May 28, 2018 at PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA --- GAME #53/HOME #28 LHP MIKE MONTGOMERY (0-1, 5.33 ERA) vs. RHP CHAD KUHL (4-2, 4.

CHICAGO CUBS (26-22+) vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (28-24) May 28, 2018 at PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA --- GAME #53/HOME #28 LHP MIKE MONTGOMERY (0-1, 5.33 ERA) vs. RHP CHAD KUHL (4-2, 4.20 ERA) THE PIRATES... have lost seven of their last nine games after winning three in a row and eight-of-nine...have gone 11-9 in their last 20 games after dropping four straight between 4/30 and 5/3...Have gone 16-13 in their last 29 games...won a season-high five straight games on two occasions (4/25-29 & 5/6-12)...Were 24-28 after 52 games in 2017 (24-29 after 53). A DAY TO REMEMBER: Standing in honor of those lives lost serving our country today in a pre-game salute will be World War II Veteran and Bethel Park native, 93-year-old Ewing Ahlin of the US Marine Corp...God Bless America & The National Anthem will be performed by the Chamber Choir of Trinity Christian School...The game time first pitch will be thrown by Master Sgt. First Sgt. Tammanica Muse, who was named the United States Air Force Reserve Command Sgt.-of-the-year)...At 3:00 today the game will be paused for a moment of silence as part of the National Moment of Remembrance. SCORING THE RUNS: The Pirates enter today s action having scored 107 runs this month, the fifth-highest total among all National League teams in May (the Cubs are first with 123)...The Bucs were second with 142 runs scored in March/April and are currently third overall in the N.L. with 249, trailing only the Braves (261) and Cubs (256). FEELING THE DRAFT: One week from today the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft will take place...the Pirates will have three selections on the first day of the draft (10th overall in the first round, 36th overall with the Competitive Balance A selection and 51st overall with the second round selection). SOUTHPAW SIGHTING: The Pirates are scheduled to face a left-handed starter today and again tomorrow night...they last faced an opposing lefty starter on 5/19 and are 5-2 this season at home against LHP...Corey Dickerson has nine hits in his last 22 at bats against southpaws and is hitting.378 (14-for-37) overall against lefties this season...sean Rodríguez is hitting.360 (9-for-25) vs. left-handed pitching this season and Elias Díaz has gone 8-for-14 (.571). KUHL, CALM & COLLECTED: Dating back to 5/31 of last season, Chad Kuhl has gone 7-2 with a 3.25 ERA (83.0ip/30er) in his last 15 starts at PNC Park...In those games, he has been charged with three runs runs or less 14 of 15 times and two runs or fewer nine times...kuhl has gone 7-1 with a 3.23 ERA (61.1ip/22er) in his last 11 home starts (the Pirates have gone 9-2). COREY AND THE CUBS: Corey Dickerson went 4-for-8 with a pair of doubles and two RBI in his two games played against the Cubs at Wrigley Field from April 10-12...He is a.397 hitter (23-for-58) with seven doubles, one triple, 11 RBI and a 1.005 OPS in 17 career games against Chicago. THE BEAR FACTS: This is the first meeting between Chicago and Pittsburgh since the Pirates won two of the three games played at Wrigley Field from April 10-12...The Pirates homered a total of eight times in three-game series, including a seasonhigh tying four times in the last game on April 12 that helped Pittsburgh earn a series win. OFFENSIVE OUTFIELD: Pittsburgh outfielders have combined to produce the best OPS among National League teams (.853) and the second-best among all Major League teams behind Boston (.906)...The Pirates outfielders also lead the N.L. in total bases (313), batting average (.288) and RBI (93). ROLLING MEADOWS: In his first nine big league games, Austin Meadows has gone 15-for-33 (.455) with two doubles, a triple, three home runs and six RBI...He has also produced six multi-hit games and a 1.330 OPS in his eight starts. GOING THAT EXTRA MILE: The Pirates have collected at least one extra-base hit in a season-high 24 consecutive games... The Bucs have tallied an extra-base hit in 50 of their 52 games overall this season and enter today s action ranked second among all National League teams with 166 extra base hits (the Cubs are first with 168). CATCH THIS: The Bucco backstops, Francisco Cervelli and Elias Díaz, have combined to hit nine home runs this season, the most hit by Pittsburgh catchers since 2014 (13)...They combined to hit six in 2017, three in 2016 and seven in 2015. HAPPY RETURNS FROM JHAY: After missing 30 games with a broken left hand, Josh Harrison returned to the lineup on 5/20 and has gone 10-for-28 (.357) with two doubles, a triple and four RBI in six