SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 AT BUSCH STADIUM --- GAME #135, ROAD #68 RHP GERRIT COLE (15-8, 2.64 ERA)

PITTSBURGH PIRATES (80-54) vs. ST. LOUIS CARDIALS (87-48) SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 AT BUSCH STADIUM --- GAME #135, ROAD #68 RHP GERRIT COLE (15-8, 2.64 ERA) vs. RHP JOH LACKEY (11-8, 2.87 ERA) THE PIRATES...snapped their four game losing streak with Friday night s 9-3 win...have won eight of their last 14 games, 11 of their last 18 and 15 of their last 23... Have gone 19-10 in their last 29 contests and 40-22 in their last 62 games, dating back to June 26...Were 30 games over.500 following their win on 8/29 for the first time since finishing the 1992 season with a 96-66 record ( + 30)...Won a season-high eight straight games from 6/12-18...Have the best record in the Major Leagues (67-38) since May 9...Were 70-64 after 134 games last season (71-64 after 135). SHIIG O SUDAY IGHT: Tonight is the fourth time this season the Pirates are being featured on ESP s Sunday ight Baseball...Pittsburgh is 3-0 on Sunday ight Baseball this year, beating the Giants 5-2 on August 23 at PC Park, winning against the Dodgers 13-6 on August 9 at PC Park, and walking off the Cardinals on July 12 after scoring three runs in the 10th inning in the final game before the All-Star break. SEEKIG 16 WIS: Gerrit Cole enters today tied for the third-most wins (15) among all ational League pitchers this season...he is looking to become Pittsburgh s first 16-game winner since Francisco Liriano (16-8 in 2013) and the first Pirates righthander to win 16 games since A.J. Burnett in 2012 (16-10)...The last Pirate to win more than 16 games in a season was John Smiley in 1991 (20-8). TO BE COTIUED: The Bucs and Cards will face each other three more times during the regular season from September 28-30 at PC Park...The Pirates are 5-2 against St. Louis at PC Park this season and 11-5 since the beginning of 2014. RIDIG THE BULL: Pedro Alvarez has gone deep twice in his last five games against the Cardinals and in three of his last six games at Busch Stadium...Since the beginning of the 2010 campaign, Alvarez 18 home runs are the most by any player in the Majors against the Cardinals (the next closest players in that time have 13 home runs)...alvarez also 58 RBI vs. St. Louis since 2010, which are tied for the most in that time along with teammate Aramis Ramirez (58). A FAST TURAROUD: Following tonight s game the Bucs will travel to Cincinnati for a three-game series beginning at 1:10 p.m. eastern time tomorrow afternoon...six of Pittsburgh s final 27 games will come against the Reds. FIRST THIGS FIRST: Andrew McCutchen is 8-for-8 with two walks in the first inning in his last 10 games...mccutchen is now 31-for-103 (.301) with six doubles, a home run and 11 RBI in the first inning this season. SEA ROD: Sean Rodriguez recorded a hit in six straight at bats before striking out in the ninth inning yesterday to end the streak...since the beginning of last month, Rodriguez is hitting.408 (20-for-49) with five doubles, four RBI and nine runs scored in 27 games. GERRIT I SEPTEMBER: Gerrit Cole has posted a record of 8-2 in 12 starts in September since 2013...Cole s eight wins this month since 2013 are tied for the fourth-most in the ational League, trailing Adam Wainwright, Clayton Kershaw and Jordan Zimmermann with nine wins apiece. THE MAJORS AD MIORS: The Pirates enter today with the third-best record in all of Major League Baseball...Pittsburgh s minor league affiliates come into today with the sixth-best winning percentage (.533) among all organizations, trailing Houston (.553), Arizona (.547) the ew York Mets (.537), Chicago Cubs (.537) and Philadelphia (.536). COMIG THROUGH I A PICH: Pittsburgh s pinch hitters are 8-for-11 with four RBI in the