MAY 5, 2017 at PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA --- GAME #29/HOME #13 RHP JIMMY NELSON (1-2, 5.34 ERA) vs. RHP CHAD KUHL (1-2, 6.26 ERA)

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1 MILWAUKEE BREWERS (15-14) PITTSBURGH PIRATES (12-16) MAY 5, 2017 at PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA --- GAME #29/HOME #13 RHP JIMMY NELSON (1-2, 5.34 ERA) vs. RHP CHAD KUHL (1-2, 6.26 ERA) THE PIRATES...completed their seven-game road trip Thursday afternoon with a 4-2 loss in Cincinnati...Won two-of-three in Miami last weekend before losing threeof-four in Cincinnati to begin this week...scored a season-high 12 runs Tuesday after also doing so last Friday (4/28)...Have won a season-high three consecutive games on three occasions (4/26-29, 4/14-16 and 4/7-9)...Had a record after 28 games last season (16-13 after 29). WEEKEND LAYOVER IN THE BURGH: Tonight the Pirates are scheduled to begin a brief three-game homestand against Milwaukee before heading back out on the road for a seven-day road trip to Los Angeles (May 8-10) and Arizona (May 11-14)...The next trip will conclude a stretch that has Pittsburgh playing 14-of-17 games away from PNC Park. GETTING ON BASE: Andrew McCutchen has reached base safely in each of his last 23 games, dating back to 4/10...It is the second-longest active on-base streak in the Major Leagues behind Seattle s Mitch Haniger (25 games). ON TAP: The Pirates and Brewers are scheduled to meet tonight for the first of 19 times this season...the Bucs posted a 10-9 record against the Brew Crew last year, going 4-5 at PNC Park and 6-4 at Miller Park...Following this series, the two clubs are not scheduled to meet again until doing so during a four-game series in Milwaukee June MEN AT WORK: The Pirates are 3-4 in a stretch that has them scheduled to play 17 straight games leading up to their only scheduled off day of the month (May 15)...Beginning May 16, the Bucs are scheduled to play 16 straight games to end the month. CENTRAL CASTING: This series with the Brewers will be Pittsburgh s final games against teams from the National League Central division until the Bucs host the Cubs on Friday, June 16...Beginning Monday in Los Angeles the Pirates are scheduled to play 35 straight games outside their division; 20 games against the N.L. East, 13 against the N.L. West, and two against the Orioles in Baltimore on June 6-7. KUHL STUFF: RHP Chad Kuhl is making his sixth start of the season tonight...he has been charged with two earned runs or less in four of his first five starts; he left his start Sunday afternoon in the fifth inning after being struck on the right knee by a batted balll...in his 19 career starts with the Pirates, Kuhl has posted a 2.73 ERA (62.2ip/19er) in 11 starts on the road and an 8.71 ERA (31.0ip/30er) in eight starts at PNC Park...Pittsburgh s ninth-round pick in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft, Kuhl made his Major League debut with the Pirates last year during a nationally-televised ESPN broadcast on 6/26 and won a 4-3 decision over Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers. OUR GIFT TO YOU: Infielder Gift Ngoepe (n-go-pay) became the first player from the continent of Africa to appear in a Major League game when he made his debut and singled off Jon Lester in his first at bat on April 26...Ngoepe has reached base safely in six of his first seven games played in the big leagues and has gone 4-for-11 (.364?) with five walks and two RBI in his four starts with the Pirates (.563 on-base percentage). DOING SOME YARD WORK: The Pirates have homered in a seven of their last eight games, hitting a total of 10 long balls in that time...the 10 home runs have been hit by five different players (Josh Harrison, Andrew McCutchen, Josh Bell, John Jaso and Jordy Mercer)...The Bucs are 9-7 this season when homering at least once in a game. STRIKING NUMBERS: Among all Major League teams, only the Boston batters (169) have struck out fewer times than the Pirates (192)...As a team the Bucs whiffed 164 times in April, their lowest total for the first month since 2009 (161). CATCH THIS: Bucco backstop