games since returning to the leadoff spot...in nine games played at PNC Park this season, Harrison has gone 13-for-37 (.351) with six multi-hit efforts. PEN PALS: Kyle Crick has stranded seven of his nine inherited runners and has held left-handed batters to one extra-base hit in 33 plate appearances...richard Rodríguez has struck out 31 batters in his 19.1 innings of work (14.4 K/9.0ip) and is holding lefty batters to a.143 average (4-for-28)...Steven Brault has posted a 1.29 ERA (14.0ip/2er) and a.176 batting average against (9-for-51) in his eight appearances from the bullpen...edgar Santana has made 13 straight scoreless appearances (12.0ip) and has been scored upon four times in his 23 outings overall. THE CISCO KID: Francisco Cervelli hit his seventh home run of the season Wednesday night in Cincinnati, matching his single-season career high established with the Pirates in 2015...Among National League catchers, only Yasmani Grandal (eight) has hit more this season...cervelli also has produced 30 RBI in his first 40 games and his 4.3 AB/per RBI ratio currently ranks first among active players in the National League (Cervelli finished last season with 31 RBI). ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY May 28, 2004: Rob Mackowiak homered in both games of Pittsburgh s doubleheader against the Cubs at PNC Park, the same day his wife Jennifer gave birth to the couple s first son, Garrett. He hit a walkoff grand slam off Joe Borowski in Game One and followed that with a game-tying, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning off Francis Beltran in Game Two. BUCS WHEN... Last five games... 2-3 Last ten games... 3-7 Leading after 6...22-1 Tied after 6...4-4 Trailing after 6...2-19 Leading after 7...23-1 Tied after 7... 2-3 Trailing after 7... 3-20 Leading after 8...22-1 Tied after 8...4-0 Trailing after 8... 2-23 Scoring first...17-9 Opp. score first... 11-15 Scoring 4+... 24-6 Scoring less than 4... 4-18 Outhitting Opp.... 19-4 Being out-hit...7-19 Hits are equal...2-1 Comeback wins... 13 Wins in final AB...7 Walkoff Wins...2 Losses in final AB...3 Walk-off Losses... 1 Extra Inning Games...3-1 Playing errorless...20-12 Homered...20-13 2+ homers... 9-6 Series (W-L-T)... 10-6-1 Series Sweeps...4 Swept in a Series...2 Interleague...10-2 Before the break... 28-24 After the break...0-0 Starter goes 6.0ip+...16-10 Starter goes less than 6.0ip...12-14 UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Tuesday vs. Chicago (NL) 7:05 LHP Jon Lester (4-2, 2.37 ERA) vs. RHP Ivan Nova (2-5, 4.96 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Wednesday vs. Chicago (NL) 7:05 RHP Kyle Hendricks (4-3, 3.16 ERA) vs. RHP Joe Musgrove (1-0, 0.00 ERA) AT&T SportsNet

39 - RHP CHAD KUHL (PRONOUNCED cool) YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO 2017 8-11 4.35 31 31 0 0 157.1 159 81 76 72 142 2018 4-2 4.20 10 10 0 0 55.2 56 29 26 19 53 M.L. CAREER 17-17 4.28 55 55 0 0 283.2 288 144 135 111 248 vs. CHICAGO: 1-4 with an 8.23 ERA (27.1ip/25er) in seven career starts...went 1-2 with a 6.35 ERA (17.0ip/12er) in four starts in 2017; lost a 14-3 decision (1.2ip/9r) to Brett Anderson on 4/24 at PNC Park, made an emergency start on two days rest for Jameson Taillon on 7/9 at Wrigley Field (3.0ip/1er), lost a 4-1 decision to Jake Arrieta on 8/29 at Wrigley Field (5.1ip/3er) and tossed 7.0 scoreless frames in a 12-0 win on 9/4 at PNC Park...Went 0-2 in three starts in 2016. 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 4/1 at Detroit W 5.2 8 4 4 0 4 85 6.35 8-6 W 4/7 vs. Cincinnati ND (BS) 5.0 5 2 2 3 7 98 5.06 4-7 L 4/13 at Miami L 5.0 + 11 5 4 1 2 94 5.74 2-7 L 4/18 vs. Colorado W 6.0 4 1 1 3 4 98 4.57 10-2 W 4/25 vs. Detroit W 6.0 6 3 3 1 8 102 4.55 8-3 W APRIL (3-1, 4.55 ERA) 27.2 34 15 14 8 25 477 5/1 at Washington L 4.2 4 6 4 2 3 83 5.01 4-12 L 5/6 at Milwaukee W 7.0 1 0 0 2 8 108 4.12 9-0 W 5/12 vs. San Francisco ND (BS) 6.0 6 3 3 4 6 90 4.17 6-5 W 5/17 vs. San Diego ND 4.1 6 4 4 2 5 85 4.53 5-4 W 5/23 at Cincinnati ND (BS) 6.0 5 1 1 1 6 78 4.20 5-4 W MAY (1-1, 3.86 ERA) 28.0 22 14 12 11 28 444 CAREER BATTING:.116 (10-for-86) 2 2B 0 3B 0 HR 4 RBI 2 BB 10 SACS 2018 BATTING:.188 (3-for-16) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 1 RBI 0 BB 5 SACS has gone 0-for-2 with a walk (4/16/17 at Chicago) as a pinch hitter in his career CATCHERS THROWING CS/ATT PCT PB PICK OFFS CATCHER S ERA Cervelli 7/20 35% 1 0 (339.0ip/161er) 4.27 Díaz 1/9 11% 0 0 (127.1ip/51er) 3.60 CAUGHT STEALINGS BY PITCHERS... 1 PITCHER PICKOFFS... 0 SB OFF PITCHERS... 0 NO THROWS... 3 OTHERS (double steals)... 1 TEAM BATTING Most runs, game, Pirates...14, 4/6 vs. CIN Most runs, game, Opponents...13, 4/25 vs. DET (game 1) & 4/11 @CHI Most runs, inning, Pirates...6, 4/6 vs. CIN (6th) Most runs, inning, Opponents...6, 5/1 @WAS (6th) Most hits, game, Pirates... 