August 6, 2018 at Coors Field, Denver, CO --- GAME #113/ROAD #51 RHP JOE MUSGROVE (4-5, 3.63 ERA) vs. LHP KYLE FREELAND (9-7, 3.

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1 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (57-55) vs. COLORADO ROCKIES (59-52) August 6, 2018 at Coors Field, Denver, CO --- GAME #113/ROAD #51 RHP JOE MUSGROVE (4-5, 3.63 ERA) vs. LHP KYLE FREELAND (9-7, 3.20 ERA) THE PIRATES...have gone 4-6 in their last 10 games after winning 11 in a row between 7/ Have produced the best record in the National League (17-7) since 7/8...Have won 15 of their last 21 games and have gone in their last 35 games, dating back to 6/25 (the sixth-best record in MLB in that time)...were a seasonhigh nine games over.500 following the action on 5/17 (26-17)...Were after 11 in 2017 (56-57 after 113). ON THE ROAD: Tonight the Pirates begin a 10-day, nine-game road trip to Denver, San Francisco and Minneapolis...In addition to the three games here, the trip includes four against the Giants starting Thursday night and two against the Twins following a day off next Monday...The Bucs have won five of their last six road games and have gone 10-6 in their last 16. TAPPING INTO THE ROCKIES: In 14 career games at Coors Field, Starling Marte has gone 29-for-58 (.500) with three doubles, two home runs, 11 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 ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH: The Pirates have won nine of their last 1 played in Colorado, dating back to 7/27/14...In their last 1 at Coors Field, the Bucs have hit.326 (151-for-463) with 28 doubles, 18 home runs and 88 runs scored (7.3 per game avg.)...the Pirates have homered in nine straight games played in Colorado. WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: Bucco left fielder Corey Dickerson made his Major League debut with the Rockies in 2013 and spent his first three big league seasons in a Colorado uniform...in 125 career games played at Coors Field, Dickerson is hitting.360 (148-for-411) with 33 doubles, 24 home runs and 79 RBI...Among all players with at least 300 at bats at Coors Field since 2013, Dickerson s.360 average is second behind Michael Cuddyer (.364). ON THE BUMP: In his two starts since the All-Star break,, Joe Musgrove has been charged with three earned runs in 14.0 innings of work...he has pitched at least 7.0 innings in three straight starts and in four of his last five...in his three starts on the road this season, Musgrove has gone 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA (20.0ip/4er). MERCER MERCER ME: Jordy Mercer has hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games and has reached base safely in 18 straight games, going 19-for-54 (.352) with eight walks and 2 HBPs...He also holds a career average of.351 (39-for-111) in 34 games against the Rockies. COREY S CONTRIBUTIONS: Corey Dickerson, who was reinstated from the disabled list Saturday, hit.400 last month while recording an.829 slugging percentage and a league-high OPS...Prior to being placed on the disabled list, he hit.481 (13-for-27) with three doubles, one triple, five home runs and nine RBI in his last six games played from July In his 12 games as the leadoff batter, Dickerson is hitting.360 (18-for-50) with 15 runs, five home runs, 10 RBI and a.407 on-base percentage (the Pirates are 10-2 in the 1). TOTAL RECALL: Adam Frazier went 2-for-4 with a home run on Sunday and he delivered the game-winning hit Friday night with a run-scoring single in the eighth inning vs. St. Louis...Since being recalled from Indianapolis on 7/25, Frazier has gone 13-for-31 (.419) with six doubles, a home run and six RBI while hitting safely in seven of his 10 games. RIGHT ON: Gregory Polanco has hit 19 home runs as a right fielder this season; second in the league behind Bryce Harper s 20 from that position...in team history, only four other Pirates have hit 20 or more home runs in one season while playing right field...dave Parker did it four times, Roberto Clemente did it three times while Bobby Bonilla and Reggie Sanders accomplished it one time each...sanders was the last to do it, hitting 22 as a right fielder in HOW MAY I ASSIST YOU?: Pittsburgh s outfielders have recorded a National League-leading 26 assists this season, including three in the last two games...starling Marte shares the league lead with 10 assists, which are also the most by a Pirates center fielder since Andrew McCutchen had 11 in Corey Dickerson is tied for second in the league with seven assists among left