first five games of this month... The Bucs enter today with the third-highest average (.256) among ational League teams in pinch-hit situations, trailing the Phillies (.261) and Brewers (.259). RAMMY VS. THE REDBIRDS: Aramis Ramirez leads all active players in hits (246), home runs (37) and RBI (146) against the Cardinals...The next closest active player in home runs behind Ramirez is Ryan Howard (21)...The next closest active player in hits and RBI against St. Louis is Brandon Phillips (153 hits and 70 RBI). LEADIG THIGS OFF: Gregory Polanco has hit safely in 12 of his 15 games this year vs. St. Louis, going 20-for-56 (.357)... Polanco s 20 hits against the RedBirds are the most by any player in the league this season. BE LIKE MIKE: Michael Morse recorded a pinch-hit single on Friday and is now hitting.321 (18-for-56) since the All-Star break and at a.325 clip (13-for-40) in 24 games since being acquired by Pittsburgh on July 31. ROOKIG RAKIG: Jung Ho Kang went 2-for-4 with an RBI and run scored while batting cleanup Friday night..since the All- Star break, Kang leads all ational League rookies with 21 extra base hits, ranks second in slugging percentage (.560), third in OPS (.937) and fifth in on-base percentage (.377) and batting average (.314). SAVIG THE DAY: Mark Melancon currently leads the Major Leagues with a career-high 43 saves...since saves became official in 1969, Melancon s 43 saves are tied with Jose Mesa (2004) for the second-highest single-season total in club history...mike Williams posted a club-record 46 saves in 2002. THE PITTSBURGH KID: eil Walker has recorded 28 doubles this year, which are the most since he had a career-high 36 in 2011...He also enters today leading all ational League second basemen with 43 extra base hits this season (St. Louis Kolten Wong ranks second with 38 extra base hits among ational League second basemen). O THIS DATE I PIRATES HISTORY September 6, 1972: The Bucs scored three times in the first inning and went on to blank the Cubs 4-0 at Three Rivers Stadium. Dock Ellis went the distance for Pittsburgh, scattering seven hits while improving to 13-7 on the season. Roberto Clemente delivered a two-run triple in the first inning to give the Bucs all the runs they would need while Al Oliver led the way with three hits on the night. BUCS WHE... Last five games... 1-4 Last ten games... 5-5 Leading after 6... 64-5 Tied after 6... 11-8 Trailing after 6... 5-41 Leading after 7... 66-1 Tied after 7... 13-7 Trailing after 7... 1-46 Leading after 8... 68-1 Tied after 8... 12-8 Trailing after 8... 0-45 Scoring first... 51-12 Opp. score first... 29-42 Scoring 4+... 62-12 Scoring less than 4... 18-42 Outhitting Opp.... 57-6 Being out-hit... 17-41 Hits are equal... 6-7 Comeback wins...36 Wins in final AB............. 17 Walkoff Wins...9 Losses in Last AB...13 Walkoff Losses...8 Extra Inning Games... 10-7 Playing errorless... 48-23 Homered... 52-25 2+ homers... 23-4 Series (W-L-T)...24-14-5 Series Sweeps...13 Swept in a Series...6 Interleague... 13-7 Before the break... 53-35 After the break... 27-19 Starter goes 6.0ip+... 60-28 Starter goes less than 6.0ip...19-26 UP-COMIG GAMES AD PROBABLE PITCHERS Monday at Cincinnati 1:10 LHP Jeff Locke (7-9, 4.66 ERA) vs. RHP Anthony DeSclafani (7-10, 3.87 ERA) ROOT Tuesday at Cincinnati 7:10 LHP Francisco Liriano (9-7, 3.40 ERA) vs. RHP Raisel Iglesias (3-6, 3.81 ERA) ROOT Wednesday at Cincinnati 7:10 LHP J.A. Happ (4-1, 1.57 ERA with the Pirates) vs. TBA ROOT