17, 3/30 @DET (13 innings) Most hits, game, Opponents...20, 4/25 vs. DET (game one) Most hits, inning, Pirates...6, 5/6 @MIL (6th) Most consec. hits, inning... 5, 5/6 @MIL (6th) & 4/8 vs. CIN (5th) Most consec. hits, game... 5, 5/6 @MIL & 4/8 vs. CIN Most hits, inning, Opponents...6, 4/25 vs. DET (4th- game 1) Fewest hits, game, Pirates...2, 4/19 @ PHI 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... 4, 5/11 vs. SF & 4/12 @CHI Most home runs, game, Opponents...4, 5/1 @WAS & 4/25 vs. DET (game 1) Most consecutive games, home run...7, 4/21-28 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...2, 5/12 vs. SF & 4/6 vs. CIN Most stolen bases, game, Opponents...3, 5/19 vs. SD Most left on base...13, 5/18 vs. SD & 4/25 vs. DET (game 2) Most left on base (extra innings)...15, 5/23 @CIN (12 innings) TEAM PITCHING Most strikeouts, game, Pirates... 16, 4/19 @PHI Most strikeouts, game, Pirates (extra innings)... Most strikeouts, game, Opponents... 13, 4/19 @PHI Most strikeouts, game, Opponents (extra innings)... Most walks, game, Pirates...6, 5/5 @MIL & 4/1 @DET (game 1) Most walks, game, Pirates (extra innings)...9, 3/30 @DET Most walks, game, Opponents... 11, 4/2 vs. MIN TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Longest winning streak...5 games, 5/6-12 & 4/25-29 Longest losing streak... 5 games, 4/19-25 Longest game, innings... 13 innings, 3/30 @DET Longest game, time... 5:27, 3/30 @DET Longest game, time, 9 innings... 3:53, 5/8 @CWS Shortest game, time, 9 innings... 2:28, 4/8 vs. CIN Largest margin of victory... 11 runs, 4/6 vs. CIN (14-3) Largest margin of defeat... 8 runs, 5/1 @WAS (4-12) & 4/11 @CHI (5-13) Largest come from behind victory...5 runs, 4/27 vs. StL Largest come from behind loss... 4 runs, 4/7 vs. CIN TOMORROW S STARTER IVAN NOVA: The 31-year-old righthander is scheduled to make his 12th start of the season tomorrow evening...his last start was a 5-4 loss to the Reds at Great American Ball Park on Thursday (5.1ip/7h/5r/4er/2bb/4so)...Has gone 0-4 with a 5.02 ERA (37.2ip/21er) in sevden starts since winning his last game on 4/15 at Miami...Has not walked a batter in five of his 11 starts; is averaging 1.46 walks per 9.0 innings..is winless in his last five starts at PNC Park since beating the Cardinals on 8/20/17. vs. CHICAGO: 3-1 with a 4.03 ERA (29.0ip/14r/13er) in five career starts...is 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA in one start this season; beat Tyler Chatwood on 4/10 at Wrigley Field (7.0ip/3er)...Went 2-1 with a 4.86 ERA (16.2ip/10r/9er) in three starts in 2017...Surrendered two home runs in a 4-3 win over Jake Arrieta on 6/17 at PNC Park (7.0ip/3er), won a 4-2 decision (6.2ip/2er) vs. Arrieta at Wrigley Field on 7/8 and gave up five runs in 3.0ip in a 17-3 Bucco loss on 8/30 at Wrigley. 2018 HIGHS & LOWS Largest crowd, home...34,720, 5/11 vs. SF Smallest crowd, home... 8,869, 4/17 vs. COL Largest crowd, road... 42,516, 3/30 @DET Smallest crowd, road... 6,852, 4/13 @MIA Most errors, game, Pirates...2, 7 times, last on 5/19 vs. SD Most errors, game, Opponents... 3, 3/30 @DET Consecutive innings w/out an error...53, 3/30-4/6 Most double plays turned...3, 4/6 vs. CIN & 4/1 @DET (game 1) Rain delays, home (total time)...2 (3 hours, 10 minutes) Rain delays, road (total time)............................1 (1 hour, 5 minutes) Players used... 33 INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most hits, game...5, Marte (4/15 @MIA) Most consecutive hits...6, Marte (4/14-15) Most runs, game....4, Marte (4/15 @MIA) Most 2bs, game...2, Bell (5/15 vs. CWS), Dickerson & Mercer (4/6 vs. CIN) Most 3bs, game... 1, 17 times, last by Frazier (5/27 vs. StL) Most HR, game...2, Polanco (4/12 @CHI) Most extra-base hits... 2, 9 times, last by Meadows (5/24 @CIN) Most total bases...8, Marte (4/15 @MIA) & Polanco (4/12 @CHI) Most RBI, game...6, Cervelli (4/25 vs. DET- game 1) Most SB, game...1, 21 times, last by Meadows (5/27 vs. StL) Most walks, game...4, Polanco (4/2 vs. MIN) Consec. games, home run...2, Meadows (5/20-22), Marte (5/4-5), Dickerson (4/30-5/1) & Rodríguez (4/18-21) Longest hitting streak... 1s, Dickerson (4/4-16) Grand slams......................................... 1, Moran (4/2 vs. MIN) Inside-the-park home runs... 1, Marte (5/4 @MIL) Leadoff home runs...3, Frazier (5/15 vs. CWS & 5/6 @MIL) & Rodriguez (4/21 @PHI) Walkoff home runs............................... 1, Dickerson (4/26 vs. DET) INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most strikeouts, game... 9, Kingham (4/29 vs. StL), Nova (4/15 @MIA) & Taillon (4/2 vs. MIN) Longest winning streak... 3 games, Williams (4/1-12) Longest losing streak...4 games, Nova (5-2-24) & Taillon (4/19-5/22) Fewest hits, complete game...1, Taillon (4/8 vs. CIN) Most walks, game...5, Williams (4/22 @PHI & 4/1 @DET - game 1) Most IP, game, starter... 9.0, Taillon (4/8 vs. CIN) Most IP, game, reliever... 3.2, Glasnow (4/19 @PHI) Most consec. scoreless IP...16.0, Taillon (4/8-19) Most consecutive saves... 9, Vázquez (4/1-5/17)

