APRIL 18, 2017 at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO --- GAME #14/ROAD #8 RHP CHAD KUHL (1-0, 2.38 ERA) vs. RHP MIKE LEAKE (1-1, 0.

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1 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (6-7) vs. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (4-9) APRIL 18, 2017 at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO --- GAME #14/ROAD #8 RHP CHAD KUHL (1-0, 2.38 ERA) vs. RHP MIKE LEAKE (1-1, 0.60 ERA) THE PIRATES...have won three of their last four games after losing four in a row...are 3-2 on this seven-game road trip to Boston (0-1), Chicago (3-0) and St. Louis (0-1)...Began the season with a 5-3 loss to the Red Sox in Boston on 4/3...Suffered a 3-0 loss in 12 innings at Fenway Park on 4/5 before being rained out on 4/6... Swept the Braves in a three-game series in Pittsburgh before being swept three games last week by the Reds...Had a 7-6 record after 13 games last season (7-7 after 14). BUCS WHEN... WANNA BE STARTING SOMETHING: In their last five games, Pittsburgh starting pitchers have posted a 2.51 ERA (32.1ip/9er) while working into the seventh inning three times...overall this season, the Pirates starters rank fifth in the National League with a 3.48 ERA (75.0ip/29er). BLACK & BLUE BUCCO: Josh Harrison was hit by a pitch in four consecutive plate appearances between his last two trips to the plate Sunday and his first two last night and has been drilled a total of six times so far this season...that is the most plunkings of a Pirates player in the month of April since Jason Kendall was hit seven times during the first month in Anthony Rizzo is the last MLB player to be hit seven times in April (2015) and Shin-Soo Choo holds the April mark with 10 HBP while playing with Cincinnati in SEEING RED: After the first 13 games this season, the Pirates have lost all seven of their games to teams with the color red predominantly featured in its logo/uniforms (Red Sox, Reds, Cardinals) and have won all six of their games against teams with blue in the logo/uniform (Braves, Cubs). KUHL STUFF: RHP Chad Kuhl is making his third start of the season tonight...he won his season debut on 4/8 vs. Atlanta and received a no-decision in his last start; Thursday afternoon in Boston (gave up one run in 6.1ip and left the game with a 3-1 lead)...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...He won his first three big league decisions and the Bucs were victorious in each of his first six starts. GOLDEN IN THE OUTFIELD: Starling Marte last night recorded his third assist - tops among all Major League outfielders this season...the two-time Gold Glove Award winner (2015 & 2016) leads all outfielders with 36 assists over the last three seasons and his 40 since the start of 2014 are tied with Yoenis Cespedes for the most among all Major League outfielders. IT s ELEMENTARY: Bucco lefty Tony Watson has posted a 2.18 ERA (20.2ip/5er) in 20 career games at Busch Stadium and is unscored upon in his last 17 appearances here (18.1ip), dating back to 7/1/12. ARCH ENEMIES: Pittsburgh posted a 5-5 record at Busch Stadium last season, losing the last four games played here after winning five of the first six...the Bucs have produced an 8-7 record in their last 15 games played in St. Louis. WE RE GOING STREAKING: Andrew McCutchen has hit safely in eight straight games, going 10-for-32 (.313) with two homers, six RBI and a.927 OPS...The streak is tied for the fifth-longest active one in MLB. AROUND GOES FRAZIER: In his first nine starts this season, Adam Frazier has started at five different positions; left field, designated hitter, second base, third base and shortstop...frazier has reached base safely in seven of his nine starts overall and has gone 7-for-21 (.333) in five games as the leadoff batter this season...frazier went 3-for-4 with a homer on Sunday and has gone 6-for-14 (.429) with a double, triple, homer and three singles in his last four games. 