JULY 21, 2017 at Coors Field, Denver, CO --- GAME #97/ROAD #47 RHP TREVOR WILLIAMS (3-4, 4.57 ERA) vs. RHP JEFF HOFFMAN (6-1, 4.

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1 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (48-48) vs. COLORADO ROCKIES (56-41) JULY 21, 2017 at Coors Field, Denver, CO --- GAME #97/ROAD #47 RHP TREVOR WILLIAMS (3-4, 4.57 ERA) vs. RHP JEFF HOFFMAN (6-1, 4.33 ERA) THE PIRATES...have won a season-high five straight games, eight of their last nine and 11 of their last 13...Are at.500 for the first time since April 16 (6-6)...Have gone in their last 35 games and in their last 60, dating back to 5/13...Scored a season-high 14 runs in their final game before the break (7/9 at Chicago)...Had a record after 96 games last season (50-47 after 97). ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH: The Pirates have won eight of their last nine games played in Colorado, dating back to 7/27/14... They posted a 3-1 record last year and swept a four-game series in 2015 between September In their last nine games at Coors Field, the Bucs have hit.329 (116-for-353) with 22 doubles, 15 home runs and 69 runs scored (7.7 per game avg.). HEATING UP IN JULY: Since Clint Hurdle began managing the Pirates in 2011, the Bucs have posted the second-best record in all of baseball during the month of July...In the seven seasons, Pittsburgh s collective (.594) record ranks second behind the Dodgers and their (.611) mark during the month. WE RE GOING STREAKING: The Bucs have won each of their last five games, posting a 2.15 ERA (46.0ip/11er) and winning each game by one or two runs...the five-game winning streak is the club s longest of the season; the Pirates won a seasonhigh seven consecutive games last year between June 29 and July 6. COMEBACK KIDS: All five of Pittsburgh s victories during this five-game winning streak have been come-from-behind wins... The streak began Sunday against the Cardinals and continued with a four-game sweep of the Brewers...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Pirates are the first team this season or last to win five straight games in comeback fashion, all against divisional opponents...the Bucs have only had one other stretch like this in the divisional era (since 1969): they won five straight games, all comebacks vs. divisional opponents, from August 10-14, The first three games were against the Cardinals and second two vs. the Phillies, all at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. STRIKING NUMBERS: Pittsburgh pitchers have struck out at least 10 batters in each of the last four games, including a season-high 15 in Wednesday s 10-inning victory vs. Milwaukee...If the staff can strike out 10 or more Colorado batters tonight, it would mark the first time in team history that the Bucco pitching staff had 10 or more Ks in five consecutive games during the same season; they did have a six-game streak spanning 2015 (last three games) and 2016 (first three games). ROAD TRIP STARTS TONIGHT: The Pirates begin a nine-game, 10-day road trip tonight with the first of three games in Colorado...The trip also includes three games in San Francisco and three in San Diego next weekend (off day Thursday)...The Bucs have won five of their last six games played on the road and have gone 9-5 in their last 14 while recording a record in their last eight series played away from home since being swept in Los Angeles May TAPPING INTO THE ROCKIES: In 11 career games at Coors Field, Starling Marte has gone 22-for-43 (.512) with three doubles, two home runs, nine RBI and a OPS...He has produced three separate four-hit games in that time and went 13-for-20 during the four-game series played here in September 2015, tying the club record for most hits in a four-game series; a feat first accomplished by Hall-of-Famer Pie Traynor against the Phillies in INSIDE THE CENTRAL: Since play began on May 13, the Pirates own the best record among National League Central teams and the seventh-best in all of baseball...among N.L. Central teams, the Bucs have gone in that time, followed by the Brewers (33-29), Cubs (31-28), Cardinals (27-34) and Reds (21-39). SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Buccos have won four straight series and have gone in their last eight. CATCHING FIRE: Franciso Cervelli delivered a game-tying single in the ninth inning Wednesday night and now has hits in each of his last five at bats (streak also includes one walk)...he enters today ranked third among N.L. catchers in OBP (.368). RAVING ABOUT RIVERO: Felipe Rivero has made nine straight scoreless outings (10.2ip) and has been scored upon just twice in his last 28 games (31.0ip/3r/2er) while being charged with an earned run in just four of his 48 appearances overall... He recorded his nine save of the season on Thursday and his fifth multi-innings save Monday night...the last Pirates pitcher to earn at least five saves of more than 1.0ip in a season was RHP Julian Tavarez, who had seven such saves in THE ARMS RACE: The Pirates have recorded a 2.67 ERA (145.0ip/43er) after their first 16 games played in July...The only team in the Majors to post a better team ERA so far this month is the Dodgers (2.32)...Pittsburgh s bullpen ranks first in the Major Leagues in ERA (1.64) in July while the starting staff ranks fourth (3.20). SAVING SOUTHPAWS: Lefty Felipe Rivero is one save shy of matching fellow southpaw Tony Watson with a team-high 10 saves this season...it would mark the first time in club history that the Pirates have had two left-handed pitchers earn 10 or more saves in the same season (since saves became official in 1969)...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this has happened only three times in MLB history; John Rocker (24) and Mike Remlinger (12) with the Braves in 2000, Mitch Williams (16) and Paul Assenmacher (10) with the Cubs in 1990 and Dave Righetti (25) and Lee Guetterman (13) with the Yankees in STEADY AT SHORT: Since the start of the 2014 season, Jordy Mercer leads all National League shortstops in fielding percentage (.985) and ranks second to Brandon Crawford (502) with his 476 starts at the position...mercer has posted the second-best fielding pct. (.986) at short so far this season, trailing only Crawford s.991 mark. ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY July 21, 1960: The eventual World Champs improved to with a 4-1 victory over the Dodgers at the LA Coliseum. Vern Law tossed a complete game and gave up just five hits while running his record to Hal Smith hit a pair of solo home runs and Roberto Clemente picked up the other two RBI in the victory. UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS 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 Wins in final AB Walkoff Wins...7 Losses in final AB...11 Walkoff Losses...6 Extra Inning Games Playing errorless Committing at least 1 Error Homered homers Series (W-L-T) Series Sweeps...3 Swept in a Series...6 Interleague Before the break After the break Starter goes 6.0ip Starter goes less than 6.0ip Saturday at Colorado 6:10 RHP Chad Kuhl (3-6, 4.85 ERA) vs. RHP German Marquez (7-4, 4.34 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Sunday at Colorado 1:10 RHP Ivan Nova (10-6, 3.27 ERA) vs. LHP Kyle Freeland (9-7, 3.67 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Monday at San Francisco 7:15 RHP Gerrit Cole (7-7, 4.18 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Cain (3-8, 5.49 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Tuesday at San Francisco 7:15 RHP Jameson Taillon (6-3, 3.08 ERA) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (0-4, 3.57 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Wednesday at San Francisco 12:45 RHP Trevor Williams vs. RHP Jeff Samardzija AT&T SportsNet