Francisco Cervelli has reached base safely in 18 of his 20 starts this season...since the start of the 2015 season, Cervelli s.366 OBP in games he has caught ranks second among all Major League catchers behind San Francisco s Buster Posey (.369). IT S ELEMENTARY: Tony Watson struck out two of the four batters he faced in his 1.0 inning of work Wednesday in his first action since recording a four-out save against the Cubs at PNC Park on 4/26...Watson has allowed just one run in 10.1 innings of work in his 10 appearances this season. IMPRESSIVE START: José Osuna made his Major League debut on April 18 and has gone 9-for-24 (.375) with three doubles, a triple and three RBI over his last nine games, dating back to his three-hit game on April 24...In his seven starts this season, Osuna is hitting.346 (9-for-26) with two doubles, two triples, three RBI, six runs scored and a OPS. LEADING THE WAY: Josh Harrison has gone 15-for-45 (.333) in 11 games from the leadoff spot this season...among National League players with at least 10 games from the position in the batting order, only New York s Michael Conforto (.380) and Philadelphia s Cesar Hernandez (.336) have a higher average. CLOSING TIME: Tony Watson has converted all seven of his save chances this season and has gone 22-for-25 in save opportunities since taking over the closer role last year on 8/2...Since the start of the 2012 season, Watson has made the most appearances among any relief pitcher in the National League (370). GETTING HIS WORK IN: Felipe Rivero has appeared in 16 of the first 28 games and shares the National League lead for most appearances this season...rivero has made 11 straight appearances without allowing an earned run (11.0ip) and has been charged with just one earned run in his first 16 games this season (16.0ip) ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY May 5, 1993: Jeff King went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs as the Pirates beat the Braves and Cy Young Award winner Greg Maddux at Three Rivers Stadium. Bucco righthander Bob Walk allowed one run in 7.0 innings to pick up the win while Stan Belinda struck out two of the three batters he faced in the ninth for the save. 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...6 Wins in final AB... 1 Walkoff Wins... 1 Losses in final AB...3 Walkoff Losses...2 Extra Inning Games Playing errorless Committing at least 1 Error Homered homers Series (W-L-T) Series Sweeps...2 Swept in a Series...3 Interleague Before the break After the break Starter goes 6.0ip Starter goes less than 6.0ip Saturday vs. Milwaukee 7:05 RHP Matt Garza (1-0, 3.38 ERA) vs. RHP Gerrit Cole (1-3, 3.50 ERA) ROOT Sunday vs. Milwaukee 1:35 RHP Zach Davies (2-2, 6.07 ERA) vs. RHP Tyler Glasnow (1-1, 6.97 ERA) ROOT

2 39 - RHP CHAD KUHL (PRONOUNCED cool) YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO M.L. CAREER vs. MILWAUKEE: 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA (12.0ip/3er) in two career starts - both in Had a no-decision in a 3-2, 10-inning Pittsburgh win at Miller Park on 8/25 (6.2ip/2er); did not allow a run in his first 6.0 innings before Kirk Nieuwenhuis tied the score at 2-2 with a two-run homer in the seventh inning...also won a 4-1 decision over Jimmy Nelson on 9/21 at Miller Park (6.0ip/1er). 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 4/8 vs. Atlanta W W 4/13 at Boston ND L 4/18 at St. Louis L L 4/24 vs. Chicago L L 4/30 at Miami ND L APRIL (1-2, 6.26 ERA) CAREER BATTING:.074 (2-for-27) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 3 SACS 2017 BATTING:.000 (0-for-4) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 1 SAC walked as a pinch hitter on 4/16 at Chicago CATCHERS THROWING CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Cervelli 4/19 21% 0 1 (179.1ip/77er) 3.86 Diaz 0/ (17.0ip/10er) 5.29 Stewart 1/6 17% 0 0 (51.2ip/23er) 4.01 CAUGHT STEALINGS BY PITCHERS...0 PITCHER PICKOFFS... 1 SB OFF PITCHERS... 2 NO THROWS... 5 OTHERS (double steals)... 