fielders and Gregory Polanco is tied for third among right fielders with six assists. THE BUCCO OFFENSE: Dating back to July 6, the Pirates lead all National League teams with a.277 batting average and only Washington (.810) have a higher OPS than the Bucs (.796)..Since the All-Star break, the Bucs are second in the league with an.813 OPS (sixth in the Majors) and are second to only Baltimore (.300) with a.285 batting average. FREESE WARNING: David Freese has homered three times in his last 25 at bats is one home run shy of 100 in his career... He is hitting.370 (17-for-46) with 13 RBI in his last 16 games and.347 (26-for-75) in his last 26 games, dating to 6/27. WHAT A CATCH: Francisco Cervelli has hit a career-high 10 home runs, nine from the catcher s position and one as a pinch hitter...the last Bucco backstop to hit 10 in a season was Russell Martin in 2014 (11)...Overall this season, Pittsburgh catchers have combined to post the best OPS (.809) among all Major League teams and only the Yankees (22), Dodgers (20) and Rangers (18) have produced more home runs from the catching position than the Pirates (16). OUTFIELD OF DREAMS: Pittsburgh s outfielders rank first among N.L. teams in slugging percentage (.493), batting average (.279) and extra-base hits (154) while ranking third in home runs (56) behind the Dodgers (63) and Phillies (60). ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY August 5, 2016: Ivan Nova worked 7.0 innings and allowed three runs in his Pirates debut as the Bucs defeated the Reds, 5-3, at PNC Park. Starling Marte went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI while also recording his 39th stolen base of the season. Tony Watson worked a ninth inning to earn his second save since becoming Pittsburgh s closer. 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...11 Walkoff Wins...4 Losses in final AB...8 Walk-off Losses...4 Extra Inning Games Playing errorless Homered homers Series (W-L-T) Series Sweeps...6 Swept in a Series...4 Interleague Before the break After the break Starter goes 6.0ip Starter goes less than 6.0ip UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Tuesday at Colorado 6:40 RHP Jameson Taillon (8-8, 3.74 ERA) vs. TBA AT&T SportsNet Wednesday at Colorado 1:10 RHP Chris Archer (3-5, 4.49 ERA) vs. RHP German Márquez (9-8, 4.70 ERA) AT&T SportsNet

2 YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO M.L. CAREER vs. COLORADO: Musgrove has never faced the Rockies RHP JOE MUSGROVE 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 Musgrove began the season on the 10-day disabled list due to a right shoulder muscle strain. He threw a 25-pitch bullpen session on 4/19 and a 35-pitch session on 4/22. After throwing 37 pitches in a simulated game on 4/25, he made the following rehab appearances: 5/1 vs. Dunedin (FSL) ND W 5/7 vs. Bowie (EL) L L 5/12 vs. Columbus (IL) W W 5/18 at Durham (IL) L L REHAB (1-2, 4.58 ERA) /25 vs. St. Louis W W 5/30 vs. Chicago W W MAY (2-0, 0.64 ERA) /5 vs. Los Angeles L L 6/11 at Arizona ND (BS) L 6/17 vs. Cincinnati L L 6/23 vs. Arizona L L 6/29 at San Diego W W JUNE (1-3, 5.47 ERA) /10 vs. Washington L L 7/15 vs. Milwaukee ND W 7/24 at Cleveland W W 7/29 vs. New York-NL L L JULY (1-2, 3.38 ERA) CAREER BATTING:.150 (3-for-20) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 BB 4 SACS 2018 BATTING:.200 (3-for-15) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 BB 3 SACS 1st HALF (3-4, 4.08 ERA) CATCHERS THROWING CS/ATT PCT PB PICK OFFS CATCHER S ERA Cervelli 12/33 36% 4 0 (544.0ip/252er) 4.17 Díaz 8/23 36% 0 0 (426.2ip/198er) 4.18 Stallings 0/ (26.0ip/19er) 6.58 CAUGHT STEALINGS BY PITCHERS...2 PITCHER PICKOFFS...2 SB OFF PITCHERS... 1 NO THROWS... 6 OTHERS (double steals) nd HALF (1-0, 1.93 ERA) TOMORROW S STARTER JAMESON TAILLON: The 26-year-old righthander will be making his 23rd start of the season tomorrow night...allowed three runs over 6.2 innings and won a 5-4 decision against Chicago s Jon Lester in his last start Tuesday night at PNC Park...Has been charged with three earned runs or less in each of his last 12 starts and in 19 of his 22 starts overall...has pitched into the sixth inning 11 times in his last 14 outings... Has gone 4-1 with a 2.37 ERA (38.0ip/10er) in his last six starts on the road; suffered his only loss during that stretch in a 4-0 shutout at Cleveland on 7/25. vs. COLORAOD: 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in one career start...he pitched 5.0 scoreless innings and won a 7-2 decision over Kyle Freeland on 6/12/17 at PNC Park. TEAM BATTING Most runs, game, Pirates...14, 4/6 vs. CIN Most runs, game, Opponents... 