JOSH BELL N Has gone 10-for-33 (.303) with three doubles, a triple and seven RBI in his last nine games at PNC Park. HOMESTAND: 3-11 (.273) 0 HR 1 RBI N Is hitting.286 (22-for-77) with five doubles, two triples, two home runs and 12 RBI in 23 games this month. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N The Pirates are 14-3 this year when he records an RBI...Has made two errors in 392 total chances at first base. LAST 3: 3-11 (.273) 0 HR 1 RBI 0-for-5 N Has reached base safely in 20 of his last 23 games...is hitting.319 (30-for-94) with runners on base. FRANCISCO CERVELLI N Was a late scratch from Sunday s starting lineup with flu like symptoms...leads MLB with 22 RBI with two outs. HOMESTAND: 2-6 (.333) 0 HR 3 RBI N Is 6-for-12 with a triple, two homers and seven RBI this year vs. Chicago...Is hitting.353 (12-for-34) with RISP. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Hit his seventh home run Wednesday; only Yasmani Grandal (eight) has more among National League catchers. LAST 3: 4-12 (.333) 1 HR 5 RBI N Leads all Major League catchers in OPS (.947)...Has recorded 30 RBI; had a total of 31 in 2017. 4 games Multi-Hit Games: 11 Multi-RBI Games: 7 Last HR: 5/11/18 vs. SF First HR: 7/9/16 vs. CHI (Adam Warren) Multi-RBI Games: 8 Last HR: 5/23/18 at CIN First HR: 6/24/09 at ATL (Kris Medlen) ELIAS DÍAZ N Started in place of Francisco Cervelli (flu) Sunday and was 0-for-2 with a walk...recorded lone caught stealing on 4/22. HOMESTAND: 0-2 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has gone 12-for-31 (.387) with with a double and two RBI in 12 games at PNC Park this season. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has gone 8-for-14 (.571) against left-handed pitchers...is hitting.346 (9-for-26) with runners on base. LAST 3: 0-7 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-7 N Has gone 17-for-48 (.354) with two doubles, two home runs and eight RBI in his 13 starts this season. Multi-Hit Games: 6 Multi-RBI Games: 4 Last HR: 4/22/18 at PHI First HR: 6/2/17 at NY (Paul Sewald) COREY DICKERSON N Is hitting.319 (38-for-119) over his last 31 contests...has 15 RBI this month; had 16 in March/April. HOMESTAND: 2-9 (.222) 0 HR 1 RBI N Is 23-for-58 (.397) with 11 RBI in 17 career games vs. Chicago...Is hitting.378 (14-for-37) off lefties. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Is hitting.360 (124-for-344) with 30 doubles, 15 homers and a 1.030 OPS in 96 career games vs. N.L. Central. LAST 3: 2-9 (.222) 0 HR 1 RBI N Hit.323 (30-for-93) in 25 games in April; is hitting.307 (27-for-88) in 22 games in May. 0-for-6 Multi-Hit Games: 15 Multi-RBI Games: 9 Last HR: 5/4/18 at MIL First HR: 7/28/13 vs. MIL (Donovan Hand) ADAM FRAZIER N Produced his first multi-rbi game of the season Sunday after going 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI. HOMESTAND: 1-5 (.200) 0 HR 2 RBI N Started Thursday s game in right field and went 1-for-3 while batting second for the second time this season. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Hit his second career leadoff homer on 5/15; his other came on 5/6 off Milwaukee s Chase Anderson. LAST 3: 1-5 (.200) 0 HR 2 RBI N The Pirates have gone 6-1 when he has collected at least two hits in a game this year; 32-13 in his career. Multi-RBI Games: 1 Last HR: 5/15/18 vs. CWS First HR: 7/24/16 vs. PHI (Edubray Ramos) DAVID FREESE N Made the start at first base Thursday afternoon; hit a two-run homer while also recording fourth multi-hit game. HOMESTAND: 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has made 12 starts at third base and three at first base...has career average of.313 (46-for-147) batting third. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has gone 16-for-59 (.271) with three home runs and eight RBI in his 15 starts this season. LAST 3: 2-6 (.333) 1 HR 2 RBI 0-for-2 N Has hit all four of his home runs on the road this season; hit his last HR at PNC Park on 9/4/17. JOSH HARRISON N Has gone 10-for-28 (.357) in six games since returning to the lineup on 5/20; did not start yesterday. HOMESTAND: 2-9 (.222) 0 HR 2 RBI N Was on the D.L. with a left hand fracture from 4/16 thru 5/19; was hit by a pitch in Miami on 4/15. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Is hitting.351 (13-for-37) with six multi-hit games in nine starts at home...has gone 6-for-12 with RISP. LAST 3: 2-13 (.154) 0 HR 2 RBI 0-for-4 N Has gone 23-for-76 (.303) with 11 runs scored and nine RBI in 18 games as the leadoff hitter. Multi-Hit Games: 4 Last HR: 5/24/18 at CIN First HR: 9/29/09 at CIN (Ramon Ramirez) Last HR: 4/1/18 at DET First HR: 8/23/11 vs. MIL (Marco Estrada) STARLING MARTE N Was reinstated from the D.L. Saturday and hit a 447 home run in his first at bat; went 2-for-4 in the game. HOMESTAND: 2-8 (.250) 1 HR 1 RBI N Had his 10-game hit streak (17-for-40) come to an end Sunday afternoon after going hitless in four at bats. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has hit safely in 11 of his last 12 home games, going 18-for-49 (.367) with three doubles, two homers and six RBI. LAST 3: 3-9 (.333) 1 HR 1 RBI 0-for-6 N Has reached base safely in 38 of his 43 games overall...is hitting.352 (19-for-55) in 14 games this month. Multi-Hit Games: 12 Last HR: 5/26/18 vs. StL First HR: 7/26/12 at HOU (Dallas Keuchel) AUSTIN MEADOWS N Has multi-hit efforts in four straight starts and in six of his first eight big league starts overall. HOMESTAND: 4-8 (.500) 0 HR 1 RBI N Started in left field for the first time this season Sunday and went 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has homered in three of his last six starts and has hit safely in seven of his first eight big league starts. LAST 3: 4-8 (.500) 0 HR 1 RBI N Took San Diego s Jordan Lyles deep for his first career homer on 5/20 as part of a three-hit game. JORDY MERCER N Has gone 18-for-59 (.305) with two triples, three homers and 10 RBI in his last 17 games beginning on 5/6. HOMESTAND: 3-10 (.300) 0 HR 1 RBI N Went 2-for-4 with a triple and RBI Friday night; his second triple of the season (had career-high five in 2017). SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Scored the winning run in the 12th inning victory Wednesday night in Cincinnati. LAST 3: 3-10 (.300) 0 HR 1 RBI N Connected for his third homer of the season on 5/20 as part of going back-to-back with Austin Meadows. COLIN MORAN N Is hitting.353 (24-for-68) with two home runs and 17 RBI in his 24 games played at PNC Park. HOMESTAND: 3-12 (.250) 0 HR 1 RBI N His 23 RBI are tied for second among N.L. rookies with Brian Anderson; Christian Villanueva leads with 31 SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Is hitting.278 (35-for-126) with eight doubles, three homers and 18 RBI over his last 40 games, dating back to 4/6. LAST 3: 3-12 (.250) 0 HR 1 RBI 2 games N Has gone 12-for-39 (.308) with 19 RBI while batting with runners in scoring position. Multi-Hit Games: 5 Multi-RBI Games: 2 Last HR: 5/24/18 at CIN First HR: 5/20/18 VS. SD (Jordan Lyles) Multi-RBI Games: 2 Last HR: 5/20/18 vs. SD First HR: 8/8/12 vs. ARI (Josh Collmenter) Last HR: 5/22/18 at CIN First HR: 7/21/17 at BAL (Richard Bleier) GREGORY POLANCO N Homered twice in his last game vs. the Cubs on 4/12 at Wrigley; also has four HR in last eight games vs. Chicago. HOMESTAND: 0-11 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Is 3-for-35 in his last 10 games after hitting safely in 9 of his first 1s this month (13-for-40,.325). SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N The Pirates are 13-1 this year when he records an RBI; recorded his last RBI on 5/15 against the White Sox. LAST 3: 0-11 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has homered eight times this season (last on 5/12); hit a total of 11 home runs in 108 games last season. 0-for-19 Last HR: 5/12/18 vs. SF First HR: 6/13/14 at MIA (Mike Dunn) SEAN RODRÍGUEZ N Struck out in his only at bat of the game Sunday while playing the last three innings at second base. HOMESTAND: 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has reached base safely in 10 of his last 13 games, going 7-for-29 (.241) with six walks. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has made five starts at second base, five in left field, five at shortstop and four in center field. LAST 3: 0-5 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-5 N Is hitting.360 (9-for-25) against LHP...Is five games shy of 1,000 in his Major League career. Multi-Hit Games: 3 Last HR: 4/21/18 at PHI First HR: 6/1/08 vs. TOR (A.J. Burnett)