1 TOMORROW S STARTER GERRIT COLE: The 26-year-old righthander will be making his seventh start of the season tomorrow.. Allowed three runs (2er) in 6.0 innings but had a no decision in his last start Monday at Cincinnati in Pittsburgh s 4-3, 10-inning loss (was also his 100th career start)...has lost each of his last two decisions since recording his lone win this season in a 4-2 victory over Kyle Hendricks at Wrigley Field on 4/14 (6.0ip/2er)...Has received one run of support or less in three of his six starting assignments...has allowed three earned runs in 13.0 innings in two starts at PNC Park this season. VS. MILWAUKEE: 2-3 with a 3.77 ERA (43.0ip/18er) in seven career starts...did not face the Brew Crew last year...went 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA in two starts in 2015; won a 5-2 decision over Matt Garza at PNC Park on 4/19 (6.0ip/1er) and allowed five runs in 4.0 innings and lost a 7-4 decision against Jimmy Nelson on 9/1 at Miller Park...Went 0-1 with a 1.13 ERA in two starts in 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...6, (7th) Most hits, game, Pirates...18, Most hits, game, Opponents...17, 4/24 vs. CHI Most hits, inning, Pirates...6, (2nd) Most consec. hits, inning... 5, (2nd) Most consec. hits, game... 5, Most hits, inning, Opponents... 6 (5th), Fewest hits, game, Pirates... 3, Fewest hits, game, Opponents... 2, 4/25 vs. CHI Most doubles, game... 4, Most triples, game...3, Most home runs, game, Pirates...4, Most home runs, game, Opponents... 3, 4/22 vs. NYY & 4/9 vs. ATL Most consecutive games, home run...7, 4/26-5/3 Most consec. games, HR, Opponents... 4, 4/30-5/3 Most extra-base hits...6, Most consecutive games, extra-base hit...21, 4/12-5/4 Most stolen bases, game, Pirates... 2, & 4/11 vs. CIN 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)... INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most hits, game...4, Osuna & Polanco (4/8 vs. ATL) Most consecutive hits...5, Marte (4/9-10) Most runs, game , 19 times, last by Osuna, Hanson & Mercer Most 2bs, game...2, Jaso Polanco & Freese Most 3bs, game... 1, 10 times, last by Hanson Most HR, game.... 2, Harrison Most extra-base hits... 2, 6 times, last by Jaso Most total bases....8, Harrison Most RBI, game...3, Glasnow Harrison Cervelli & Frazier Most SB, game...1, 15 times, last by Polanco Most walks, game... 3, Freese Consec. games, home run... 2, Harrison (5/1-2) & Bell (4/19-21) Longest hitting streak....9 games, McCutchen (4/10-18) 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 , Marte (4/9 vs. ATL) 2017 HIGHS & LOWS TEAM PITCHING Most strikeouts, game, Pirates... 11, & Most strikeouts, game, Pirates (extra innings)... Most strikeouts, game, Opponents...12, 4/10 vs. CIN Most strikeouts, game, Opponents (extra innings)... Most walks, game, Pirates... 9, 4/24 vs. CHI Most walks, game, Pirates (extra innings)... Most walks, game, Opponents... 8, INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most strikeouts, game...8, Cole (4/25 vs. CHI & Longest winning streak..., Nova (4/23-29) & Taillon (4/16-28) Longest losing streak..., Cole (4/19-25), Kuhl (4/18-24), Nova (4/12-17) & Nicasio (4/11-13) 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 , Nova (4/29-5/4) Most consecutive saves...7, Watson (4/7-26) TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Longest winning streak...3 games (4/26-29, 4/14-16 & 4/7-9) Longest losing streak...4 games (4/10-13) Longest game, innings... 12, Longest game, time... 3:53, (12 inn) Longest game, time, 9 innings... 3:36, Shortest game, time... 2:14, Largest margin of victory runs, (12-2) Largest margin of defeat...11 runs, 4/24 vs. CHI (3-14) Largest come from behind victory... 4 runs, Largest come from behind loss...3 runs, & 4/22 vs. NYY Largest crowd, home...36,484, 4/7 vs. ATL Smallest crowd, home...11,027, 4/11 vs. CIN Largest crowd, road... 41,814, Smallest crowd, road...13,909, Most errors, game, Pirates...3, 4/21 vs. NYY Most errors, game, Opponents... 2, 5 times, last on Consecutive innings w/out an error...21, 4/28-30 Most double plays turned...4, 4/8 vs. ATL Rain delays, home (total time)... 1 (1 hour, 4 minutes) Rain delays, road (total time) (56 minutes) Players used... 32