4 SCORE, AND...: The Pirates are 6-0 when scoring four or more runs and 0-7 when being held to three or less...in 2016 the Buccos went when plating four runs or more and when scoring three or fewer. THAT S AMORE: Francisco Cervelli homered Saturday for the second time this year, topping his total of one from last season...he hit a career-high seven home runs with the Pirates in Since the start of the 2014 season, Cervelli s.368 on-base percentage ranks first among all Major League catchers and his.280 batting average ranks fifth. LEADING THE WAY: Josh Harrison went 2-for-4 with a stolen base Friday in his first game this season as the Bucco leadoff batter...in 39 games as the leadoff hitter with the Pirates last year, Harrison hit.327 with 23 runs scored. THE HIT COLLECTOR: Since the start of the 2010 season, Andrew McCutchen leads all Major League outfielders in hits (1187)...Baltimore e Adam Jones ranks second with CLIMBING THE CHARTS: With 409 career appearances in a Pirates uniform, Tony Watson is one game shy of tying righthander Dave Giusti (410) for seventh place on the club s all-time list...among lefties, Watson ranks second on the list behind Wilbur Cooper, who pitched in 469 games between Elroy Face tops the chart with 802 appearances. CLOSING TIME: Tony Watson picked up his fourth save of the season Saturday afternoon and has gone 19-for-22 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 (366) and the second-most in the Major Leagues behind Cleveland righthander Bryan Shaw (370). ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY April 18, 1963: Bill Virdon s run-scoring single in the top of the ninth inning broke a 2-2 tie to help the Bucs beat the Cardinals, 3-2, at Busch Stadium. Don Schwall recorded his first win of the season for the Pirates after allowing two runs on 10 hits in his 8.0 innings of work.. 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...5 Wins in final AB... 1 Walkoff Wins... 1 Losses in final AB...2 Walkoff Losses... 1 Extra Inning Games Playing errorless Homered homers Series (W-L-T) Series Sweeps...2 Swept in a Series...2 Interleague Before the break After the break Starter goes 6.0ip Starter goes less than 6.0ip UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Wednesday at St. Louis 12:45 RHP Gerrit Cole (1-1, 5.29 ERA) vs. RHP Michael Wacha (1-1, 3.00 ERA) ROOT Thursday in Pittsburgh OFF DAY Friday vs. New York (AL) 7:05 TBA vs. RHP Tyler Glasnow (0-1, ERA) ROOT Saturday vs. New York (AL) 4:05 TBA vs. RHP Jameson Taillon (1-0, 0.90 ERA) ROOT Sunday vs. New York (AL) 1:35 TBA vs. RHP Ivan Nova (1-2, 2.25 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. ST. LOUIS: 0-1 with a 6.43 ERA (7.0ip/5er) in two career starts...allowed three runs and four hits in 2.0 innings while losing a 12-6 decision to Adam Wainwright on 9/5/16 at PNC Park...Also received a no-decision in a 4-3 Bucco loss on 10/1/16 at Busch Stadium (5.0ip/2er). 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 APRIL (1-0, 2.38 ERA) SPRING TRAINING 2/27 at Blue Jays ND W 3/4 vs. Red Sox ND W 3/9 at Rays ND W 3/21 vs. Rays ND W 4/1 at Blue Jays (Mtl) ND SPRING (0-0, 4.30 ERA) In addition to his official spring training games listed above, Kuhl threw 97 pitches in 6.0 innings of work in a minor league game against the Blue Jays on 3/27 at Pirate City in Bradenton. He also threw 57 pitches in 4.0 scoreless innings of a minor league game against the Phillies on 3/15. CAREER BATTING:.080 (2-for-25) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 2 SACS 2017 BATTING:.000 (0-for-2) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 SACS walked as a pinch hitter on 4/16 at Chicago CATCHERS THROWING CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Cervelli 1/11 9% 0 1 (100.1ip/44er) 3.95 Stewart 0/1 0% 0 0 (17.0ip/7er) 3.71 CAUGHT STEALINGS BY PITCHERS...0 PITCHER PICKOFFS... 