STEVEN BRAULT N Stranded his three inherited runners while going on to work 1.1 scoreless innings Sunday afternoon against the Cardinals. BA AGAINST: 9-51.176 N Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings against the Reds Wednesday night and picked up his fourth overall win of the season. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 5/0 N Has gone 3-0 with a 1.29 ERA in his eight relief appearances (14.0ip/9h/2r/2er/6bb/20so). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 8/6 N Has yet to strike out in his first 33 career plate appearances; is 8-for-32 (.250) with two doubles, two RBI and a sac bunt at the plate. KYLE CRICK N Worked a scoreless eighth inning Saturday vs. St. Louis...Has allowed four hits in 38 at bats (.105) with runners on base. BA AGAINST: 14-61.230 N Escaped a first and third, no-out jam in the 12th inning to earn his first Major League save Wednesday night in Cincinnati. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 8-2 N Has recorded at least one strikeout in 14 of his first 16 appearances; has 19 K s in 15.1 innings of work overall. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 16/10 N Has surrendered one home run; came on 4/25 vs. Detroit (game one)...has been scored upon three times in his first 16 appearances. MICHAEL FELIZ N Was charged with his second loss of the season Sunday afternoon against the Cardinals (0.1ip/1h/3r/3er/2bb/1so). BA AGAINST: 20-84.238 N Has been scored upon in three straight appearances (2.0ip/7r)...Has allowed seven runs in 7.0 innings of work in the eighth inning. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 2/2 N Has been scored upon four times in his last 15 appearances (14.0ip/8er)...Has surrendered two homers this year (5/25 and 4/21). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 25/15 N Has produced at least one strikeout in 21 of his 25 appearances while averaging 11.45 per 9.0 innings (28 K s in 22.0 innings). TYLER GLASNOW N Worked 2.0 scoreless innings Saturday afternoon vs. the Cardinals...Has given up one run in his last six outings (11.1ip). BA AGAINST: 25-107.234 N Surrendered a solo homer to San Diego s Christian Villanueva while working 2.0 innings on 5/19 (2 Ks). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 2/0 N Earned his first victory of the year after working 2.1 scoreless innings on 5/8 in Pittsburgh s 10-6 comeback win against the White Sox. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 14/12 N Is in his first season working exclusively out of the bullpen...is averaging 12.0 strikeouts per 9.0 innings (37 K s in 27.2 innings). RICHARD RODRÍGUEZ BA AGAINST: 18-74.243 INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 8/3 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 16/11 N Has made five straight scoreless appearances (4.2ip) since allowing one run in 1.1 innings of work on 5/13 vs. San Francisco. N Has at least one strikeout in 14 of his 16 appearances and is averaging 14.4 Ks per 9.0 innings pitched (19.1ip/31so). N Recorded his first Major League win in Pittsburgh s 6-5 come-from-behind victory in Chicago (AL) on 5/9. N Struck out six of the seven batters he faced on 5/6 in 2.0 scoreless innings; his second six strikeout performance this year (also 4/19). EDGAR SANTANA N Allowed his two inherited runners to score on Sunday whiel retiring two of the three batters he faced in the seventh inning. BA AGAINST: 16-82.195 N Has not allowed a hit in 16 at bats vs. lefties since 5/4...Has made 13 straight scoreless appearances (12.0ip). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 14/4 N Retired the one San Diego batter he faced in the seventh inning on 5/17 and went on to win his second straight game. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 23/19 N Earned his first career win on 5/16 vs. the White Sox; stranded his three inherited runners and tossed 1.1 scoreless innings. FELIPE VÁZQUEZ N Suffered his third straight blown save on Sunday; allowed three inherited runners to score while also issuing two walks in 0.1ip. BA AGAINST: 20-82.244 N Made nine straight scoreless appearances (10.1ip); went 2-0 and was 4-for-4 in save chances between 4/25 and 5/17. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 12/9 N Struck out the side on 13 pitches on 5/17 to earn his ninth save...has allowed one hit in nine at bats this year vs. lefties. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 21/12 N Has been scored upon just twice in his last 20 games (19.0ip/4er) after giving up four runs in 0.2ip in his season debut on 3/30. 2018 Disabled List (6 players, 6 appearances) On Date Off ^Games Player (injury) DL Eligible DL Missed Nick Burdi (R elbow surgery) * 2/20 5/1 -- 28-24 A.J. Schugel (R shoulder discomfort) 3/29 (retro to 3/26) 4/5 -- 28-24 Joe Musgrove (R shoulder strain) 4/2 (retro to 3/30) 4/9 5/25 24-22 Josh Harrison (L hand fracture) 4/16 4/26 5/20 15-15 Enny Romero (L shoulder impingement) 4/29 (retro to 4/26) 5/6 -- 12-13 Starling Marte (R oblique strain) 5/18 (retro to 5/16) 5/26 5/26 2-5 * 60-day DL ^Team record in games missed Runs By Inning 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Xtra Total Bucs 28 24 22 17 36 43 28 27 19 5 249 Opps 22 22 16 33 29 42 20 29 14 1 228 THE LAST TIME... The Pirates Hit Back-to-Back HRs...5/20/18 vs. SD (Meadows & Mercer) The Pirates Hit a Grand Slam... 4/2/18 vs. MIN (Moran) The Pirates Hit an Inside-The-Park HR...5/4/18 @MIL (Marte) The Pirates Hit a Leadoff HR (accomplished three times in 2018)...5/15/18 vs. CWS (Frazier) 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... 