3 JOSH BELL N Went 2-for-4 with a double Thursday and has gone 3-for-7 with a walk and a run scored the past two games. HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has started 24 of the first 28 games at first base...has reached base safely in 16 of his last 17 games. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Hit a two-run homer in the first inning Sunday at Miami; also picked up the first stolen base of his career. LAST 3: 3-12 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has been charged with one error in 179 total chances at first base; his lone error came Sunday at Miami. Multi-Hit Games: 4 Multi-RBI Games: 2 Last HR: 4/30/17 at MIA First HR: 7/9/16 vs. CHI (Adam Warren) FRANCISCO CERVELLI N Returned to the starting lineup on Thursday afternoon after missing four games with right foot discomfort. HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in his start yesterday...has reached base safely in 18 of his 20 starts. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has produced at least one RBI in four straight games (six RBI total)...has gone 5-for-15 in his last four games. LAST 3: 4-12 (.333) 0 HR 5 RBI N Connected off Jake Arrieta for his second home run of the season on 4/15 (hit one HR in on 9/22). 1 game Multi-Hit Games: 3 Multi-RBI Games: 2 Last HR: 4/17/17 at CHI First HR: 6/24/09 at ATL (Kris Medlen) ELIAS DÍAZ N Started Tuesday and Wednesday s games in Cincinnati...Doubled Wednesday for his first career extra base hit. HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Collected his first Major League hit Tuesday; an infield single off Robert Stephenson at Cincinnati. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Was recalled Monday from Indianapolis, where he hit.305 with five doubles, one home run and 12 RBI in 15 games. LAST 3: 2-9 (.222) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-1 N Won Baseball America s Captain s Catcher award in 2015 for the best defensive catcher in minor league baseball. Multi-Hit Games: 0 PHIL GOSSELIN N Grounded out as a pinch hitter Thursday...Started Monday night at second base and went 0-for-2 with a walk. HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has made nine appearances (six starts) at second base and one appearance at first base (4/5 at Boston). SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has reached base safely in his last three starts...is hitless in his last seven at bats after doubling on 4/26. LAST 3: 0-4 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-7 N Spent 2016 season with Arizona and led all Major League players in pinch-hits (20). Multi-Hit Games: 0 Last HR: 8/7/16 vs. MIL First HR: 8/15/14 vs. OAK (Jesse Chavez) ALEN HANSON N Went 0-for-3 in his start at second base Thursday...Went 2-for-3 with a triple and two runs Tuesday night. HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has made five starts at second base; also has two appearances in right field and one apiece at short and 3rd. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has gone 4-for-17 (.235) withe a triple and three runs scored in his five starts. LAST 3: 2-7 (.286) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-5 N Recorded his first career triple on 4/28 and the second RBI of his career; his first RBI came on 9/17/16. JOSH HARRISON N Has hit safely in five straight games, going 6-for-20 (.300) with two doubles, three home runs and five RBI. HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has gone 17-for-49 (.347) in his last 13 games...is hitting.333 (15-for-45) in 11 games as the leadoff batter. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Recorded his first career multi-homer game Monday with a pair of solo shots in the sixth and eighth innings. LAST 3: 3-12(.250) 1 HR 3 RBI 5 games N Has reached base safely in 23 of his 25 starts...is hitting.382 (13-for-34) in 11 games at PNC Park. Multi-Hit Games: 7 Multi-RBI Games: 3 Last HR: 5/2/17 at CIN First HR: 8/23/11 vs. MIL (Marco Estrada) JOHN JASO N Started in right field Thursday afternoon and went hitless in four at bats while batting second in the lineup. HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Batted cleanup and started in right field Tuesday night and had each of his two hits go for doubles. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Connected for his first home run of the season Saturday at Miami; a solo shot in the ninth inning off AJ Ramos. LAST 3: 2-12 (.167) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-8 N Is hitting.189 (7-for-37) with a homer and three RBI in his 10 starts (eight in right field and two at first base). ANDREW McCUTCHEN N Has reached base safely in 23 straight games...is hitting.367 (11-for-30) against lefthanders this season. HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Is hitting.300 (12-for-40) at PNC Park this season, having reached base safely in 11 of the 1. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has homered twice in his last four games, including a two-run shot in the seventh inning Wednesday in Cincy. LAST 3: 2-13 (.154) 1 HR 2 RBI N His 180 career homers rank 4th on Pirates all-time list behind Stargell (475), Kiner (301) and Clemente (240). Multi-Hit Games: 2 Last HR: 4/29/17 at MIA First HR: 4/24/10 vs. TOR (Ricky Romero) Multi-Hit Games: 5 Multi-RBI Games: 5 Last HR: 5/3/17 at CIN First HR: 6/17/09 at MIN (Francisco Liriano) JORDY MERCER N Did not play Thursday in Cincinnati...Reached base safely three times in four plate appearances Wednesday. HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N His.324 OBP ranks 4th among NL shortstops behind Zack Cozart (.423), Corey Seager (.387) & Trea Turner (.342). SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Collected his 100th career double on Wednesday...Hit his second homer of the season last Friday in Miami. LAST 3: 2-9 (.222) 0 HR 1 RBI N Has started 26 of the first 28 games at shortstop...his 413 starts at SS since 2014 are 3rd-most in the league. Multi-Hit Games: 3 Last HR: 4/28/17 at MIA First HR: 8/8/12 vs. ARI (Josh Collmenter) GIFT NGOEPE N Has reached base safely in six of his first seven big league games...started at shortstop Thursday afternoon. HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Came off the bench Tuesday night and recorded his first career multi-rbi game with a two-run single. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Went 3-for-3 with a triple, RBI and two runs scored while making his first career start at second base on 4/28. LAST 3: 2-7 (.286) 0 HR 3 RBI 1 game N Is 1st player from continent of Africa to reach big leagues...made MLB debut on 4/26; singled off Jon Lester for first hit. JOSÉ OSUNA N Has gone 9-for-26 (.346) in his 10 starts...grounded into a fielder s choice as a pinch hitter Thursda afternoon. HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Doubled and had an RBI while starting in left field Tuesday...Recorded first career RBI on 4/25 against the Cubs. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Went 4-for-5 with an RBI last Firday in Miami...Is hitting.375 (9-for-24) in his last nine games. LAST 3: 1-6 (.167) 0 HR 1 RBI 0-for-3 N Fell a homer shy of hitting for the cycle on 4/24 against the Cubs...Has made six of his seven starts in right field. Multi-Hit Games: 2 GREGORY POLANCO N Went 4-for-20 (.200) with three doubles in six games on the recently-completed seven-game road trip. HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has been successful in each of his last six stolen base attempts...tallied his last RBI on 4/23 against NYY. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has batted fourth in all 23 of his starts this season; batted cleanup 40 times in LAST 3: 0-9 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has gone 8-for-49 (.163) in his last 14 games following a 10-for-23 (.435) stretch between 4/8 and 4/17. 0-for-11 Multi-Hit Games: 4 Last HR: 9/16/16 at CIN First HR: 6/13/14 at MIA (Mike Dunn) CHRIS STEWART N Started back-to-back games Sunday & Monday...Has been charged with two errors since the beginning of HOMESTAND: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Collected first career triple on 4/23 as part of a two-hit day; the three-bagger came in his 1182nd plate appearance. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has made six starts behind the plate; has hit safely in four of his six starts (5-for-17,.294). LAST 3: 1-7 (.143) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-5 N His start behind the plate in Boston on 4/13 was his 400th big league game; he went 1-for-3 with a double. Last HR: 4/10/16 at CIN First HR: 8/9/11 vs. PIT (James McDonald)