0 SB OFF PITCHERS... 1 NO THROWS... 2 OTHERS (double steals)... 1 TOMORROW S STARTER GERRIT COLE: The 26-year-old righthander will be making his fourth start of the 2017 season and the 98th of his big league career tomorrow afternoon...his last start was a 4-2 win over Kyle Hendricks at Wrigley Field Friday afternoon (6.0ip/6h/2r/2er/1bb/5so)...Had a no-decision in PIttsburgh s 6-5, 10-inning win vs. Atlanta on 4/9 (6.0ip/3er)...Was also the Opening Day starter and suffered a 5-3 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park on 4/3 (5.0ip/5er)...Posted a 7-10 record and a 3.88 ERA in an injury-plagued 2016 season, making just 21 starts while also spending two stints on the D.L. VS. ST. LOUIS: 5-3 with a 2.82 ERA (60.2ip/19er) in 10 career regular season starts...went 1-0 with a 2.50 ERA in two starts last year; won a 10-5 decision over Michael Wacha at Busch Stadium on 5/8 (6.0ip/2er) and left his start on 6/10 at PNC Park in the third inning with right triceps tightness...went 3-1 with a 2.39 ERA in four starts in TEAM BATTING Most runs, game, Pirates...8, Most runs, game, Opponents...9, 4/12 vs. CIN Most runs, inning, Pirates... 5, (7th) Most runs, inning, Opponents...5, (5th) Most hits, game, Pirates...11, 4/9 vs. ATL & 4/7 vs. ATL Most hits, game, Opponents...15, 4/12 vs. CIN Most hits, inning, Pirates...4, 3 times, last on (7th) Most consec. hits, inning... 3, twice, (6th) & (1st) Most consec. hits, game...3, & Most hits, inning, Opponents... 6 (5th), Fewest hits, game, Pirates...4, 4/10 vs. CIN Fewest hits, game, Opponents... 5, Most doubles, game... 4, Most triples, game... 1, & Most home runs, game, Pirates...4, Most home runs, game, Opponents... 3, 4/9 vs. ATL Most consecutive games, home run...2, 4/15-16 & 4/12-13 Most consec. games, HR, Opponents...3, 4/9-11 Most extra-base hits...5, Most consecutive games, extra-base hit...6, 4/12-17 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)... 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...6, 4/10 vs. CIN & 4/8 vs. ATL Most walks, game, Pirates (extra innings)... 6, (12 inn) Most walks, game, Opponents... 6, TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Longest winning streak... 3 games (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...3:25, Shortest game, time... 2:14, Largest margin of victory... 5 runs, (6-1) Largest margin of defeat...7 runs, 4/12 vs. CIN (2-9) 2017 HIGHS & LOWS Largest come from behind victory...4 runs, Largest come from behind loss...2 runs, 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...32,400, Most errors, game, Pirates...2, 4/10 vs. CIN Most errors, game, Opponents... 2, 4 times, last on Consecutive innings w/out an error... 19, 4/3-7 Most double plays turned...4, 4/8 vs. ATL Rain delays, home (total time)... 1 (1 hour, 4 minutes) Rain delays, road (total time) INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most hits, game...4, Polanco (4/8 vs. ATL) Most consecutive hits...5, Marte (4/9-10) Most runs, game....2, 7 times, last by Jaso Most 2bs, game...2, Freese Most 3bs, game... 1, McCutchen & Frazier Most HR, game...1, 10 times, last by Frazier Most extra-base hits... 2, Frazier & Freese Most total bases...7, Frazier & Marte (4/9 vs. ATL) Most RBI, game... 3, Frazier Most SB, game... 1, 9 times, last by Harrison Most walks, game... 3, Freese Consec. games, home run... Longest hitting streak...7 games, McCutchen (4/10-16) Grand slams Inside-the-park home runs... Leadoff home runs... Walkoff home runs , Marte (4/9 vs. ATL) INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most strikeouts, game... 7, Glasnow Longest winning streak... Longest losing streak...2 games, Nova (4/12-17) & Nicasio (4/11-13) Fewest hits, complete game... 5, Nova Most walks, game...6, Kuhl (4/8 vs. ATL) Most IP, game, starter...8.0, Nova Most IP, game, reliever , LeBlanc (4/10 vs. CIN) Most consec. scoreless IP...8.0, Taillon, twice (4/11-16 & 4/5-11) Most consecutive saves... 4, Watson (4/7-15)