5/24/17 @ATL (Freese, Jaso & Mercer) The Pirates Hit Three Consecutive HR s in One Inning... 5/24/17 @ATL (Freese, Jaso & Mercer) The Pirates Hit Four HR s in One Inning...8/20/03 @STL (Sanders-2, Kendall & Giles) The Pirates Hit Six Home Runs in a Game... 4/14/14 @CIN The Pirates Hit Seven Home Runs in a Game...8/20/03 @STL (club record, done 3 times) 2018 Walkoff Wins 1. 4/26 vs. Detroit Dickerson HR in 9th 2. 4/27 vs. St.Louis Marte single in 11th Pirates vs. Chicago 2018 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Bell.250 12 3 0 1.274 95 26 6 20 Cervelli.500 12 6 2 7.287 143 41 4 30 Díaz.000 1 0 0 0.300 20 6 0 1 Dickerson.500 8 4 0 2.397 58 23 0 11 Frazier.286 7 2 1 1.224 49 11 2 6 Freese.400 5 2 1 1.258 240 62 10 34 Harrison.200 10 2 0 0.231 255 59 7 23 Marte.167 12 2 1 1.281 324 91 8 32 Meadows.000 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 Mercer.091 11 1 0 1.236 276 65 10 34 Moran.333 6 2 0 0.333 6 2 0 0 Polanco.154 13 2 1 2.224 183 41 7 20 Rodríguez.250 4 1 1 3.218 110 24 6 11 W-L-S ERA G IP ER W-L-S ERA G IP ER Brault 0-0-0 7.20 1 5.0 4 0-0-0 7.71 6 18.2 16 Crick 0-0-0 ---- 0 0.0 0 0-0-0 ---- 0 0.0 0 Feliz 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 0 0-0-0 0.00 2 2.0 0 Glasnow 0-1-0 54.00 1 0.2 4 0-1-0 11.00 3 9.0 11 Kuhl 0-0-0 ---- 0 0.0 0 1-4-0 8.23 7 27.1 25 Musgrove 0-0-0 ---- 0 0.0 0 0-1-0 3.00 1 6.0 2 Nova 1-0-0 3.86 1 7.0 3 3-1-0 4.03 5 29.0 13 Rodríguez 0-0-0 ---- 0 0.0 0 0-0-0 ---- 0 0.0 0 Santana 0-0-0 27.00 1 0.2 2 0-0-0 10.80 2 1.2 2 Taillon 0-0-0 ---- 0 0.0 0 2-3-0 5.06 5 26.2 15 Vázquez 0-0-1 0.00 2 2.1 0 0-0-4 2.75 17 19.2 6 Williams 1-0-0 1.50 1 6.0 1 2-2-0 4.01 6 24.2 11 2018 Ejections 1. 4/26 vs. Detroit Hurdle by Mike Winters (arguing Frazier out of base line)

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 13-10 (13) 1-0 2-0.5 Brault (1-0) Wilson (0-1) 42,516 31 at Det 2-1.0 PPD - RAIN (rescheduled for April 1) APRIL (16-12) 1 2 at Det W 1-0 2-0 2-0.5 Williams (1-0) Fulmer (0-1) Vázquez (1) 14,858 1 3 at Det W 8-6 3-0 T1 --- Kuhl (1-0) Farmer (0-1) Vázquez (2) 18,438 2 4 MIN W 5-4 4-0 1 +1.0 Taillon (1-0) Lynn (0-1) Kontos (1) 30,186 30,186 4 5 MIN L 3-7 4-1 1 +0.5 Rogers (1-0) Nova (0-1) 20,690 50,876 5 6 CIN W 5-2 5-1 1 +1.5 Brault (2-0) Bailey (0-2) Vázquez (3) 9,227 60,103 6 7 CIN W 14-3 6-1 1 +1.5 Williams (2-0) Castillo (0-2) 11,115 71,218 7 8 CIN L 4-7 6-2 1 +1.5 Peralta (1-0) Kontos (0-1) Iglesias (2) 14,336 85,554 8 9 CIN W 5-0 7-2 1 +2.0 TAILLON (2-0) Mahle (1-1) 11,251 96,805 9 at Chi 1 +2.0 PPD - SNOW (rescheduled for April 10) 10 10 at Chi W 8-5 8-2 1 +3.0 Nova (1-1) Chatwood (0-2) Vázquez (4) 40,144 11 11 at Chi L 5-13 8-3 1 +2.0 Duensing (1-0) Glasnow (0-1) 35,596 12 12 at Chi W 6-1 9-3 1 +2.5 Williams (3-0) Hendricks (0-1) 29,949 13 13 at Mia L 2-7 9-4 1 +2.5 Peters (2-1) Kuhl (1-1) 6,852 14 14 at Mia W 1-0 10-4 1 +2.5 Kontos (1-1) Zeigler (0-3) Vázquez (5) 26,816 15 15 at Mia W 7-3 11-4 1 +2.5 Nova (2-1) Ureña (0-3) 10,621 16 16 COL L 2-6 11-5 1 +2.0 Marquez (1-1) Brault (2-1) 8,958 105,763 17 17 COL L 0-2 11-6 1 +1.0 Bettis (3-0) Williams (3-1) Davis (8) 8,869 114,632 18 18 COL W 10-2 12-6 1 +1.5 Kuhl (2-1) Freeland (0-3) 8,970 123,602 19 19 at Phi L 0-7 12-7 1 +1.5 Arrieta (2-0) Taillon (2-1) 19,071 20 20 at Phi L 1-2 12-8 1 +0.5 Garcia (2-1) Kontos (1-2) Neris (3) 20,183 21 21 at Phi L 2-6 12-9 3-0.5 Nola (2-1) Feliz (0-1) Neris (4) 28,161 22 22 at Phi L 2-3 (11) 12-10 3-1.5 Rios (3-0) R. Rodríguez (0-1) 29,199 24 DET 12-10 4-2.0 PPD - RAIN (rescheduled for April 25) 25 23 DET L 10-13 12-11 4-2.5 Stumpf (1-0) Taillon (2-2) Greene (4) ---- 25 24 DET W 8-3 13-11 3-2.5 Kuhl (3-1) Boyd (0-2) 9,396 132,998 26 25 DET W 1-0 14-11 3 1.5 Vázquez (1-0) Wilson (0-3) 12,049 145,047 27 26 STL W 6-5 (11) 15-11 3-0.5 Kontos (2-2) Hicks (1-1) 15,748 160,795 28 27 STL W 6-2 16-11 1 +0.5 Williams (4-1) Flaherty (0-1) 18,568 179,363 29 28 STL W 5-0 17-11 1 +0.5 Kingham (1-0) Weaver (2-2) 14,378 193,741 30 29 at Was L 2-3 17-12 2-0.5 Roark (2-2) Taillon (2-3) Kintzler (1) 20,879 MAY (11-12) 1 30 at Was L 4-12 17-13 4-0.5 Scherzer (6-1) Kuhl (3-2) 23,534 2 31 at Was L 3-9 17-14 4-1.5 Strasburg (3-3) Nova (2-2) 27,086 3 32 at Was L 1-3 17-15 4-2.0 Solis (1-1) Williams (4-2) Doolittle (6) 30,434 4 33 at Mil W 6-4 18-15 4-1.5 Kingham (2-0) Guerra (2-2) Vázquez (6) 32,869 5 34 at Mil L 3-5 18-16 4-2.5 Hader (1-0) Kontos (2-3) 32,720 6 35 at Mil W 9-0 19-16 3-2.5 Kuhl (4-2) Anderson (3-3) 38,285 8 36 at