45 - RHP GERRIT COLE YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO 2014 11-5 3.65 22 22 0 0 138.0 127 58 56 40 138 2015 15-8 2.64 27 27 0 0 173.2 158 61 51 39 168 M.L. CAREER 36-20 3.13 68 68 0 0 429.0 394 162 149 107 406 vs. ST. LOUIS: 2-3 with a 3.49 ERA (38.2ip/15er) in six career regular season starts...is 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA in two starts this year; won a 5-2 decision over Lance Lynn on 7/10 at PC Park (7.0ip/2er) and lost a 4-2 decision (5.1ip/4r/3er) against Michael Wacha on 8/12 at Busch Stadium...Went 1-1 with a 3.42 ERA in three starts last year. 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 at Cincinnati D 5.0 5 3 3 2 6 92 5.40 4-5 L 4/13 vs. Detroit W 6.0 + 3 1 1 2 8 94 3.27 5-4 W 4/19 vs. Milwaukee W 6.0 5 2 1 1 6 95 2.65 5-2 W 4/24 at Arizona W 7.2 7 1 1 2 7 108 2.19 4-1 W 4/29 at Chicago (L) W 6.0 3 1 0 1 8 95 1.76 8-1 W APRIL (4-0, 1.76 ERA) 30.2 23 8 6 8 35 484 5/6 vs. Cincinnati L 5.0 8 3 3 2 4 91 2.27 0-3 L 5/11 at Philadelphia W 7.0 6 2 2 2 6 94 2.32 4-3 W 5/15 at Chicago (L) L 6.0 7 2 2 1 8 107 2.40 1-4 L 5/22 vs. ew York W 8.1 6 1 0 1 10 111 2.05 4-1 W 5/27 vs. Miami W 7.0 7 2 2 0 7 81 2.11 5-2 W MAY (3-2, 2.43 ERA) 33.1 34 10 9 6 35 485 6/1 at San Francsico W 7.0 5 2 0 2 9 100 1.90 4-3 W 6/7 at Atlanta W 7.0 6 0 0 3 7 116 1.73 3-0 W 6/13 vs. Philadelphia W 6.0 5 2 1 0 7 93 1.71 4-3 W 6/18 at Chicago (AL) W 7.0 3 2 2 3 4 106 1.78 3-2 W 6/24 vs. Cincinnati L 4.2 8 5 5 3 5 106 2.16 2-5 L 6/30 at Detriot D 6.2 9 2 2 0 6 107 2.20 5-4 W JUE (4-1, 2.35 ERA) 38.1 36 13 10 11 38 628 7/5 vs. Cleveland W 8.0 5 3 3 1 5 106 2.28 5-3 W 7/10 vs. St. Louis W 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 114 2.30 5-2 W 7/21 at Kansas City L 7.1 5 3 2 0 6 108 2.31 1-3 L 7/26 vs. Washington W 7.2 7 1 1 0 8 103 2.24 3-1 W JULY (3-1, 2.40 ERA) 30.0 23 9 8 3 22 431 8/1 at Cincinnati L 5.0 7 3 2 1 8 98 2.29 3-4 L 8/7 vs. Los Angeles D 6.0 4 3 3 3 5 91 2.39 5-4 W 8/12 at St. Louis L 5.1 7 4 3 2 6 106 2.48 2-4 L 8/17 vs. Arizona L 6.2 9 4 4 1 5 110 2.61 1-4 L 8/22 vs. San Francisco D 7.0 3 1 0 3 8 112 2.49 3-2 W 8/27 at Miami W 7.1 5 1 1 0 4 95 2.44 2-1 W AUGUST (1-3, 3.13 ERA) 37.1 35 16 13 10 36 612 9/1 at Milwaukee L 4.0 8 5 5 1 2 77 4-7 L SEPT (0-1, 11.25 ERA) 4.0 8 5 5 1 2 77 2nd Half (2-5, 3.36 ERA) 56.1 55 25 21 11 52 900 CAREER BATTIG:.164 (21-for-128) 0 2B 0 3B 1 HR 7 RBI 12 SACS 2015 BATTIG:.125 (6-for-48) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 7 SACS CAREER HOMERS (1): 9/7/14 at Chicago (L) - off Blake Parker 1st Half (13-3, 2.30 ERA) 117.1 103 36 30 28 116 1817 CATCHERS THROWIG CS/ATT PICKOFFS PB ERA Cervelli 14/85 16% 0 9 (892.2ip/354er) 3.57 Sanchez 0/2 0% 0 0 (17.1ip/4er) 2.08 Stewart 9/42 21% 1 0 (318.2ip/80er) 2.26 CAUGHT STEALIGS BY PITCHERS...7 PITCHER PICKOFFS... 2 SB OFF PITCHERS... 2 O THROWS... 11 OTHERS (double steals)... 6 TOMORROW S STARTER JEFF LOCKE: The 27-year-old lefthander will be making his 27th start of the season tomorrow afternoon... Allowed five runs on nine hits in 3.2 innings while losing a 9-4 decision in his last start Wednesday night at Milwaukee...His seven wins has already matched his total from 2014 (won a career-high 10 games in 2013)...Recorded his last win on 8/26 at Miami after allowing two runs in 7.0 innings of work while winning a 7-2 decision against Chris arveson...has made four of his last five starts on the road...has lost each of his last two decisions against L Central teams since winning at Cincinnati on 7/31. vs. CICIATI: 3-2 with a 3.46 ERA (52.0ip/20er) in 10 career starts...is 1-1 with a 5.06 ERA (16.0ip/9er) in three starts this year; lost a 7-1 decision to Michael Lorenzen on 5/5 at PC Park, had a no-decision in a 7-6 win at PC Park on 6/23 and won a 5-4 decision over Lorenzen on 7/31 at GABP... Has been charged with two earned runs or less in seven of his 10 starts. TEAM BATTIG Most runs, game, Pirates...13, 8/9 vs. LA Most runs, game, Opponents...15, 7/30 @CI Most runs, inning, Pirates...9, 8/9 vs. LA (7th) Most runs, inning, Opponents...9, 6/21 @WAS (1st) Most hits, game, Pirates... 