3 JOSH BELL N Went 2-for-4 and scored the lone run in Monday s 2-1 loss...had tallied one hit in his previous 18 at bats. ROAD TRIP: 3-11 (.273) 0 HR 0 RBI N Walked as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning Sunday afternoon in Chicago and came around to score. SERIES 2-4 (.500) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has started 10 of the first 13 games at first base...is one of two rookies on offense (also infielder Alen Hanson). LAST 3: 3-7 (.429) 0 HR 0 RBI 2 games N Was the Opening Day starter at first base on 4/3 at Boston; doubled off Craig Kimbrel in the ninth inning. FRANCISCO CERVELLI N ROAD TRIP: 5-17 (.294) 1 HR 3 RBI N SERIES 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 3-12 (.250) 1 HR 1 RBI 4 games Has hit safely in four straight games and has gone 5-for-17 (.294) with a homer thus far on the road trip. Has reached base safely in all 11 of his starts...led all Major League catchers with a.371 OBP last season. N Connected off Jake Arrieta for his second home run of the season on Saturday (hit lone HR in 2016 on 9/22). N Went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI Friday afternoon...flied out as a pinch hitter Thursday in Boston. ADAM FRAZIER N Went hitless in four at bats as the leadoff hitter Monday...Has reached base safely in seven of his nine starts. ROAD TRIP: 6-14 (.429) 1 HR 4 RBI N Started Sunday s game at Wrigley Field in left field and went 3-for-4 with a double and a three-run homer. SERIES 0-4 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Went 2-for-5 with a triple, two runs scored and an RBI as the leadoff batter Saturday afternoon in Chicago. LAST 3: 5-13 (.385) 1 HR 4 RBI N Has gone 7-for-21 in 5 games as leadoff batter...has made starts at 5 different positions (LF, DH, 3B, 2B, SS). Last HR: 9/24/16 vs. WAS First HR: 7/9/16 vs. CHI (Adam Warren) Multi-RBI Games: 1 Last HR: 4/17/17 at CHI First HR: 6/24/09 at ATL (Kris Medlen) Multi-RBI Games: 1 Last HR: 4/16/17 at CHI First HR: 7/24/16 vs. PHI (Edubray Ramos) DAVID FREESE N Has reached base safely in 11 of his 12 games...went 0-for-3 with a walk Monday night. ROAD TRIP: 4-15 (.267) 0 HR 2 RBI N Has gone hitless in his last 10 at bats since collecting three hits Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field. SERIES 0-3 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 0-10 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-10 N Went 2-for-3 with a HR while batting cleanup Wednesday; hit.316 (18-for-57) in 16 games from 4th spot in N Homered off Atlanta s Josh Collmenter on 4/7...Hit second home run Wednesday off Cincinnati s Amir Garrett. Multi-RBI Games: 2 Last HR: 4/12/17 vs. CIN First HR: 9/29/09 at CIN (Ramon Ramirez) PHIL GOSSELIN N Made his second start at second base Sunday afternoon in Chicago and went hitless in two at bats. ROAD TRIP: 1-7 (.143) 0 HR 0 RBI N Snapped his 0-for-9 start to the season with a single as a pinch hitter Saturday afternoon in Chicago. SERIES 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Made season debut on 4/5 at Boston; pinch hit in the 10th and played last three innings at first base. LAST 3: 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-2 N Spent 2016 season with Arizona and led all Major League players in pinch-hits (20). Last HR: 8/7/16 vs. MIL First HR: 8/15/14 vs. OAK (Jesse Chavez) ALEN HANSON N Pinch-ran in