CWS W 10-6 20-16 3-1.0 Glasnow (1-1) Volstad (0-2) 12,871 9 37 at CWS W 6-5 21-16 T2-0.5 R. Rodríguez (1-1) Jones (2-1) Vázquez (7) 12,476 11 38 SF W 11-2 22-16 3-1.0 Brault (3-1) Suarez (1-2) 34,720 228,461 12 39 SF W 6-5 23-16 2 -.005 Vázquez (2-0) Watson (1-2) 27,502 255,963 13 40 SF L 0-5 23-17 2-0.5 Holland (2-4) Nova (2-3) 22,649 278,612 15 41 CWS W 7-0 24-17 1 +.004 Williams (5-2) Lopez (0-3) 11,847 290,486 16 42 CWS W 3-2 25-17 1 +.004 Santana (1-0) Soria (0-2) Vázquez (8) 20,286 310,772 17 43 SD W 5-4 26-17 1 +0.5 Santana (2-0) Strahm (0-1) Vázquez (9) 11,404 322,176 18 44 SD L 2-3 26-18 2-0.5 Ross (3-3) Nova (2-4) Hand (13) 18,920 341,096 19 45 SD L 2-6 26-19 2-1.5 Richard (3-5) Kingham (2-1) 20,578 361,674 20 46 SD L 5-8 26-20 4-1.5 Yates (3-0) Vázquez (2-1) Hand (14) 17,783 379,457 22 47 at Cin L 2-7 26-21 4-3.0 Harvey (1-2) Taillon (2-4) 16,144 23 48 at Cin W 5-4 (12) 27-21 2-3.0 Brault (4-1) Floro (1-1) Crick (1) 18,659 24 49 at Cin L 4-5 27-22 3-3.0 Castillo (4-4) Nova (2-5) Hughes (2) 14,853 25 50 STL W 8-1 28-22 2-3.0 Musgrove (1-0) Gant (1-2) 22,629 402,086 26 51 STL L 1-4 28-23 3-4.0 Flaherty (2-1) Williams (5-3) Norris (10) 22,133 424,219 27 52 STL L 4-6 28-24 4-5.0 Tuivailala (1-0) Feliz (0-2) Norris (11) 19,608 443,827 28 53 CHI 29 54 CHI 30 55 CHI 31 56 at Stl JUNE (0-0) 1 57 at Stl 2 58 at Stl 3 59 at Stl 5 60 LA 6 61 LA 7 62 LA 8 63 at Chi 9 64 at Chi 10 65 at Chi 11 66 at Ari 12 67 at Ari 13 68 at Ari 15 69 CIN 16 70 CIN 17 71 CIN 18 72 MIL 19 73 MIL 20 74 MIL 21 75 ARI 22 76 ARI 23 77 ARI 24 78 ARI 25 79 at NY 26 80 at NY 27 81 at NY 1B - Bell (26-21), Osuna (2-0), Freese (0-3) 2B - Harrison (12-8), Frazier (10-10), Moroff (5-1), Rodríguez (1-5) 3B - Moran (21-19), Freese (7-5) SS - Mercer (26-21), Rodríguez (2-3) LF - Dickerson (23-22), Rodríguez (4-1), Frazier (1-0), Meadows (0-1) CF - Marte (24-18), Meadows (2-5), Rodríguez (2-1) RF - Polanco (26-20), Osuna (1-2), Frazier (1-2) C - Cervelli (22-16), Díaz (6-7) DH - Frazier (2-0), Cervelli (1-0), Bell (1-0), Dickerson (1-0) 2018 PIRATES DAY BY DAY Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance 29 82 at SD 30 83 at SD JULY (0-0) 1 84 at SD 2 85 at LA 3 86 at LA 4 87 at LA 6 88 PHI 7 89 PHI 8 90 PHI 9 91 WAS 10 92 WAS 11 93 WAS 12 94 MIL 13 95 MIL 14 96 MIL 15 97 MIL 16-19 ALL-STAR BREAK 20 98 at Cin 21 99 at Cin 22 100 at Cin 23 101 at Cle 24 102 at Cle 25 103 at Cle 26 104 NY 27 105 NY 28 106 NY 29 107 NY 31 108 CHI 1 109 CHI 3 110 STL 4 111 STL 5 112 STL 6 113 at Col 7 114 at Col 8 115 at Col 9 116 at SF 10 117 at SF 11 118 at SF 12 119 at SF 14 120 at Min 15 121 at Min 16 122 CHI 17 123 CHI 18 124 CHI 19 125 CHI 20 126 ATL 21 127 ATL 22 128 ATL 24 129 at Mil 25 130 at Mil 26 131 at Mil 28 132 at Stl 29 133 at Stl 30 134 at Stl 31 135 at Atl 1 136 at Atl 2 137 at Atl 3 138 CIN 4 139 CIN 5 140 CIN 7 141 MIA 8 142 MIA 9 143 MIA 10 144 at Stl 11 145 at Stl 12 146 at Stl 14 147 at Mil 15 148 at Mil 16 149 at Mil 17 150 KC 18 151 KC 19 152 KC 21 153 MIL 22 154 MIL 23 155 MIL 24 156 at Chi 25 157 at Chi 26 158 at Chi 27 159 at Chi 28 160 at Cin 29 161 at Cin 30 162 at Cin AUGUST (0-0) SEPTEMBER (0-0) DOUBLEHEADERS (4/1, 4/25) BOLD - COMPLETE GAME *home sellout (--) STARTS BY POSITIONS AND BATTING ORDER 1st - Frazier (14-10), Harrison (10-8), Rodríguez (1-4), Moroff (3-1), Cervelli (0-1) 2nd - Polanco (23-17), Mercer (3-1), Harrison (2-0), Osuna (0-2), Frazier (0-2), Dickerson (0-1), Cervelli (0-1), Meadows (0-1) 3rd - Marte (22-18), Cervelli (3-3), Polanco (2-0), Freese (1-1), Rodríguez (0-1) 4th - Bell (27-21), Dickerson (0-2), Freese (0-1), Osuna (1-0) 5th - Dickerson (24-18), Freese (2-2), Cervelli (2-1), Moran (0-3) 6th - Cervelli (15-11), Freese (4-3), Díaz (3-3), Moran (2-4), Marte (2-0), Dickerson (0-1), Rodríguez (1-0), Osuna (1-0), Meadows (0-1), Polanco (0-1) 7th - Moran (17-12), Meadows (2-4), Rodríguez (3-1), Díaz (2-2), Cervelli (3-0), Polanco (1-2), Mercer (0-2), Freese (0-1) 8th - Mercer (19-18), Rodríguez (4-4), Moran (2-0), Díaz (0-2), Moroff (2-0), Osuna (1-0) 9th - Pitchers (23-24), Mercer (4-0), Díaz (1-0) MOST RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION 5/14 Josh Harrison (INF) began rehab assignment with Altoona. 5/18 Starling Marte (OF) placed on 10-day disabled list (retro to 5/16)...Austin Meadows (OF) recalled from Indianapolis. 5/19 Nick Kingham (RHP) recalled from Altoona...Max Moroff (INF) optioned to Indianapolis. 5/20 Josh Harrison (INF) recalled from rehab and reinstated from D.L...Nick Kingham (RHP) optioned to Indianapolis. 5/25 Joe Musgrove (RHP) recalled from rehab and reinstated from D.L...George Kontos (RHP) designated for assignment. 5/26 Starling Marte (OF) reinstated from D.L...José Osuna (OF/INF) optioned to Indianapolis.