21, 7/1 @DET Most hits, game, Opponents...19, 7/30 @CI Most hits, inning, Pirates...7, 8/13 @STL, 8/9 vs. LA (7th) & 7/1 @DET (3rd) Most consec. hits, inning...5, 5 times, last on 8/9 vs. LA (7th) Most consec. hits, game.................. 5, 5 times, last on 8/9 vs. LA Most hits, inning, Opponents...8, 6/21 @WAS (1st) Fewest hits, game, Pirates...0, 6/20 @WAS Fewest hits, game, Opponents... 2, 6/15 vs. CWS Most doubles, game... 5, 7/20 @KC & 6/15 vs. CWS Most triples, game...2, 8/16 @Y, 8/9 vs. LA & 7/7 vs. SD Most home runs, game, Pirates... 4, 7/1 @DET Most home runs, game, Opponents...3, 7/30 @CI, 7/18 @MIL & 5/8 vs. STL Most consecutive games, home run... 12, 8/5-18 Most consec. games, HR, Opponents... 6, 6/20-26 Most extra-base hits... 8, 7/23 vs. WAS & 7/1 @DET Most consecutive games, extra-base hit...66, 6/21-9/5 Most stolen bases, game, Pirates...3, 6 times, last on 8/8 vs. LA Most stolen bases, game, Opponents...5, 4 times, last on 8/25 @MIA Most left on base (9 innings)... 13, 8/24 @MIA Most left on base (extra innings)... 19, 6/30 @DET TEAM PITCHIG Most strikeouts, game, Pirates...14, 4 times, last on 8/4 vs. CHI Most strikeouts, game, Pirates (extra innings). 16, 8/15 @Y & 6/30 @DET Most strikeouts, game, Opponents... 14 9/5 @STL Most strikeouts, game, Opponents (extra innings)...17, 6/14 vs. PHI Most walks, game, Pirates...8, 7/3 vs. CLE Most walks, game, Pirates (extra innings)...9, 5/15 @CHI Most walks, game, Opponents... 9, 8/24 @MIA Most walks, game, Opponents (extra innings). 8, 6/30 @DET & 5/15 @CHI TEAM MISCELLAEOUS Longest winning streak...8 games (6/12-18) Longest losing streak...5 games (5/1-6) Longest game, innings... 15, 8/18 vs. ARI Longest game, time...5:30, 6/30 @DET Longest game, time, 9 innings... 3:50, 8/8 vs. LA Shortest game, time, 9 innings... 2:06, 7/4 vs. CLE Largest margin of victory...11 runs, 6/15 vs. CWS (11-0) Largest margin of defeat... 10 runs, 7/30 @CI (5-15) Largest come from behind victory... 4 runs, 8/9 vs. LA & 6/23 vs. CI 2015 HIGHS & LOWS Largest come from behind loss...3 runs, 7/18 @MIL & 4/21 vs. CHI Largest crowd, home...39,933, 4/13 vs. DET Smallest crowd, home... 11,777, 4/20 vs. CHI Largest crowd, road...45,139, 9/5 @STL Smallest crowd, road...15,616, 4/9 @CI Most errors, game, Pirates...4, 6/5 @ATLI Most errors, game, Opponents... 3, 7/29 @MI, 6/15 vs. CWS & 5/10 vs. STL Consecutive innings w/out an error... 71, 4/10-18 Most double plays turned...4, 6/5 @ATL & 5/2 vs. Y Rain delays, home (total time)...13 (15 hours and 12 minutes) Rain delays, road (total time)... 4 (5 hours and 5 minutes) IDIVIDUAL BATTIG Most hits, game...4, 12 times, last Polanco (8/24 @MIA) Most consecutive hits.......... 6, Rodriguez (8/29-9/5), Polanco (8/11-12) & Harrison (5/19-20) Most runs, game....3, 8 times, last by McCutchen (9/4 @STL) Most 2bs, game... 3, Kang (7/31 @CI) & Stewart (6/1 @SF) Most 3bs, game... 1, 25 times, last by Morse (9/5 @MIL) Most HR, game... 2, Kang (8/22 vs. SF) & Walker (7/1 @DET) Most extra-base hits...3, Ishikawa (7/20 @KC), Stewart (6/1 @SF) & Harrison (5/15 @CHI) Most total bases...10, Walker (7/1 @DET) Most RBI, game...5, Marte (4/18 vs. MIL) Most SB, game... 2, Harrison (6/15 vs. CWS), Marte (8/20 vs. SF & 6/16 vs. CWS) & Polanco (6/5 @ATL) Most walks, game...4, Polanco (5/15 @CHI) & Alvarez (5/3 @STL) Consec. games, home run...2, 11 times, last by Ramirez (9/2-3) Longest hitting streak...18 games, McCutchen (6/21-7/11) Grand slams... Inside-the-park home runs... Leadoff home runs...4, Polanco (8/7 vs. LA & 8/5 vs. CHI) & Harrison (4/21 vs. CHI & 4/13 vs. DET) Pinch hit home runs...1, Hart (4/13 vs. DET) Walkoff home runs...2, Marte (8/22 vs. SF) & McCutchen (7/11 vs. STL) IDIVIDUAL PITCHIG Most strikeouts, game...12, Liriano (6/15 vs. CWS & 5/24 vs. Y) Longest winning streak...6 games, Cole (5/22-6/18) & Burnett (5/7-6/2) Longest losing streak... 3 games, 5 times, last by Morton (8/25-9/5) Fewest hits, complete game... Most walks, game...6, Liriano (4/26 @ARI) Most IP, game, starter...9.0, Burnett (6/14 vs. PHI) Most IP, game, reliever... 4.1, Worley (6/21 @WAS) Most consec. scoreless IP...22.1, Melancon (6/7-8/2) Most consecutive saves...35, Melancon (4/23-8/15)