17, 7/6 vs. PHI & Most runs, inning, Pirates... 6, (4th) & 4/6 vs. CIN (6th) Most runs, inning, Opponents...7, 7/6 vs. PHI (7th) Most hits, game, Pirates... 17, (13 innings) Most hits, game, Opponents... 21, Most hits, inning, Pirates... 6, (8th) & (6th) Most consec. hits, inning... 5, (6th) & 4/8 vs. CIN (5th) Most consec. hits, game... 5, & 4/8 vs. CIN Most hits, inning, Opponents...7, (4th) Fewest hits, game, Pirates...1, Fewest hits, game, Opponents... 1, 4/8 vs. CIN Most doubles, game...6, 4/6 vs. CIN Most triples, game...3, 5/25 vs. STL Most home runs, game, Pirates...5, 7/14 vs.mil (game two) Most home runs, game, Opponents...6, Most consecutive games, home run...9, 7/13-24 Most consec. games, HR, Opponents...7, 5/19-26 Most extra-base hits... 8, 5/11 vs. SF Most consecutive games, extra-base hit... 24, 4/30-5/27 Most stolen bases, game, Pirates...4, 7/8 vs. PHI & 7/6 vs. PHI Most stolen bases, game, Opponents...3, 5/19 vs. SD Most left on base... 13, 7/6 vs. PHI, 5/18 vs. SD & 4/25 vs. DET (game 2) Most left on base (extra innings)...15, (12 innings) TEAM PITCHING Most strikeouts, game, Pirates... 16, Most strikeouts, game, Pirates (extra innings)... Most strikeouts, game, Opponents... 13, 6/19 vs. MIL & Most strikeouts, game, Opponents (extra innings)...17, 6/22 vs. ARI Most walks, game, Pirates... 10, 7/6 vs. PHI Most walks, game, Pirates (extra innings)... Most walks, game, Opponents... 11, 4/2 vs. MIN TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Longest winning streak games, 7/11-24 Longest losing streak... 5 games, 6/19-24 & 4/19-25 Longest game, innings innings, 6/22 vs. ARI & Longest game, time... 5:27, Longest game, time, 9 innings... 4:30, 7/6 vs. PHI (ties NL record) Shortest game, time, 9 innings... 2:25, Shortest game time...1:47, (6 innings) Largest margin of victory...11 runs, (11-1) & 4/6 vs. CIN (14-3) Largest margin of defeat runs, (1-17) Largest come from behind victory...5 runs, 4/27 vs. STL Largest come from behind loss...5 runs, 2018 HIGHS & LOWS Largest crowd, home...35,900, 7/28 vs. NY Smallest crowd, home... 8,869, 4/17 vs. COL Largest crowd, road...53,139, Smallest crowd, road... 6,852, Most errors, game, Pirates...3, 6 times, last on 7/26 vs. NY Most errors, game, Opponents...3, 4 times, last on 8/1 vs. CHI Consecutive innings w/out an error... 61, 7/6-12) Most double plays turned...3, 4/6 vs. CIN & (game 1) Rain delays, home (total time)...8 (8 hours, 45 minutes) Rain delays, road (total time) (6 hours, 50 minutes) Players used...40 INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most hits, game...5, Marte Most consecutive hits...6, Polanco (7/28-29) & Marte (4/14-15) Most runs, game.... 4, Dickerson (6/6 vs. LA) & Marte Most 2bs, game...2, 12 times, last by Polanco (7/28 vs. NY) Most 3bs, game...1, 32 times, last by Polanco (8/3 vs. StL) Most HR, game...2, Dickerson Luplow (7/14 vs. MIL - game two) & Polanco Most extra-base hits... 2, 35 times, last by Freese (7/31 vs. CHI) Most total bases...8, Dickerson CIN & CIN), Luplow (7/14 vs. MIL), Marte & Polanco Most RBI, game...6, Cervelli (4/25 vs. DET- game 1) Most SB, game...3, Marte (7/6 vs. PHI) Most walks, game...4, Polanco (4/2 vs. MIN) Consec. games, home run... 4, Dickerson (7/15-22) Longest hitting streak games, Marte (7/4-24) Grand slams , Marte & Moran & 4/2 vs. MIN) Inside-the-park home runs... 1, Marte Leadoff home runs...5, last by Harrison Walkoff home runs , Dickerson (4/26 vs. DET) INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most strikeouts, game... 10, Taillon (7/12 vs. MIL), Longest winning streak...3 games, 3 times, last by Williams (7/11-28) Longest losing streak...4 games, Kingham (5/19-7/2),Nova (5-2-24) & Taillon (4/19-5/22) Fewest hits, complete game...1, Taillon (4/8 vs. CIN) Most walks allowed...5, Williams & - game 1) Most home runs allowed... 5, Nova Most IP, game, starter , Taillon (4/8 vs. CIN) Most IP, game, reliever , Glasnow Most consec. scoreless IP , Williams (7/11-8/5) Most consecutive saves...15, Vázquez (6/6-8/3)