4 JOHNNY BARBATO N Worked the final 1.2 innings of Sunday s game at Miami and allowed one run on two hits in his second game with the Pirates. BA AGAINST: N Retired six of the seven batters he faced while pitching 2.0 scoreless innings in his Pirates debut last Firday (4/28) at Miami. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 1/1 N Was recalled on 4/25 from Indianapolis, where he went 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA (3.0ip/1h/0r/0bb/3so) in two relief appearances. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 2/1 N Was acquired by Pittsburgh from New York (AL) on 4/17 in exchange for a player to be named or cash considerations. DANIEL HUDSON N Retired two of the three Cincinnati batters he faced in the eighth inning Thursday afternoon. BA AGAINST: N Was charged with his first loss as a member of the Pirates Monday night at Cincinnati after allowing one unearned run in 0.2ip. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 2/2 N Has been scored upon in three of his last four outings (2.2ip/8r/7er) after not allowing a run in his previous four appearances (4.0ip). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 14/10 N Pitched in a career-high 70 games with Arizona last season...was signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent on 12/19. WADE LeBLANC N Recorded his third career save (3.0ip/0r) Tuesday at Cincinnati; his second with the Pirates (also on 9/17/16 at Cincinnati - game one). BA AGAINST: N Has been charged with two runs in his last 16.0ip after being charged with three runs in 0.1ip in his season debut on 4/7 vs. Atlanta. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 5/1 N Was credited with his first win (1.1ip/2h/0r/2bb/1so) of the season on 4/26 against the Cubs. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 9/6 N Allowed one run in 5.1ip on 4/10; the second-longest relief outing of his career (tossed 6.1 innings of relief on 5/30/14). JUAN NICASIO N Pitched a scoreless seventh inning Thursday afternoon in Cincinnati...Retired all five Reds batters he faced Monday night. BA AGAINST: N Has been scored upon just once in his last eight appearance (8.0ip/1er). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 8/3 N Recorded his first win of the season on 4/21 against the Yankees after tossing 1.1 scoreless innings in relief of starter Tyler Glasnow. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 13/7 N Suffered his two losses in back-to-back appearances on 4/11 vs. Cincinnati (1.0ip/1er) and 4/13 at Boston (0.2ip/1er). FELIPE RIVERO N Has appeared in 16 of the first 28 games...struck out two of the four batters he faced in 1.1 scoreless innings Monday night. BA AGAINST: N Has allowed an earned run in just one of his first 16 appearances...suffered his first loss of the season on 4/22 vs. the Yankees. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 2/1 N Surrendered one run in 1.0 inning of work but earned his first win of the season in 10-inning walkoff victory on 4/9 vs. Atlanta. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 16/12 N Has posted a 2.30 ERA (43.0ip/11er) and 54 strikeouts in 44 games since being acquired by Pirates last year on 7/30. TONY WATSON N Struck out two of his four batters faced while working a scoreless eighth inning Wednesday at Cincinnati - his first outing since 4/26. BA AGAINST: N Recorded his seventh save (1.1ip/0r) of the season on 4/26 and his first multi-inning save since 4/22/15 vs. the Cubs. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 0/0 N Eight of his 10 hits allowed have been singles...was scored upon for the only time this season on 4/15 at Chicago (1.0ip/1r). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 10/5 N Has converted all seven of his save chances this season and has gone 18-for-23 in save opportunities in his role as Pirates closer. TREVOR WILLIAMS N Has been scored upon in back-to-back outings...allowed one run in 2.0ip Wednesday in Cincy (gave up a solo HR to Devin Mesoraco). BA AGAINST: N Was charged with his first loss of the season Sunday afternoon at Miami after allowing one run in 0.1 inning of work. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 3/1 N Struck out two of the three batters he faced in the sixth inning on 4/15 in Chicago and recorded his second big league victory. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 6/4 N Has pitched 2.0 innings or more in three of his first six outings...tossed 2.0 scoreless frames in his season debut on 4/9 vs. Atlanta Disabled List (3 players, 3 appearances) On Date Off ^Games Player (injury) DL Eligible DL Missed Adam Frazier (L hamstring strain) 4/24 (retro to 4/23) 5/ Antonio Bastardo (L quad strain) 4/25 5/ David Freese (R hamstring strain) 4/29 (retro to 4/26) 5/ * 60-day DL ^Team record in games missed 2017 Restricted List (2 players, 2 appearances) Player Date Placed Games Missed ^ Jung Ho Kang Starling Marte 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... 4/7/17 vs. ATL (Freese & Cervelli) 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 (Walker, Marte & Alvarez) The Pirates Hit Three Consecutive HR s in One Inning... 9/13/13 vs. CHI (Alvarez, Martin & Jones) The Pirates Hit Four HR s in One (Sanders-2, Kendall & Giles) The Pirates Hit Six Home Runs in a Game... The Pirates Hit Seven Home Runs in a (club record, done 3 times) Pirates vs. Milwaukee 2017 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Bell Cervelli Díaz Gosselin Hanson Harrison Jaso McCutchen Mercer Ngoepe Osuna Polanco Stewart W-L-S ERA G IP ER W-L-S ERA G IP ER Barbato Cole Glasnow Hudson Kuhl LeBlanc Nicasio Nova Rivero Taillon Watson Williams Walkoff Wins 1. 4/9 vs. Atlanta...Marte HR in 10th 2017 Ejections

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 (1-3) 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 6 30 MIL 7 31 MIL 8 32 at LA 9 33 at LA at LA at Ari at Ari at Ari at Ari WAS WAS WAS PHI PHI PHI at Atl at Atl at Atl at Atl NY NY NY ARI ARI ARI 2 55 at NY 3 56 at NY 4 57 at NY 6 58 at Bal 7 59 at Bal 8 60 MIA 9 61 MIA MIA MIA COL COL COL CHI CHI CHI at Mil at Mil at Mil at Mil at Stl at Stl at Stl TB TB TB SF 1 81 SF JUNE (0-0) JULY (0-0) 2017 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 3 83 at Phi 4 84 at Phi 5 85 at Phi 6 86 at Phi 7 87 at Chi 8 88 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 (8-16), Jaso (2-0), Freese (2-0) 2B - Harrison (3-8), Gosselin (4-2), Hanson (2-3), Ngoepe (2-1), Frazier (1-2) 3B - Freese (4-10), Harrison (7-6), Frazier (1-0) SS - Mercer (11-15), Frazier (1-0), Ngoepe (0-1) LF - Polanco (9-13), Frazier (1-3), Harrison (1-0), Osuna (1-0) CF - McCutchen (6-9), Marte (6-7) RF - McCutchen (6-7), Jaso (2-6), Osuna (4-2), Frazier (0-1) C - Cervelli (9-11), Stewart (2-4), Diaz (1-1) DH - Frazier (0-1), Freese (0-1), Polanco (0-1) 1st - Harrison (5-6), Mercer (3-6), Frazier (3-4), Marte (1-0) 2nd - Marte (5-6), Bell (3-5), Harrison (2-2), Mercer (2-1), Jaso (0-2) 3rd - McCutchen (12-16) 4th - Polanco (9-14), Freese (2-2), Jaso (1-0) 5th - Freese (4-9), Cervelli (4-2), Bell (2-3), Jaso (1-1), Osuna (1-1) 6th - Cervelli (4-8), Jaso (2-3), Osuna (3-0), Mercer (1-1), Harrison (1-1), Bell (0-2), Diaz (1-1) 7th - Harrison (3-4), Bell (2-4), Gosselin (3-1), Mercer (1-3), Hanson (1-2), Osuna (1-1), Cervelli (1-1) 8th - Mercer (4-4), Stewart (2-3), Ngoepe (2-2), Frazier (1-2), Bell (1-2), Hanson (1-1), Gosselin (1-1), Harrison (0-1) 9th - Pitchers (12-13), Frazier (0-1), Mercer (0-1), Stewart (0-1) MOST RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION 4/26 Gift Ngoepe (INF) recalled from Indianapolis...Dovydas Neverauskas (RHP) optioned to Indianapolis. 4/29 Danny Ortiz (OF) selected from Indianapolis...David Freese (INF) placed on 10-day D.L. (retro to 4/26). 4/30 John Bormann (C) selected from Bradenton...Danny Ortiz (OF) optioned to Indianapolis. 5/1 Elias Díaz (C) recalled from Indianapolis...John Bormann (C) optioned to Bradenton. 5/3 John Bormann (C) outrighted to Bradenton. AUGUST (0-0) SEPTEMBER (0-0) OCTOBER (0-0) BOLD - COMPLETE GAME *home sellout (1)