2 YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO M.L. CAREER vs. COLORADO: Williams has never faced the Rockies RHP TREVOR WILLIAMS 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 4/9 vs. Atlanta (relief) ND W 4/11 vs. Cincinnati (relief) ND L 4/15 at Chicago (relief) W W 4/24 vs. Chicago (relief) ND L 4/30 at Miami (relief) L L APRIL (1-1, 5.59 ERA) /3 at Cincinnati (relief) ND L 5/8 at Los Angeles L L 5/13 at Arizona W W 5/19 vs. Philadelphia L L 5/24 at Atlanta BS W 5/29 vs. Arizona BS W MAY (1-2, 5.06 ERA) /4 at New York W W 6/10 vs. Miami ND W 6/16 vs. Chicago ND L 6/21 at Milwaukee ND L 6/27 vs. Tampa Bay ) ND L JUNE (1-0, 4.34 ERA) /2 vs. San Francisco BS L 7/7 at Chicago L L 1st HALF (3-4, 4.80 ERA) CATCHERS THROWING CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Cervelli 7/30 23% 2 4 (507.1ip/220er) 3.90 Diaz 2/6 33% 1 2 (161.1ip/81er) 4.52 Stallings 1/2 50% 0 0 (13.1ip/11er) 7.43 Stewart 6/17 35% 0 3 (182.2ip/78er) 3.84 CAUGHT STEALINGS BY PITCHERS...2 PITCHER PICKOFFS... 1 SB OFF PITCHERS... 2 NO THROWS OTHERS (double steals)... 1 TEAM BATTING Most runs, game, Pirates...14, Most runs, game, Opponents...14, 4/24 vs. CHI Most runs, inning, Pirates...10, (1st) 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...7, (1st) Most consec. hits, inning... 6, (1st) Most consec. hits, game...6, Most hits, inning, Opponents... 6, 5 times, last on 7/18 vs. MIL (3rd) 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... 52, 5/22-7/20 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 (7/17 vs. MIL, & 4/8 vs. ATL) Most consecutive hits...6, McCutchen (6/29-7/1) Most runs, game.....3, McCutchen Jaso & Mercer Harrison & Frazier Most 2bs, game... 2, 13 times, last by Osuna 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, 25 times, last by 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....1s, Mercer (6/9-21) Grand slams , Cervelli Inside-the-park home runs...none Leadoff home runs...2, Harrison (4/26 vs. CHI) & Mercer (4/21 vs. NYY) Walkoff home runs , Bell (7/14 vs. STL), McCutchen (5/29 vs. ARI) & Marte (4/9 vs. ATL) TOMORROW S STARTER CHAD KUHL: The 24-year-old righthander will be making his 20th start of the season tomorrow...struck out a career-high seven batters in his last start; a no-decision in Pittsburgh s 4-2 win vs. Milwaukee Monday night (5.2ip/4h/2r/2er/3bb)...Allowed three runs in a career-high 7.0 innings and won a 6-3 decision at Philadelphia on 7/6...Has gone 2-0 with a 3.41 ERA (31.2ip/12er) in his last six starts...has gone 2-2 with a 3.69 ERA (46.1ip/19er) in his nine road starts and 1-4 with a 6.04 ERA in his 10 starts at home this season...has allowed more than two earned runs just twice in his last nine starts. vs. COLORADO: 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA in one career start...lost a 5-1 decision (5.0ip/3er) to German Marquez earlier this season at PNC Park on 6/14...Gave up a solo homer to Ian Desmond in the second inning and two more runs in the fifth HIGHS & LOWS 7/16 vs. St. Louis ND W JULY (0-1, 3.52 ERA) nd HALF (0-0, 1.59 ERA) CAREER BATTING:.041 (1-for-24) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 1 RBI 2 BB 3 SACS 2017 BATTING:.043 (1-for-23) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 BB 3 SACS Williams snapped an 0-for-22 start to his career with single off Carlos Martinez on 7/16/17 TEAM PITCHING Most strikeouts, game, Pirates... 14, Most strikeouts, game, Pirates (extra innings)...15, 7/19 vs. MIL 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... 10, Cole (7/19 vs. MIL) 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 (6/23-7/15) Most consecutive saves...9, Rivero (6/10-7/20) TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Longest winning streak... 5 games (7/16-20) 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...11 runs, (14-3) 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, 7/16 vs. StL, & 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... 38