3 FRANCISCO CERVELLI N N N LAST 3: 3-11 (.273) 0 HR 1 RBI Is hitting.350 (14-for-40) with a double, a triple and three RBI in nine career games at Coors Field. Made 8th career appearance and 7th career start (first since 4/20/16) at first base Saturday; also went 2-for-3. Knocked in a run in four straight games from 7/28 to 8/3...Has hit a career-high 10 home runs. N Made his 600th career appearance as a catcher on Sunday...Is two RBI shy of his career-high 43 (set in 2015). Multi-Hit Games: 12 Multi-RBI Games: 10 Last HR: 7/31/18 vs. CHI First HR: 6/24/09 at ATL (Kris Medlen) ELIAS DÍAZ N Has hit safely in 15 of his last 17 road games, going 23-for-68 (.338) with eight doubles, two homers & 10 RBI. N Caught the final two innings on Sunday and singled in lone at bat...is hitting.348 (16-for-46) batting cleanup. N Has gone 14-for-44 (.318) in his last 1...Has gone 23-for-59 (.390) against left-handed pitchers. LAST 3: 2-5 (.400) 0 HR 0 RBI N Is hitting.294 (52-for-177) with 10 doubles, seven home runs and 25 RBI in his 47 starts this season. Multi-Hit Games: 16 Last HR: 7/2/18 at LA First HR: 6/2/17 at NY (Paul Sewald) COREY DICKERSON N Is a.360 lifetime hitter (148-for-411) at Coors Field, including a.471 clip (16-for-34) in his last eight games. N Was reinstated from the D.L. (left hamstring strain) Saturday...Went 0-for-3 with a walk Sunday afternoon. N Is hitting.360 (18-for-50) with five doubles, two triples and five home runs in 1 from the leadoff spot. LAST 3: 2-7 (.286) 0 HR 2 RBI 0-for-5 N Hit.400 (28-for-70) during the month of July and posted the highest OPS (1.253) in the National League. Multi-Hit Games: 30 Multi-RBI Games: 13 Last HR: 7/22/18 at CIN Firs. t HR: 7/28/13 vs. MIL (Donovan Hand) ADAM FRAZIER N Hit his first career homer off a LHP pitcher on Sunday (Chasen Shreve); went 2-for-4 with a double and a solo HR. N Recorded second multi-rbi game of the season Saturday (also 5/27 vs. St. Louis) after going 1-for-5 with two RBI. LAST 3: 6-14 (.429) 1 HR 4 RBI 4 games N Has gone 13-for-31 (.419) with seven doubles, a homer and six RBI in 10 games since being recalled on 7/25. N Is hitting.385 (15-for-39) against right-handed pitching beginning with the action on 6/1. Multi-Hit Games: 12 Multi-RBI Games: 2 Last HR: 8/5/18 vs. STL First HR: 7/24/16 vs. PHI (Edubray Ramos) DAVID FREESE N Hit.400 (10-for-25) and tallied 11 RBI in Pittsburgh s just completed nine-game homestand. N Has gone 17-for-46 (.370) with 3 HR and 13 RBI in his last 16 games...is one homer shy of 100 in his career. LAST 3: 3-11 (.273) 1 HR 1 RBI N Has 10 hits in his last 19 at bats against left-handed pitchers beginning with the action on 7/11. N Is hitting.291 (46-for-158) with eight doubles, seven home runs and 26 RBI in his 43 starts this season. Multi-Hit Games: 13 Multi-RBI Games: 9 Last HR: 7/27/18 vs. NY First HR: 9/29/09 at CIN (Ramon Ramirez) JOSH HARRISON N Has a.364 career average (24-for-66), seven doubles and one home run in 19 games at Coors Field. N Has gone 8-for-28 with two homers and six RBI in eight games after missing three games (left hamstring). LAST 3: 3-9 (.333) 0 HR 1 RBI N Hit a three-run homer in his first at bat of the game on 7/23; his second three-rbi game this year (also 6/6). N Is hitting.377 (40-for-106) with runners on base and has gone 18-for-50 (.360) with runners in scoring position. Multi-Hit Games: 21 Last HR: 7/26/18 vs. NY First HR: 8/23/11 vs. MIL (Marco Estrada) JORDAN LUPLOW N Has one hit in his last 16 at bats...has made eight of his nine starts with the Pirates in left field. N Hit a pair of solo home runs on 7/14 vs. Milwaukee (game two) - his first career multi-hr game. N Hit.297 (81-for-273) with eight homers and 47 RBI in 77 games with Triple-A Indianaplis this season. LAST 3: 0-8 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-9 N Was Pittsburgh s 2017 minor league Player-of-the-Year after hitting.302 with 23 homers and 56 RBI in 117 games. Multi-Hit Games: 2 Multi-RBI Games: 1 Last HR: 7/14/18 vs. MIL First HR: 7/24/16 vs. PHI (Edubray Ramos) STARLING MARTE N Is hitting.500 (29-for-58) with 3 doubles, 2 homers, 11 RBI and a OPS in 14 career games at Coors Field. N Is 11-for-27 (.407) with two doubles & three HR in last seven road games...has 10 hits in his last 18 at bats with RISP. LAST 3: 3-13 (.231) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-10 N His 16 homers are the third-most by an N.L. center fielder behind Charlie Blackmon (20) & Odubel Herrera (19). N Has hit second in the lineup his last 25 games and has gone 34-for-100 (.340) with 5 doubles, 7 HR and 20 RBI. Multi-Hit Games: 28 Multi-RBI Games: 13 Last HR: 7/24/18 at CLE First HR: 9/2/17 vs. CIN (Wandy Peralta) JORDY MERCER N Has a.351 career average (39-for-111) with nine doubles, a triple, homer and 13 RBI in 34 games vs. Colorado. N Has hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games (12-for-37,.324)...Singled, walked and was hit by a pitch on Sunday. N Has reached base