PEDRO ALVAREZ Has homered three times in his last 13 games...delivered a pinch-hit, run-scoring single on Saturday. ROAD TRIP: 3-13 (.231) 1 HR 2 RBI Has gone deep twice in his last five games against the Cards; also has 3 homers in his last 6 games at Busch. SERIES: 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 1 RBI Has gone 20-for-69 (.290) with two doubles, seven home runs and 15 RBI in his last 26 games. LAST 3: 2-6 (.333) 0 HR 1 RBI Is 11-for-23 vs. LHP since 7/11...Has 126 career HR; two shy of tying Richie Hebner for 13th on club s all-time list. Multi-Hit Games: 21 Multi-RBI Games: 16 Last HR: 9/1/15 at MIL First HR: 7/3/10 vs. PHI (Kyle Kendrick) FRACISCO CERVELLI ROAD TRIP: 2-13 (.154) 0 HR 1 RBI SERIES: 2-4 (.500) 0 HR 1 RBI LAST 3: 2-11 (.182) 0 HR 1 RBI ADREW McCUTCHE ROAD TRIP: 4-14 (.286) 0 HR 0 RBI SERIES: 3-8 (.375) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 3-10 (.300) 0 HR 0 RBI 2 games Has reached base safely in 10 of his 12 games against the Cardinals this season...went 2-for-4 on Friday. Has five triples (had four in his career entering 2015)...Is hitting.363 (29-for-80) from the 8th spot of the lineup. Has reached base safely in 32 of his last 38 games...has matched his career high with 38 RBI (also 2010). Is hitting.305 (95-for-311) in 87 games since 5/1...Ranks third among.l. in games caught (career-high 105). JAFF DECKER Played center field in the final inning of Friday night s win at St. Louis...Is in second stint with the Bucs in 2015. ROAD TRIP: 2-2 (1.000) 0 HR 0 RBI Has reached base safely in eight of his 1s with a plate appearance with Pittsburgh. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI Recorded a pinch-hit single Wednesday night and has now hit safely in back-to-back games. LAST 3: 2-2 (1.000) 0 HR 0 RBI 2 games Was recalled Tuesday from Indy, where he hit.266 with 10 doubles, a triple, 3 HR and 26 RBI in 69 games. ELIAS DIAZ Was recalled Tuesday from Indy, where he hit.271 with 16 doubles, 4 triples, 4 HR & 47 RBI in 93 games. ROAD TRIP: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI Was rated by Baseball America as Pittsburgh s Best Defensive Catcher in the Pirates system prior to 2015. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI Threw out 14 of the 46 baserunners (30 percent) attempting to steal against him this year with Indianapolis. LAST 3: --- (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI --- Was a 2015 International League mid- and post-season All-Star...Played for the World Team in 2015 Futures Game. JOSH HARRISO Has started each of the last two games at second base...hit leadoff Saturday and went 0-for-4 with a walk. ROAD TRIP: 2-15 (.133) 0 HR 1 RBI Has 13 hits in his last 43 at bats against LHP...Has gone 10-for-28 (.357) from the seventh spot of the lineup. SERIES: 1-9 (.111) 0 HR 0 RBI Has gone 41-for-132 (.311) in his last 34 games beginning with the action on 5/19. LAST 3: 2-14 (.143) 0 HR 1 RBI 0-for-6 Is hitting.297 (38-for-128) with six doubles in his last 35 big league games and.320 in his last 60 (74-for-231). JUG HO KAG Has multi-hits in 7 of his 14 games vs. the Cards...Has batted cleanup in each of his last two starts. ROAD TRIP: 5-18 (.278) 1 HR 3 RBI Has 37 extra base hits; the last Pirates rookies with more were Pedro Alvarez (38) & eil Walker (44) in 2010. SERIES: 2-8 (.250) 0 HR 1 RBI Has hit safely in 10 of his last 14 games...has gone 49-for-154 (.318) in his last 4s. LAST 3: 3-10 (.300) 0 HR 2 RBI 0-for-3 Is hitting.326 (29-for-89) in