the eighth inning Sunday in Chicago and came around to score his third run of the season. ROAD TRIP: 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI N Made his first start of the season Saturday afternoon at second base and went 1-for-4 with a SB and a run scored. SERIES 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Struck out as a pinch hitter Wednesday...Pinch-ran in 9th inning on 4/9 and played final frame at second base. LAST 3: 2-6 (.333) 0 HR 0 RBI 1 game N Singled as a pinch hitter and came around to score a run while making his season debut on 4/8 vs. Atlanta. Last HR: No M.L. Home Runs First HR: No M.L. Home Runs JOSH HARRISON N Has been hit by a pitch four times in his last five plate appearances; leads Majors with six HBP this season. ROAD TRIP: 3-15 (.200) 1 HR 1 RBI N Connected off Chicago lefty Brian Duensing for his first home run of the season Saturday afternoon. SERIES 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Served as the leadoff batter Friday afternoon in Chicago and went 2-for-4 with a stolen base. LAST 3: 1-7 (.143) 1 HR 1 RBI N Has reached base safely in 10 of his first 11 starts (7 at second base, 3 at third base and 1 in left field). Multi-Hit Games: 2 First HR: 8/23/11 vs. MIL (Marco Estrada) JOHN JASO N Grounded out as a pinch hitter to end Monday night s 2-1 loss (tying run was at second base). ROAD TRIP: 0-8 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Walked as a pinch hitter and played last two innings at first base Sunday; walked again in the ninth inning. SERIES 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Went hitless in four at bats while making his second start of the season at first base Friday afternoon. LAST 3: 0-3 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-17 N Played the final two innings in right field on 4/10; his third career appearance at that position (0 total chances). Last HR: 10/2/16 at STL First HR: 4/24/10 vs. TOR (Ricky Romero) STARLING MARTE N Has gone hitless in his last 10 at bats after homering Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field. ROAD TRIP: 3-20 (.150) 1 HR 2 RBI N Tied his career high (10th time) with four hits on 4/9; also recorded his fourth career walkoff home run. SERIES 0-4 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has started each of the first 13 games in center field...has gone 7-for-21 (.333) from the fifth spot of lineup. LAST 3: 2-13 (.154) 1 HR 2 RBI 0-for-10 N Leads all Major League outfielders with 36 assists since 2015; his three this year also lead the Majors. Multi-RBI Games: 3 First HR: 7/26/12 at HOU (Dallas Keuchel) ANDREW McCUTCHEN ROAD TRIP: 5-20 (.250) 2 HR 6 RBI SERIES 1-4 (.150) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 3-12 (.250) 1 HR 4 RBI 8 games N Has hit safely in eight straight games (10-for-32,.313) and has gone 13-for-43 (.302) in his last 11 contests. N Hit a game-winning, three-run homer in the 7th inning Saturday - his first career HR on Jackie Robinson Day. N His 177 career homers rank 4th on Pirates all-time list behind Stargell (475), Kiner (301) and Clemente (240). N Has started each of the first 13 games in right field - a position he hadn t played in MLB until this season. Multi-RBI Games: 2 First HR: 6/17/09 at MIN (Francisco Liriano) JORDY MERCER N Has reached base safely in nine of his last 10 games and in 10 of his first 12 starts at shortstop. ROAD TRIP: 2-14 (.143) 0 HR 1 RBI N Did not start Saturday s game in Chicago; played the final two innings at shortstop (did not bat). SERIES 0-3 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 1-7 (.143) 0 HR 1 RBI N His 399 starts at shortstop since 2014 are third-most in N.L. behind B. Crawford (438) and A. Hechavarria (415). N Has turned more double plays (106) than any other National League