safely in each of his last 18 games, going 19-for-54 (.352) with eight walks and twa HBPs. LAST 3: 2-7 (.286) 0 HR 1 RBI N Has hit safely in 15 of his last 18 games, going 19-for-54 (.352) with six doubles and six RBI. Multi-Hit Games: 16 Multi-RBI Games: 4 Last HR: 6/29/18 at SD First HR: 8/8/12 vs. ARI (Josh Collmenter) COLIN MORAN N Started at third base Sunday afternoon against St. Louis and went hitless in two at bats (played first six innings). N Has produced seven hits in his last 18 at bats with runners in scoring position. LAST 3: 1-5 (.200) 0 HR 1 RBI N Each of his last 16 hits have been singles since his double on 7/9 vs. Washington...Hit his last home run on 7/1. N Has a.304 (31-for-102) average while batting seventh in the lineup...is hitting.400 (6-for-15) as a pinch hitter. Multi-Hit Games: 15 Last HR: 7/1/18 at SD First HR: 7/21/17 at BAL (Richard Bleier) JOSÉ OSUNA N Started at first base Sunday afternoon vs. St. Louis and went 1-for-3 (played the first seven innings). LAST 3: 2-5 (.400) 0 HR 0 RBI N Had a pinch-hit single Saturday night against St. Louis...Was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis on 7/28. N Hit.317 with 24 doubles, five homers and 40 RBI in 61 games at Indy...Is in his fourth stint with Bucs in N Hit his second career pinch-hit homer on 5/11...Has gone 8-for-43 (.186) in his 11 starts (8 at 1B, 3 in RF). Multi-Hit Games: 2 Multi-RBI Games: 2 Last HR: 5/11/18 vs. SF First HR: 5/7/17 vs. MIL (Zach Davies) GREGORY POLANCO LAST 3: 1-11 (.091) 0 HR 3 RBI 0-for-10 N Has gone 11-for-30 (.367) with four multi-hit efforts in his last eight games; has gone 1-for-14 in his last four. N Is hitting.309 (38-for-123) with 10 home runs and 28 RBI in his last 33 games. N Ranks second among all National League outfielders with 47 extra base hits (Rhys Hoskins leads with 48). N Is hitting.300 (18-for-60) with five homers and 16 RBI in his last 16 games played on the road. Multi-Hit Games: 22 Multi-RBI Games: 18 Last HR: 7/31/18 vs. CHI First HR: 6/13/14 at MIA (Mike Dunn) SEAN RODRÍGUEZ N Popped out to end Sunday s game...started at second base Wednesday vs. Chicago and went hitless in four bats. LAST 3: 1-8 (.125) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-7 N Has tallied one hit in his last 20 at bats since hitting a home run in Cincinnati on 7/22. N Has gone 7-for-30 (.233) with two homers in 10 games since coming off the D.L. on 7/20 (right quad strain). N Had three hits and four RBI on 7/20; his first game with three hits and four RBI since 8/14/16 at LA (NL). Multi-Hit Games: 5 Multi-RBI Games: 4 Last HR: 7/22/18 at CIN First HR: 6/1/08 vs. TOR (A.J. Burnett)

4 KYLE CRICK N Retired all three St. Louis batters Sunday...Has been scored upon just twice in his last 21 appearances (21.0ip/2er/24so ERA). BA AGAINST: N Was charged with a blown save (1.0ip/2h/1r), but recorded his second win in Friday s last at bat victory against the Cardinals. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 16/3 N Has held right-handed batters to a.165 (15-for-91) average...has been scored upon eight times overall in his 45 games. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 45/29 N Picked up his saves on 5/23 at Cincinnati and 7/13 vs. Milwaukee... Recorded his first career win on 7/1 at San Diego. KEONE KELA N Has made two scoreless appearances with the Pirates (2.0ip/3so)...Struck out two of the four St. Louis batters he faced Sunday. BA AGAINST: N Was acquired from Texas on 7/31 in exchange for minor league LHP Taylor Hearn and a player to be named. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 0/0 N Recorded 24 saves in 25 opportunities with Texas and posted a 2.18 ERA (20.2ip/5er) in his last 21 games, dating back to 5/22. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 2/2 N Has held right-handed hitters to a.131 average (11-for-84)...Recorded his last save on 7/29 at Houston while pitching with Texas. DOVYDAS NEVERAUSKAS BA AGAINST: INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 9/3 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 14/8 N Allowed one run in 1.2 innings Saturday night vs. St. Louis...Is in his fourth stint with the Pirates this season. N Began the season with the Pirates...Had a ERA (6.2ip/8er) in seven games before being optioned to Triple-A on 4/16. N Has been scored upon in 10 of his 14 big league games this season...is a native of Lithuania. N Has posted a 1.14 ERA (39.1ip/5er) and four saves in 29 appearances with Indianapolis; did not allow a run in his last 14.0ip. RICHARD RODRÍGUEZ BA AGAINST: INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 23/3 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 41/29 N Pitched a scoreless inning Sunday vs. St. Louis...Faced one batter Friday night and stranded his three inherited runners. N Has stranded each of his last 18 inherited runners; the last two to score on him came in his appearance on 5/13 vs. San Francisco. N Has produced a 1.57 ERA (23.0ip/4er) in the 1 in which he has pitched more than 1.0 inning. N Has 53 strikeouts in 45.2ip (10.45 Ks/per 9.0 ratio)...has held left-handed batters to a.189 average (14-for-74) and two extra-base hits. CASEY SADLER N Was recalled Sunday from Indianapolis, where he went 6-5 with one save and a 3.43 ERA in 26 appearances (eight starts). BA AGAINST: N Is in his second stint this year with the Pirates; was also with the big league club from 7/23-24 but did not appear in a game. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 0/0 N Made last appearance in the big leagues with the Pirates on 4/12/15 at Milwaukee; started (5.0ip/2er) and earned his first career win. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 0/0 N Has made a total seven appearances (one start) in the big leagues with Pittsburgh; made his debut on 5/2/14 vs. Toronto in relief. EDGAR SANTANA N Pitched a scoreless seventh inning Sunday vs. St. Louis...Tossed 1.1 scoreless frames Friday night. BA AGAINST: N Has been scored upon once in his last 16 appearances (16.1ip/1er) after giving up runs in back-to-back games on 6/26 and 6/29. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 30/9 N Has a 0.60 ERA (15.0ip/1er) in his nine multi-inning appearances...is one of four N.L. rookies to make at least 52 appearances this year. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 52/35 N Earned his first career win on 5/16 vs. the White Sox; his second career win came on 5/17 vs. San Diego. FELIPE VÁZQUEZ N Recorded his 25th save Friday night vs. St. Louis - establishing a new single-season club record for saves by a lefthander. BA AGAINST: N Has converted 15 consecutive save chances...has surrendered two runs in his last 21 outings (20.0ip/35 Ks ERA). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 20/11 N Was named the National League reliever of the month for July after going 1-0 with eight saves and a 1.46 ERA (12.1ip/2er) and 22 K s. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 49/30 N Has been scored upon just three times in his last 25 appearances, dating back to 6/5 (24.1ip/4er/42so ERA) Disabled List (15 players, 17 appearances) On Date Off ^Games Player (injury) DL Eligible DL Missed Nick Burdi (R elbow surgery) * 2/20 5/ A.J. Schugel (R shoulder discomfort) * 3/29 (retro to 3/26) 4/ Joe Musgrove (R shoulder strain) 4/2 (retro to 3/30) 4/9 5/ Josh Harrison (L hand fracture) 4/16 4/26 5/ Enny Romero (L shoulder impingement) 4/29 (retro to 4/26) 5/6 7/ Starling Marte (R oblique strain) 5/18 (retro to 5/16) 5/26 5/ Ivan Nova (R hand ring finger sprain) 5/28 (retro to 5/25) 6/4 6/ Richard Rodríguez (R shoulder inflammation) 6/8 (retro to 6/7) 6/17 6/ Francisco Cervelli (concussion D.L./10-day D.L.) 6/22 6/29 7/ Michael Feliz (R shoulder inflammation) 6/24 7/4 7/7 4-7 Sean Rodríguez (R quadriceps strain) 6/27 (retro to 6/25) 7/5 7/ Nik Turley (L elbow strain) * 6/29 8/ Chad Kuhl (R forearm strain) * 6/29 (retro to 6/27) 8/ Joe Musgrove (R index finger infection) 7/3 (retro to 6/30) 7/10 7/ Francisco Cervelli (post-concussive symptoms/10-day D.L.) 7/14 7/21 7/ Josh Bell (L oblique strain) 7/28 8/ Corey Dickerson (L hamstring strain) 7/28 (retro to 7/25) 8/4 8/4 3-2 * 60-day DL ^Team record in games missed Runs By Inning 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Xtra Total Bucs Opps THE LAST TIME... The Pirates Hit Back-to-Back HRs (done four times in (Dickerson & Marte) The Pirates Hit a Grand Slam (accomplished 3 times in (Marte) The Pirates Hit an Inside-The-Park (Marte) The Pirates Hit a Leadoff HR (accomplished five times in (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...7/14/18 vs. MIL (Marte, Polanco & Luplow) The Pirates Hit Three Consecutive HR s in One Inning... (Freese, Jaso & Mercer) The Pirates Hit Four HR s in One (Sanders-2, Kendall & Giles) The Pirates Hit Six Home Runs in a Game... The Pirates Hit Seven Home Runs in a (club record, done 3 times) Pirates vs. Colorado 2018 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Cervelli Díaz Dickerson Frazier Freese Harrison Luplow Marte Mercer Moran Osuna Polanco Rodríguez W-L-S ERA G IP ER W-L-S ERA G IP ER Archer Crick Kela Musgrove Neverauskas Nova Rodríguez Sadler Santana Taillon Vázquez Williams Ejections 1. 4/26 vs. Detroit Hurdle by Mike Winters (arguing Frazier out of base line) 2. 5/28 vs. Chicago (NL) Hurdle by Mark Carlson (arguing reviewed play at home) 2018 Walkoff Wins 1. 4/26 vs. Detroit Dickerson HR in 9th 4. 7/27 vs. New York Freese single in 9th 2. 4/27 vs. St.Louis Marte single in 11th 3. 7/15 vs. Milwaukee Bell double in 10th

