - Pitchers (40-42), Mercer (0-2), Frazier (0-1), Stewart (0-1), Moroff (0-1) MOST RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION 6/25 Jacob Stallings (C) optioned to Indianapolis. 6/27 Antonio Bastardo (LHP) recalled from rehab and reinstated from D.L. 7/2 Starling Marte (OF) begins rehab assignment (suspension) with Bradenton. 7/3 Francisco Cervelli (C) reinstated from D.L...Edgar Santana (RHP) optioned to Indianapolis. 7/4 Starling Marte (OF) rehab assignment (suspension) transferred to Indianapolis. 7/7 A.J. Schugel (RHP) recalled from Indianapolis...Elias Dìaz optioned to Indianapolis.