his last 23 games on the road...the Bucs are 28-9 when he records an RBI. STARLIG MARTE Had three hits and three RBI on Friday; his first game this season with three hits and three RBI in a game. ROAD TRIP: 6-21 (.286) 0 HR 3 RBI Leads the Pirates with 13 games with at least three hits...has hit fifth in each of the last two games. SERIES: 3-8 (.375) 0 HR 3 RBI Is hitting.347 (17-for-49) this year against the Cards...Ranks second in the ational League with 31 infield hits. LAST 3: 4-13 (.308) 0 HR 3 RBI 0-for-5 The Bucs are 45-15 when he scores at least one run in a game...leads the L with 15 game-winning RBI. His.429 on-base percentage since the break ranks third in the L behind Joey Votto (.575) & Bryce Harper (.478). Was the L Player-of-the-Month for August; 1 of 3 Pirates (also Bonds & Bonilla) to win the award 4 times in his career. Is one of five players in Pirates history to hit at least 20 home runs in five consecutive seasons. Is 18-for-44 (.409) with four doubles, two homers and seven RBI in his last 12 contests. Multi-Hit Games: 31 Multi-RBI Games: 8 Last HR: 8/9/15 vs. LA First HR: 6/24/09 at ATL (Kris Medlen) Multi-Hit Games: 0 Multi-RBI Games: 0 Last HR: 8/12/13 at COL First HR: 8/12/13 at COL (Jhoulys Chacin) Multi-Hit Games: 0 Multi-RBI Games: 0 Last HR: o M.L. Home Runs First HR: o M.L. Runs PEDRO FLORIMO Pinch ran in the seventh inning on Saturday...Hit.245 with 12 doubles, 3 triples, 2 HR & 18 RBI this year at AAA. Multi-Hit Games: 0 ROAD TRIP: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI Delivered first career walkoff hit on 8/18 vs. Arizona; an RBI-triple in the 15th inning (his last game with Pirates). Multi-RBI Games: 0 SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI Last HR: 9/27/13 vs. CL Made each of his three starts with the Pirates earlier this year at shortstop (last on 8/16 at ew York). LAST 3: 1-3 (.333) 0 HR 1 RBI First HR: 9/24/12 vs. YY Made his Pirates debut on 7/22 at Kansas City after having his contract selected earlier that day. (Cory Wade) Multi-Hit Games: 27 Multi-RBI Games: 3 Last HR: 5/15/15 at CHI First HR: 8/23/11 vs. MIL (Marco Estrada) Multi-Hit Games: 33 Multi-RBI Games: 11 Last HR: 9/1/15 at MIL First HR: 5/3/15 at STL (Trevor Rosenthal) Multi-Hit Games: 39 Multi-RBI Games: 15 Last HR: 8/22/15 vs. SF First HR: 7/26/12 at HOU (Dallas Keuchel) Multi-Hit Games: 42 Multi-RBI Games: 25 Last HR: 8/26/15 at MIA First HR: 6/17/09 at MI (Francisco Liriano) JORDY MERCER Had his seve game hitting streak (9-for-24) come to an end on Saturday after going hitless in four at bats. ROAD TRIP: 3-11 (.273) 0 HR 2 RBI Has made a team-high 83 starts at shortstop...has hit safely in nine of his last 12 games at Busch Stadium. SERIES: 1-9 (.111) 0 HR 2 RBI Has 10 hits in his last 24 at bats vs. lefties...was on the DL from 7/20 to 8/23 with a left knee MCL sprain. LAST 3: 3-11 (.273) 0 HR 2 RBI 0-for-4 Has gone 31-for-99 (.313) in his last 29 big league games and is hitting.295 (56-for-190) in his last 52 starts. MICHAEL MORSE Started at first base on Saturday and went hitless in four at bats...is 9-for-26 in last nine games at Busch. ROAD TRIP: 3-7 (.420) 0 HR 0 RBI Had a pinch-hit single on Friday one night after going 2-for-2 off the bench with a double and pinch-hit triple. SERIES: 1-5 (.200) 0 HR 0 RBI Has nine hits in his last 29 at bats against southpaws...has reached base safely in 14 of his last 23 games. LAST 3: 3-7 (.420) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-4 Is hitting.321 (18-for-56) since the All-Star break...has gone 7-for-22 as a pinch hitter this year. GREGORY POLACO ROAD TRIP: 1-18 (.059) 0 HR 0 RBI SERIES: 1-6 (.167) 0 HR 0 RBI LAST 3: 1-10 (.100) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-2 Has gone 16-for-46 (.348) with a double, triple, RBI and eight runs scored in 14 