5 Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance MARCH (1-0) 29 at Det T3-0.5 PPD - RAIN (rescheduled for March 30) 30 1 at Det W (13) Brault (1-0) Wilson (0-1) 42, at Det PPD - RAIN (rescheduled for April 1) APRIL (16-12) 1 2 at Det W Williams (1-0) Fulmer (0-1) Vázquez (1) 14, at Det W T1 --- Kuhl (1-0) Farmer (0-1) Vázquez (2) 18, MIN W Taillon (1-0) Lynn (0-1) Kontos (1) 30,186 30, MIN L Rogers (1-0) Nova (0-1) 20,690 50, CIN W Brault (2-0) Bailey (0-2) Vázquez (3) 9,227 60, CIN W Williams (2-0) Castillo (0-2) 11,115 71, CIN L Peralta (1-0) Kontos (0-1) Iglesias (2) 14,336 85, CIN W TAILLON (2-0) Mahle (1-1) 11,251 96,805 9 at Chi PPD - SNOW (rescheduled for April 10) at Chi W Nova (1-1) Chatwood (0-2) Vázquez (4) 40, at Chi L Duensing (1-0) Glasnow (0-1) 35, at Chi W Williams (3-0) Hendricks (0-1) 29, at Mia L Peters (2-1) Kuhl (1-1) 6, at Mia W Kontos (1-1) Zeigler (0-3) Vázquez (5) 26, at Mia W Nova (2-1) Ureña (0-3) 10, COL L Marquez (1-1) Brault (2-1) 8, , COL L Bettis (3-0) Williams (3-1) Davis (8) 8, , COL W Kuhl (2-1) Freeland (0-3) 8, , at Phi L Arrieta (2-0) Taillon (2-1) 19, at Phi L Garcia (2-1) Kontos (1-2) Neris (3) 20, at Phi L Nola (2-1) Feliz (0-1) Neris (4) 28, at Phi L 2-3 (11) Rios (3-0) R. Rodríguez (0-1) 29, DET PPD - RAIN (rescheduled for April 25) DET L Stumpf (1-0) Taillon (2-2) Greene (4) DET W Kuhl (3-1) Boyd (0-2) 9, , DET W Vázquez (1-0) Wilson (0-3) 12, , STL W 6-5 (11) Kontos (2-2) Hicks (1-1) 15, , STL W Williams (4-1) Flaherty (0-1) 18, , STL W Kingham (1-0) Weaver (2-2) 14, , at Was L Roark (2-2) Taillon (2-3) Kintzler (1) 20,879 MAY (12-15) 1 30 at Was L Scherzer (6-1) Kuhl (3-2) 23, at Was L Strasburg (3-3) Nova (2-2) 27, at Was L Solis (1-1) Williams (4-2) Doolittle (6) 30, at Mil W Kingham (2-0) Guerra (2-2) Vázquez (6) 32, at Mil L Hader (1-0) Kontos (2-3) 32, at Mil W Kuhl (4-2) Anderson (3-3) 38, at CWS W Glasnow (1-1) Volstad (0-2) 12, at CWS W T2-0.5 R. Rodríguez (1-1) Jones (2-1) Vázquez (7) 12, SF W Brault (3-1) Suarez (1-2) 34, , SF W Vázquez (2-0) Watson (1-2) 27, , SF L Holland (2-4) Nova (2-3) 22, , CWS W Williams (5-2) Lopez (0-3) 11, , CWS W Santana (1-0) Soria (0-2) Vázquez (8) 20, , SD W Santana (2-0) Strahm (0-1) Vázquez (9) 11, , SD L Ross (3-3) Nova (2-4) Hand (13) 18, , SD L Richard (3-5) Kingham (2-1) 20, , SD L Yates (3-0) Vázquez (2-1) Hand (14) 17, , at Cin L Harvey (1-2) Taillon (2-4) 16, at Cin W 5-4 (12) Brault (4-1) Floro (1-1) Crick (1) 18, at Cin L Castillo (4-4) Nova (2-5) Hughes (2) 14, STL W Musgrove (1-0) Gant (1-2) 22, , STL L Flaherty (2-1) Williams (5-3) Norris (10) 22, , STL L Tuivailala (1-0) Feliz (0-2) Norris (11) 19, , CHI L Montgomery (1-1) Kuhl (4-3) 19, , CHI L Lester (5-2) Santana (2-1) Morrow (12) 11, , CHI W Musgrove (2-0) Hendricks (4-4) Vázquez (10) 14, , at Stl L Mayers (2-0) Vázquez (2-2) 40,832 JUNE (10-16) 1 57 at Stl W Taillon (3-4) Mikolas (6-1) 47, at Stl L Norris (2-1) R. Rodríguez (1-2) 44, at Stl L Wacha (7-1) Kingham (2-2) 44, LA L Stripling (4-1) Musgrove (2-1) 12, , LA W Brault (5-1) Hudson (1-2) Vázquez (11) 14, , LA L Baez (3-3) Taillon (3-5) Jansen (15) 19, , at Chi L Montgomery (2-1) Kuhl (4-4) Strop (1) 40, at Chi L Lester (7-2) Kingham (2-3) Cishek (2) 41, at Chi W Nova (3-5) Hendricks (4-6) 40, at Ari L Bradley (2-1) Crick (0-1) 20, at Ari L Salas (4-4) Williams (5-4) 22, at Ari W Taillon (4-5) Greinke (5-5) Vázquez (12) 32, CIN W Kuhl (5-4) Harvey (1-5) Vázquez (13) 23, , CIN W Nova (4-5) Castillo (4-8) 27, , CIN L DeSclafani (2-1) Musgrove (2-2) Iglesias (10) 23, , MIL W Williams (6-4) Chacin (6-2) Vázquez (14) 10, , MIL L Peralta (2-0) Taillon (4-6) Knebel (7) 14, , MIL PPD - RAIN (rescheduled for July 14) ARI L Godley (8-5) Kuhl (5-5) 20, , ARI L 1-2 (13) Chafin (1-2) Glasnow (1-2) McFarland (1) 24, , ARI L Greinke (7-5) Musgrove (2-3) 21, , ARI L Buchholz (2-1) Williams (6-5) Boxberger (17) 19, , at NY W Taillon (5-6) Lugo (2-3) Vázquez (15) 22, at NY L 3-4 (10) Peterson (1-0) Brault (5-2) 24, at NY W Vázquez (3-2) Familia (3-4) 24, PIRATES DAY BY DAY Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance at SD W Musgrove (3-3) Lauer (3-5) Vázquez (16) 27, at SD L Lucchesi (4-3) Williams (6-6) Hand (23) 32,418 JULY (17-9) 1 83 at SD W Crick (1-1) Ross (5-6) Vázquez (17) 32, at LA L Wood (5-5) Kingham (2-4) Ferguson (1) 45, at LA L Kershaw (2-4) Nova (4-6) 48, at LA L Hill (2-3) Holmes (0-1) Jansen (23) 53, PHI L Ramos (3-0) Williams (6-7) 24, , PHI L Arrieta (6-6) Taillon (5-7) Arano (2) 28, , PHI W Kingham (3-4) Anderson (0-1) Vázquez (18) 19, , WAS W Nova (5-6) Rodriguez (0-1) Vázquez (19) 14, , WAS L Hellickson (3-1) Musgrove (3-4) 17, , WAS W Williams (7-7) Gonzalez (6-6) Vázquez (20) 21, , MIL W Taillon (6-7) Miley (1-1) Vázquez (21) 17, , MIL W Kingham (4-4) Guerra (6-6) Crick (2) 21, , MIL W R. Rodríguez (2-2) Anderson (6-7) Vázquez (22) MIL W Holmes (1-1) Suter (8-6) Vázquez (23) 24, , MIL W 7-6 (10) Anderson (1-0) Jennings (3-3) 17, , ALL-STAR BREAK at Cin W Taillon (7-7) Mahle (7-8) 20, at Cin W Kingham (5-4) DeSclafani (4-3) 23, at Cin W Nova (6-6) Harvey (5-6) 23, at Cle W 7-0 (6) WILLIAMS (8-7) Kluber (12-6) 24, at Cle W Musgrove (4-4) Bieber (5-2) 26, at Cle L Bauer (9-6) Taillon (7-8) Hand (25) 31, NY L Matz (5-8) Kingham (5-5) 21, , NY W Vázquez (4-2) Peterson (2-2) 26, , NY W Williams (9-7) degrom (5-6) 35,900 1,010, NY L Wheeler (5-6) Musgrove (4-5) Swarzak (3) 23,749 1,033, CHI W Taillon (8-8) Lester (12-4) Vázquez (24) 18,972 1,052,882 AUGUST (1-3) CHI L Hamels (6-9) Kingham (5-6) 18,600 1,071, STL W Crick (2-1) Hicks (3-3) Vázquez (25) 26,773 1,098, STL L T3-7.5 Hudson (2-0) McRae (0-1) 32,473 1,130, STL L Flaherty (5-6) Williams (9-8) Norris (21) 19,376 1,150, at Col at Col at Col at SF at SF at SF at SF at Min at Min CHI CHI CHI CHI ATL ATL ATL at Mil at Mil at Mil at Stl at Stl at Stl at Atl at Atl at Atl CIN CIN CIN MIA MIA MIA at Stl at Stl at Stl at Mil at Mil at Mil KC KC KC MIL MIL MIL at Chi at Chi at Chi at Chi at Cin at Cin at Cin STARTS BY POSITIONS AND BATTING ORDER 1B - Bell (50-43), Freese (3-7), Osuna (4-4), Cervelli (0-1) 2B - Harrison (36-30), Frazier (12-13), Rodríguez (4-9), Moroff (5-3) 3B - Moran (42-38), Freese (15-17) SS - Mercer (51-47), Rodríguez (3-8), Moroff (3-0) LF - Dickerson (45-40), Meadows (1-8), Luplow (5-3), Rodríguez (4-3), Frazier (2-1) CF - Marte (48-43), Meadows (6-9), Rodríguez (3-2), Frazier (0-1) RF - Polanco (51-43), Meadows (3-8), Osuna (1-2), Frazier (1-2), Luplow (1-0) C - Cervelli (35-28), Díaz (21-26), Stallings (1-1) DH - Moran (2-0), Frazier (2-0), Cervelli (1-0), Bell (1-0), Dickerson (1-0), Freese (0-1) SEPTEMBER (0-0) DOUBLEHEADERS (4/1, 4/25, 7/14) BOLD - COMPLETE GAME *home sellout (--) 1st - Harrison (19-22), Frazier (17-13), Dickerson (10-2), Meadows (2-4), Rodríguez (1-4), Luplow (2-3), Marte (2-2), Moroff (3-1), Bell (1-2), Mercer (0-1), Cervelli (0-1) 2nd - Polanco (23-18), Marte (16-9), Meadows (5-14), Harrison (3-3), Dickerson (3-2), Bell (3-2), Mercer (3-1), Cervelli (1-2), Osuna (0-2), Frazier (0-2) 3rd - Marte (28-33), Polanco (17-12), Cervelli (4-5), Harrison (4-2), Dickerson (2-1), Freese (1-1), Rodríguez (0-1), Díaz (1-0) 4th - Bell (29-28), Moran (11-11), Freese (5-8), Díaz (8-3), Cervelli (3-3), Dickerson (0-2), Osuna (1-0) 5th - Dickerson (29-27), Cervelli (8-6), Moran (9-5), Díaz (4-8), Freese (4-7), Bell (1-2), Luplow (1-0), Osuna (1-0) 6th - Cervelli (16-12), Bell (16-8), Freese (6-8), Moran (4-9), Díaz (4-7), Dickerson (3-3), Osuna (1-3), Meadows (1-2), Rodríguez (1-1), Marte (2-0), Luplow (2-0), Harrison (1-0), Polanco (0-1), Frazier (0-1) 7th - Moran (18-13), Polanco (11-12), Rodríguez (7-5), Harrison (7-3), Díaz (3-5), Meadows (2-5), Mercer (0-6), Cervelli (4-0), Freese (2-1) Bell (0-2), Dickerson (0-2), osuna (1-1), Luplow (1-0), Stallings (1-0) 8th - Mercer (42-39), Rodríguez (5-11), Moroff (5-2), Díaz (0-3), Moran (2-0), Osuna (1-0), Harrison (2-0) 9th - Pitchers (50-54), Mercer (6-0), Díaz (1-0), Stallings (0-1) MOST RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION 7/31 Keone Kela (RHP) acquired from Texas...Chris Archer (RHP) acquired from Tampa Bay...Tyler Glasnow (RHP) and Austin Meadows (OF) traded to Tampa Bay... Christopher Bostick (INF/OF) recalled from Indianapolis...Chad Kuhl (RHP) transferred to 60-day D.L 8/3 Nick Kingham (RHP) and Steven Brault (LHP) optioned to Indianapolis...Dovydas Neverauskas (RHP) recalled from Indianapolis. 8/4 Corey Dickerson (OF) reinstated from 10-day D.L...Christopher Bostick (INF/OF) optioned to Indianapolis. 8/5 Casey Sadler (RHP) recalled from Indianapolis...Alex McRae (RHP) optioned to Indianapolis.