3 JOSH BELL N Has hit safely in each of his last five road games, going 9-for-23 (.391) with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR & 6 RBI. N Has hit safely in 10 of his last 12 games and is hitting.281 (16-for-57) with 11 RBI in 15 games this month. LAST 3: 2-9 (.222) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has played in all but one of the team s first 96 games (did not play in Philadelphia on 7/4). N His 17 home runs are the most by a Pirates rookie since Garrett Jones went deep 21 times in Multi-Hit Games: 16 Multi-RBI Games: 10 Last HR: 7/14/17 vs. StL First HR: 7/9/16 vs. CHI (Adam Warren) FRANCISCO CERVELLI LAST 3: 7-11 (.636) 1 HR 2 RBI 5 games N Is 11-for-29 (.379) with a double and two RBI in six career games at Coors Field...Is three RBI shy of 200. N Has a hit in each of his last five at bats and has also hit safely in eight of his last nine games (14-for-33,.424). N Has started eight of the last nine games...delivered a game-tying single in the ninth inning Wednesday night. N Hit a first-inning grand slam and had a career-high tying five RBI (also 5/8/10) on 7/9 at Wrigley Field. Multi-Hit Games: 15 Multi-RBI Games: 6 Last HR: 7/18/17 vs. MIL First HR: 6/24/09 at ATL (Kris Medlen) ADAM FRAZIER N Started at second base yesterday afternoon and went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and a run scored. LAST 3: 1-5 (.200) 0 HR 0 RBI N Flied out as a pinch hitter Wednesday night against Milwaukee...Has seven hits in his last 18 at bats (.389). N Delivered his first career walkoff hit Sunday; a ninth-inning single off St. Louis lefty Brett Cecil with two outs. N Had three hits on 7/14 vs. St. Louis; his first multi-hit game since also collecting three hits on 6/21 at Milwaukee. Multi-Hit Games: 17 Multi-RBI Games: 9 Last HR: 5/25/17 at ATL First HR: 7/24/16 vs. PHI (Edubray Ramos) DAVID FREESE N Has gone 4-for-13 with a double, two home runs and six RBI in his last three games played at Coors Field. N Had a pair of hits Wednesday night vs. the Brewers; his first multi-hit contest since 6/19 at Milwaukee. N Delivered the game-winning hit in Tuesday s 4-3 victory; a two-out single to cap off Pittsburgh s four-run sixth. LAST 3: 3-10 (.300) 0 HR 1 RBI 2 games N Has made 62 starts at third base; made a total of 71 starts at third base for the Bucs last year. Multi-Hit Games: 15 Last HR: 6/6/17 at BAL First HR: 9/29/09 at CIN (Ramon Ramirez) JOSH HARRISON N Is hitting.372 (29-for-78) with five doubles, two homers and 12 RBI in his last 2s against the Rockies. N Has hit safely in four straight games (6-for-17)...Had three hits Wednesday night vs. Milwaukee. LAST 3: 5-13 (.385) 1 HR 3 RBI 4 games N His 11 home runs and.789 OPS are his highest marks since a career-best 13 HR and.837 OPS in N Has been hit by a pitch a Major League-leading 20 times...has hit seven of his 11 home runs on the road. Multi-Hit Games: 26 Multi-RBI Games: 9 Last HR: 7/18/17 vs. MIL First HR: 8/23/11 vs. MIL (Marco Estrada) JOHN JASO N Has hit safely in all four of his career games played at Coors Field...Is hitless in his last 20 at bats. N Has been charged with one error in his last 30 games...has made seven of his last eight starts in left field. LAST 3: 0-6 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-20 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.273 (6-for-22) with seven RBI as a pinch hitter. Multi-Hit Games: 12 Last HR: 7/2/17 vs. SF First HR: 4/24/10 vs. TOR (Ricky Romero) STARLING MARTE N Is 22-for-43 (.512) with 3 doubles, 2 HR, 9 RBI and a OPS in 11 career games at Coors Field. N Has gone 2-for-12 in three games since being reinstated from the restricted list on Tuesday. N Has