shortstop over the last two seasons. Last HR: 9/15/16 at PHI First HR: 8/8/12 vs. ARI (Josh Collmenter) GREGORY POLANCO ROAD TRIP: 4-8 (.500) 0 HR 1 RBI SERIES 1-1 (1.000) 0 HR 1 RBI LAST 3: 4-8 (.500) 0 HR 1 RBI 3 games N Had an RBI-double as a pinch hitter Monday after missing the previous two games with right groin discomfort. N Went 1-for-3 and swiped his fourth base of the year Friday...Has reached base safely in seven straight games. N Has gone 10-for-23 (.435) in his last seven games after going 1-for-14 in his first three contests. N Went 4-for-4 on 4/8 vs. Atlanta; his fourth career game with at least four hits (had five-hit game on 6/13/14). Multi-Hit Games: 2 Last HR: 9/16/16 at CIN First HR: 6/13/14 at MIA (Mike Dunn) CHRIS STEWART N Started behind the plate Thursday in Boston - his 400th big league game - and went 1-for-3 with a double. ROAD TRIP: 1-3 (.333) 0 HR 0 RBI N Made his 2017 season debut as the starting catcher last Sunday afternoon vs. Atlanta and went 1-for-3. SERIES 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Hit his only home run in 2016 in his first game and first at bat of the season on 4/10 at Cincinnati. LAST 3: 2-6 (.333) 0 HR 0 RBI 2 games N Hit.231 (3-for-13) with 4 RBI in six spring training games...missed last seven games with left groin discomfort. Last HR: 4/10/16 at CIN First HR: 8/9/11 vs. PIT (James McDonald)

4 ANTONIO BASTARDO BA AGAINST: INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 0/0 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 4/4 N Has been scored upon in each of his first four appearances despite retiring the first batter he faced in each outing. N Was charged with four runs in 0.2ip Wednesday vs. Cincinnati...Allowed one run in 2.0 innings of work on 4/10 against the Reds. N Gave up game-ending home run to Sandy Leon in the bottom of the 12th inning in Boston on 4/5 and suffered the loss. N Has a career 1.17 ERA (46.0ip/6er) when pitching 2.0 innings of relief or more in a game (23 times). DANIEL HUDSON N Pitched a scoreless eighth inning Saturday afternoon in Chicago - retired all three batters he faced (1 K). BA AGAINST: N Faced three batters in the 8th inning Thursday in Boston; walked a batter and was charged with two runs (one earned) in 0.1ip. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 2/2 N Has appeared in seven of the first 13 games...gave up three hits and one run in 1.0ip Wednesday vs. Cincinnati. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 7/4 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 Retired all three Cubs batters he faced in the eighth inning Sunday and all three he faced in the seventh inning Friday afternoon. BA AGAINST: N Has been charged with one run in his last 7.1ip after being charged with three runs in 0.1ip in his season debut on4/7 vs. Atlanta. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 2/0 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). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 4/3 N Posted a 0.75 ERA (12.0ip/1er) in eight games with the Pirates last year after being acquired from Seattle on 9/13 (for cash). JUAN NICASIO N Pitched a scoreless seventh inning Saturday afternoon in Chicago; his first outing in 2017 without recording a strikeout. BA AGAINST: N Suffered two losses last week; Tuesday night vs. Cincinnati (1.0ip/1er) and Thursday afternoon in Boston (0.2ip/1er). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 2/2 N Has recorded at least one strikeout in five of his first six appearances (6 K s in 5.2ip). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 6/3 N Struck out at least one batter in a club-record 33 straight games in relief last year between 7/2 and 9/25. FELIPE RIVERO N Has appeared in nine of the first 13 games...worked a scoreless eighth inning Sunday afternoon against the Cubs (1 K). BA AGAINST: N Retired the two batters he faced in the seventh inning Thursday in Boston and stranded his one inherited runner. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 2/1 N Allowed his one inherited runner to score Wednesday night vs. Cincinnati before striking out the next batter he faced. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 9/5 N Allowed 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. TONY WATSON N Has made 17 consecutive scoreless appearances (18.1ip) at Busch Stadium, dating back to 7/1/12. BA AGAINST: N Gave up a solo HR to Kris Bryant while picking up his fourth save of the season Saturday...Went 15-for-20 in save chances last season. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 0/0 N His 409 appearances with the Pirates rank second all-time for a LHP, trailing only Wilbur Cooper (469 games between ). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 6/3 N Has made the most appearances (366) among all National League relief pitchers since the start of the 2012 season. TREVOR WILLIAMS N Struck out two of the three batters he faced in the sixth inning Saturday in Chicago and recorded his second big league victory. BA AGAINST: N Surrendered a three-run homer to Scooter Gennett and had three strikeouts while pitching 2.0 innings last Tuesday against Cincinnati. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 0/0 N Made his season debut on 4/9 vs. Atlanta; struck out three of the seven batters he faced while pitching 2.0 scoreless innings. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 3/1 N Made his Major League debut with the Pirates last year on 9/7 vs. St. Louis and picked up his first big league win in the process Disabled List (0 players, 0 appearances) On Date Off ^Games Player (injury) DL Eligible DL Missed * 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... 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... (Jaso) 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) 2017 Walkoff Wins 1. 4/9 vs. Atlanta...Marte HR in 10th Pirates vs. St. Louis 2017 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Bell Cervelli Frazier Freese Gosselin Hanson Harrison Jaso Marte McCutchen Mercer Polanco Stewart W-L-S ERA G IP ER W-L-S ERA G IP ER Bastardo Cole Glasnow Hudson Kuhl LeBlanc Nicasio Nova Rivero Taillon Watson Williams Ejections

5 Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance APRIL (6-7) 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 at Stl NYY NYY NYY CHI CHI CHI at Mia at Mia at Mia 1 25 at Cin 2 26 at Cin 3 27 at Cin 4 28 at Cin 5 29 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 MAY (0-0) 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 (3-7), Jaso (2-0), Freese (1-0) 2B - Harrison (2-5), Gosselin (2-1), Frazier (1-1), Hanson (1-0) 3B - Freese (3-6), Harrison (2-1), Frazier (1-0) SS - Mercer (5-7), Frazier (1-0) LF - Polanco (4-4), Frazier (1-3), Harrison (1-0) CF - Marte (6-7) RF - McCutchen (6-7) C - Cervelli (5-6), Stewart (1-1) DH - Frazier (0-1), Freese (0-1), Polanco (0-1) 1st - Mercer (1-5), Frazier (3-2), Harrison (1-0), Marte (1-0) 2nd - Marte (5-6), Bell (1-1) 3rd - McCutchen (6-7) 4th - Polanco (4-5), Freese (2-2) 5th - Freese (2-5), Bell (2-1), Cervelli (1-1), Jaso (1-0) 6th - Cervelli (3-5), Harrison (1-1), Bell (0-1), Jaso (1-0), Mercer (1-0) 7th - Harrison (3-4), Bell (0-3), Gosselin (2-0), Cervelli (1-0) 8th - Mercer (3-2), Frazier (1-2), Bell (0-1), Gosselin (0-1), Hanson (1-0), Harrison (0-1), Stewart (1-0) 9th - Pitchers (6-4), Frazier (0-1), Mercer (0-1), Stewart (0-1) AUGUST (0-0) SEPTEMBER (0-0) OCTOBER (0-0) BOLD - COMPLETE GAME *home sellout (1) DATE TRANSACTION MOST RECENT TRANSACTIONS 4/17 Acquired Johnny Barbato (RHP) from New York (AL); optioned to Indianapolis.