career games at Busch. Has reached base safely in 42 of his last 52 games, going 62-for-213 (.291) with 22 walks. Is hitting.289 (54-for-187) with 12 doubles, 4 homers, 18 RBI and 24 runs scored in 45 games since the break. Is hitting.278 (27-for-97) in the first inning...is hitting.292 (38-for-130) since the beginning of August. ARAMIS RAMIREZ Leads all active players in hits (246), home runs (37) and RBI (146) against the Cardinals. ROAD TRIP: 3-12 (.375) 2 HR 5 RBI Has homered in 2 of his last 4 and in 3 of his last 6 games...4 of his last 7 HR have come with runners on. SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI Is hitting.297 (27-for-91) with 23 RBI in his last 26 games...walked in pinch-hit appearance on Saturday. LAST 3: 2-8 (.250) 2 HR 4 RBI 0-for-5 Has 379 HR in his career as a third baseman, which ranks fifth on all-time MLB list at that position. SEA RODRIGUEZ Is 11-for-18 in his last 14 games...had hits in 6 straight AB s before striking out in the 9th inning Saturday. ROAD TRIP: 5-6 (.833) 0 HR 1 RBI Hit.349 (15-for-43) in 24 games last month...recorded second three-hit game of the year Saturday (also 8/19). SERIES: 5-6 (.833) 0 HR 1 RBI Has hit three solo home runs; two of which came against the Cubs and one against the White Sox. LAST 3: 5-6 (.833) 0 HR 1 RBI 3 games Has made 84 appearances at first base, 14 in LF, 12 in RF, 8 at third base, 7 at second base & 2 at shortstop. TRAVIS SIDER Delivered a pinch-hit, two-run double in the ninth inning Friday in his second back as a member of the Bucs. ROAD TRIP: 1-2 (.500) 0 HR 2 RBI His last home run with the Bucs came on 9/25/14 in Atlanta; Pittsburgh clinched a playoff berth in the game. SERIES: 1-1 (1.000) 0 HR 2 RBI Had contract selected on 9/1 from Indianapolis, where he hit.314 (11-for-35) with a HR & 4 RBI in 10 games. LAST 3: 1-3 (.333) 0 HR 2 RBI Was designated for assignment on 8/7 by Baltimore and signed by Pittsburgh as a minor league free agent on 8/19. Multi-Hit Games: 18 Multi-RBI Games: 2 Last HR: 6/2/15 at SF First HR: 8/8/12 vs. ARI (Josh Collmenter) Multi-Hit Games: 10 Multi-RBI Games: 2 Last HR: 7/21/15 at ARI First HR: 6/15/05 vs. PHI (Ryan Madson) Multi-Hit Games: 35 Multi-RBI Games: 7 Last HR: 8/15/15 at Y First HR: 6/13/14 at MIA (Mike Dunn) Multi-Hit Games: 26 Multi-RBI Games: 15 Last HR: 9/2/15 at MIL First HR: 6/12/98 vs. MIL (Scott Karl) Multi-Hit Games: 12 Multi-RBI Games: 0 Last HR: 6/16/15 vs. CWS First HR: 6/1/08 vs. TOR (A.J. Burnett) Multi-Hit Games: 10 Multi-RBI Games: 6 Last HR: 6/28/15 vs. CLE First HR: 9/4/08 vs. MI (Kevin Slowey)

CHRIS STEWART Started behind the plate Saturday afternoon in St. Louis and went hitless in his three at bats. ROAD TRIP: 0-4 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI Caught the final inning of Friday s game...recorded his last multi-hit game in his start at ew York on 8/14. SERIES: 0-3 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI Has produced at least one extra-inning hit in each of the last five games he has had an at bat since 6/12. LAST 3: 0-4 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI 0-for-9 Is 32-for-114 (.281) in his 31 starts behind the plate...is hitting.280 (28-for-100) from 8th spot of lineup. EIL WALKER Recorded a pinch-hit single in the ninth inning Saturday afternoon off Trevor Rosenthal and came around to score. ROAD TRIP: 4-13 (.308) 0 HR 1 RBI His 28 doubles are the most since recording a career-high of 36 in 2011...Has 3 hits in last 9 at bats vs. lefties. SERIES: 1-1 (1.000) 0 HR 0 RBI Has a ational League-leading 43 extra base hits among second basemen (Kolten Wong is second with 38). LAST 3: 2-9 (.222) 0 HR 0 RBI Leads ational League second basemen with 66 home runs since the start of the 2012 season. Multi-Hit Games: 8 Multi-RBI Games: 2 Last HR: 5/18/14 at YY First