gone 5-for-21 (.238) with a walk and four runs scored in five games as the leadoff batter this season. LAST 3: 2-12 (.167) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-8 N Leads all Major League outfielders with 35 assists since 2015; has produced three so far this season. Multi-Hit Games: 3 Multi-RBI Games: 3 Last HR: 4/15/17 at CHI First HR: 7/26/12 at HOU (Dallas Keuchel) ANDREW McCUTCHEN LAST 3: 1-10 (.100) 0 HR 2 RBI N Went 6-for-14 (.429) last year at Coors Field, which included his second career three-homer game on 4/26. N Recorded an RBI Wednesday and Thursday; the Bucs are 26-7 in games this year when he knocks in a run. N Has reached base safely in 25 of his last 26 games, going 34-for-91 (.374) with 20 walks. N Tied Ginger Beaumont (169) for ninth place on club's all-time stolen base list with his ninth steal on Thursday. Multi-Hit Games: 25 Multi-RBI Games: 14 Last HR: 7/9/17 at CHI First HR: 6/17/09 at MIN (Francisco Liriano) JORDY MERCER N Has hit safely in 10 of his last 13 games...is a.321 lifetime hitter (17-for-53) in 15 career games at Coors Field. LAST 3: 2-10 (.200) 0 HR 1 RBI N Is hitting.313 (56-for-179) with 12 doubles, four triples, six homers and 27 RBI in his last 49 games (since 5/22). N Went 1-for-4 Wednesday night...did not play Thursday afternoon...has six hits in his last 10 at bats vs. LHP. N Ranks second among N.L. shortstops in fielding pct. (.986); has made just two errors in his last 70 games. Multi-Hit Games: 18 Multi-RBI Games: 8 Last HR: 7/2/17 vs. SF First HR: 8/8/12 vs. ARI (Josh Collmenter) MAX MOROFF N Delivered first career walkoff with a single in the 10th inning Wednesday for his third straight game with an RBI. N Played the final two innings at second base Monday night and had an RBI-single in his lone at bat in the eighth. N Connected off St. Louis Carlos Martinez for his first Major League home run Sunday afternoon. LAST 3: 2-4 (.500) 0 HR 2 RBI 0-for-2 N Was tied for 1st in HR (13), 2nd in OPS (.954) and 3rd in slugging (.569) in International League when recalled on 6/2. Multi-Hit Games: 0 Multi-RBI Games: 1 Last HR: 7/16/17 vs. StL First HR: 7/16/17 vs. StL (Carlos Martinez) JOSÉ OSUNA N Made his fifth start of season at first base Wednesday and went 0-for-3...Grounded into a DP as a PH Thursday. N Went 1-for-2 with a walk while making the start in left field Monday night. N Has hit safely in 10 of his last 12 starts (15-for-52,.288)...Has four hits in his last 10 at bats with RISP. LAST 3: 1-6 (.167) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-4 N Five of his last nine hits have gone for extra bases and 18 of his 36 hits overall have been extra-base hits. Multi-Hit Games: 9 Multi-RBI Games: 7 Last HR: 6/20/17 at MIL First HR: 5/7/17 vs. MIL (Zach Davies) GREGORY POLANCO LAST 3: 2-11 (.182) 1 HR 2 RBI 2 games N Has gone 9-for-24 (.375) with a pair of home runs in his last seven games played on the road. N Hit his ninth homer of the season Thursday afternoon - a solo shot off Milwaukee s Jimmy Nelson at PNC Park. N Recorded his third four-hit game of the season Monday night...has gone 10-for-27 (.370) in his last 7 games. N Has hit safely in 14 of his 15 starts this month, going 23-for-58 (.397) with six doubles and three home runs. Multi-Hit Games: 18 Last HR: 7/20/17 vs. MIL First HR: 6/13/14 at MIA (Mike Dunn) CHRIS STEWART N Started Thursday afternoon s game against Milwaukee and tied his career high (sixth time) with three hits. LAST 3: 3-8 (.375) 0 HR 1 RBI N Has thrown out six of the 17 runners attempting to steal against him; caught a total of three runners in 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. N Picked up his third RBI of the season in his last game (Thursday)...Collected his first career triple on 4/23. Multi-Hit Games: 4 Multi-RBI Games: 1 Last HR: 4/10/16 at CIN First HR: 8/9/11 vs. PIT (James McDonald)

4 DANIEL HUDSON N Pitched a scoreless seventh inning in Thursday s 4-2 win over the Brewers...Picked up his second win of the season Monday (0.1ip/0r). BA AGAINST: N Has posted a 2.15 ERA (29.1ip/7er) and.210 batting average against (21-for-100) in 34 appearances since the beginning of May. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 17/5 N Has allowed four hits in his last 21 at bats (.190) while pitcing with runners in scoring position. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 46/32 N Has been charged with one unearned run in his last 10 games (8.1ip) and has made six straight scoreless outings (4.2ip). WADE LeBLANC N Stranded his one inherited runner in relief of Jameson Taillon in the sixth inning Thursday (0.2ip/1bb/1so). BA AGAINST: N Has already established a career high in appearances (36) while pitching exclusively out of the bullpen for the first time in his career. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 11/2 N Has made five straight scoreless appearances (6.0ip) after being scored upon in his previous two outings (2.2ip/3r). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 36/28 N Has a 2.62 ERA (34.1ip/10er) when working more than 1.0 inning...earned his third career save (3.0ip/0r) on 5/2 at Cincinnati JHAN MARIÑEZ N Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings on 7/15 vs. St. Louis; had been scored upon in each of his previous three outings (5.0ip/5r). BA AGAINST: N Has worked 2.0 innings in each of his last three appearances, including his last outing (2.0ip/0h) on 7/15 vs. St. Louis. 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: 20/9 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 Pitched a scoreless eighth inning Thursday vs. Milwaukee...Has recorded a 1.29 ERA (21.0ip/3er) pitching in the eighth inning this year. BA AGAINST: N Allowed a HR to Yadier Molina Sunday to end streak of 53.1 innings without allowing a HR; 3rd-longest active streak in MLB entering Sunday. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 20/5 N Recorded his first save as a member of the Pirates on 7/6 and the second of his career; his other save came on 5/15/15 vs. Colorado. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 48/32 N The Pirates have gone 11-1 in his last 12 outings...has been scored upon in just three of his 22 road games (20.2ip/5er ERA). FELIPE RIVERO N Recorded his ninth save with ninth inning Thursday...Posted a four-out save Monday night...was the winning pitcher last Friday. BA AGAINST: N Has allowed an earned run in just four of his 48 appearances...has been scored upon twice in his last 28 games (31.0ip/3r/2er). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 21/2 N Five of his nine saves with the Pirates have been more than 1.0-inning saves; is 9-for-9 in save opportunities this season. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 48/37 N Has 32 strikeouts in his last 21 appearances (25.0.ip); has allowed eight hits in 83 at bats (.096) in those 21 appearances. A.J. SCHUGEL N Worked a scoreless ninth inning Wednesday night against the Brewers - his third straight scoreless appearance. BA AGAINST: N Retired all six batters he faced on 7/15 vs. St. Louis in his second appearance with the Pirates this season. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 0/0 N Won his season debut on 7/9 at Chicago (3.0ip/4h/1r/0bb/1so) in relief of emergency starter Chad Kuhl (3.0ip/1r). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 4/4 N Was recalled on 7/7 from Indianapolis, where he went 3-1 with a 4.17 ERA (36.2ip/17er) and 36 strikeouts in 26 relief appearances. TONY WATSON N Retired all three batters he faced in the 10th inning Wednesday night and earned his fifth win of the year and first since 5/29. BA AGAINST: N Has been scored upon just once in his last 15 appearances (12.2ip/1r)...Has not allowed a HR in his last 15 games beginning on 6/20. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 16/8 N Ranks seventh in Pirates history in appearances (447); Wilbur Cooper ranks sixth on the list with 469 appearances with Pittsburgh. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 44/30 N Has made the most appearances among MLB lefthanders since the start of 2012 (404)...Posted his last save on 5/ 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...(3 times in 2017) - last on (Cervelli & McCutchen) The Pirates Hit a Grand Slam... (Cervelli) 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) 2017 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) 4. 7/14 vs. St. Louis...Hurdle by Jerry Layne (arguing Frazier advance in sixth) 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 Pirates vs. Colorado 2017 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Bell Cervelli Frazier Freese Harrison Jaso Marte McCutchen Mercer Moroff Osuna Polanco Stewart W-L-S ERA G IP ER W-L-S ERA G IP ER Cole Hudson Kuhl LeBlanc Marinez Nicasio Nova Rivero Schugel Taillon Watson Williams Walkoff Wins 5. 7/14 vs. St. Louis...Bell HR in 9th 6. 7/16 vs. St. Louis...Frazier single in 9th 7. 7/19 vs. Milwaukee...Moroff single in 10th

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 (11-5) 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 W Nova (9-6) Arrieta (8-7) Rivero (6) 41, at Chi W Schugel (1-0) Lester (5-6) 41, ALL-STAR BREAK STL W Rivero (4-2) Oh (1-5) 24,988 1,049, STL L Lynn (8-6) Taillon (5-3) 35,658 1,085, STL W LeBlanc (4-2) Cecil (1-3) 29,247 1,114, MIL W Hudson (2-4) Hader (1-1) Rivero (7) 18,506 1,133, MIL W Nova (10-6) Drake (2-3) Rivero (8) 20,462 1,153, MIL W 3-2 (10) Watson (5-2) Hughes (3-2) 24,401 1,178, MIL W Taillon (6-3) Nelson (8-5) Rivero (9) 33,493 1,211, 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 (40-43), Jaso (3-3), Osuna (3-2), Freese (2-0) 2B - Harrison (24-27), Frazier (6-6), Ngoepe (6-4), Hanson (5-4), Gosselin (4-3), Moroff (3-4) 3B - Freese (32-30), Harrison (14-16), Moroff (1-1), Frazier (1-0), Ngoepe (0-1) SS - Mercer (44-45), Moroff (2-2), Ngoepe (1-1), Frazier (1-0) LF - Frazier (20-20), Polanco (11-14), Jaso (6-5), Osuna (3-6), Harrison (5-1), Marte (3-0), Bostick (0-1), Ortiz (0-1) CF - McCutchen (40-39), Marte (6-7), Polanco (0-2), Frazier (1-0), Ortiz (1-0) RF - Polanco (24-21), Jaso (9-13), Osuna (9-6), McCutchen (6-7), Frazier (0-1) C - Cervelli (28-29), Stewart (11-10), 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 (27-25), Harrison (12-13), Mercer (3-7), Marte (4-1), Moroff (2-0), Jaso (0-2) 2nd - Harrison (27-25), Bell (5-6), Marte (5-6), Mercer (3-5), Jaso (4-2), Cervelli (3-2), Osuna (1-2) 3rd - McCutchen (33-31), Polanco (9-9), Bell (4-4), Jaso (1-4), Osuna (1-0) 4th - Polanco (15-22), Freese (19-15), Bell (11-9), Jaso (2-2), Osuna (1-0) 5th - Freese (15-17), Bell (14-13), Cervelli (8-6), Jaso (5-5), Osuna (3-5), Diaz (2-1), Polanco (1-1) 6th - McCutchen (13-15), Cervelli (6-9), Polanco (9-5), Osuna (7-4), Jaso (5-5), Bell (2-4), Mercer (3-2), Diaz (1-2), Harrison (1-1), Gosselin (0-1), Frazier (1-0) 7th - Mercer (13-10), Cervelli (10-11), Bell (3-6), Harrison (3-4), Hanson (4-3), Diaz (5-2), Osuna (2-3), Gosselin (3-1), Moroff (1-3), Jaso (1-1), Polanco (1-1), Ortiz (1-1), Ngoepe (0-1), Bostick (0-1), Stewart (1-0) 8th - Mercer (22-19), Stewart (10-9), Ngoepe (7-5), Moroff (3-3), 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 (48-43), Mercer (0-2), Frazier (0-1), Stewart (0-1), Moroff (0-1) MOST RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION 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. 7/8 Phil Gosselin (INF) recalled from Indianapolis...Antonio Bastardo (LHP) designated for assignment. 7/18 Starling Marte (OF) reinstated from Restricted List...Phil Gosselin (INF) optioned to Indianapolis