HR: 8/24/13 at SF (Tim Lincecum) Multi-Hit Games: 26 Multi-RBI Games: 13 Last HR: 8/20/15 vs. SF First HR: 6/1/10 vs. CHI (Ted Lilly) BUCCO BULLPE ATOIO BASTARDO BA AGAIST: 36-171.211 IHERITED RUERS/SCORED: 22/3 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 53/38 Surrendered one run on one hit in 0.2 innings of work Friday night after not allowing a run in his previous three appearances (4.0ip). Has been scored upon three times in his last 15 games (14.0ip/3er)...Lost for the only time this season on 5/20 vs. Minnesota. Posted a 1.46 ERA (12.1ip/2er) in 13 appearances last month...has a 0.93 ERA (9.2ip/1er) when working multiple innings this year. Has posted a 3.13 ERA (23.0ip/8er) in 28 appearances on the road...picked up his fourth win of the season on 8/7. JOE BLATO Worked a scoreless eighth inning Saturday at St. Louis...Recorded three wins over five appearances from 8/8 to 8/18. BA AGAIST: 13-75.173 Had his 16.1 scoreless innings streak end Wednesday night after allowing one run in his 2.0 innings on a home run by Adam Lind. IHERITED RUERS/SCORED: 1/0 Has been scored upon just twice in 1s (21.1ip) with Pittsburgh...Has allowed two hits in his last four games (6.0ip). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 11/11 Pitched 3.0 scoreless frames on 8/8 vs. LA and won his first decision with the Pirates...Was acquired from Kansas City on 7/30. ARQUIMEDES CAMIERO BA AGAIST: 55-236.229 IHERITED RUERS/SCORED: 23/2 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 60/45 Has been scored upon in back-to-back games (2.0ip/3r) following his 17.1 scoreless innings streak from 7/25 to 8/29. Struck out a career-high six batters on 8/4 vs. the Cubs...Lost for the only time this season on 4/20 vs. the Cubs. Worked a career-high 3.0 scoreless innings in 15-inning game on 8/18...Has stranded each of his last 11 inherited runners. Leads all ational League rookie pitchers in appearances (60)...Has at least one strikeout in 10 of his last 13 appearances. JARED HUGHES Allowed two runs on three hits in his 1.0 inning of work in the 9th inning Friday...Has a 2.66 ERA (20.1ip/6er) when working multiple innings. BA AGAIST: 61-221.276 Has induced nine grounded into double plays this year...suffered his only loss on 5/2 at St. Louis. IHERITED RUERS/SCORED: 43/7 Has allowed just seven of his 43 inherited runners to score...his 65 appearances are one shy of his career high in 2012. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 65/45 Has been charged with just eight earned runs in his last 39 games (36.1ip)...Recorded his second win on 7/6 vs. San Diego. BOBBY LaFROMBOISE Retired each of the two batters he faced Wednesday night while also stranding his two inherited runners. BA AGAIST: 1-7.143 Stranded his inherited runner and retired the only batter he faced (Elian Herrera) in the eighth inning Tuesday at Milwaukee. IHERITED RUERS/SCORED: 3/0 Was recalled Tuesday from Indianapolis, where he went 1-2 with a 2.98 ERA (54.1ip/18er) and 52 strikeouts in 54 relief appearances. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 3/3 Has recorded a 1.59 ERA (5.2ip/1er) in nine appearances with the Pirates since 2014 (allowed his only run on 9/27/14 at Cincinnati). RADHAMES LIZ BA AGAIST: 22-80.275 IHERITED RUERS/SCORED: 0/0 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 13/5 Allowed one run in his 2.0 innings of work on a home run by Milwaukee s Domingo Santana Thursday night at Miller Park. Struck out two of the six batters he faced in 2.0 scoreless innings of work Tuesday night at Milwaukee. Was selected Tuesday from Indy, where he went 4-5 with a 1.40 ERA (64.1ip/10er) and 74 strikeouts in 16 appearances (10 starts). Recorded his lone win of the season on 4/23 vs. the Cubs at PC Park...Has at least one strikeout in 12 of his 13 games with Pittsburgh. MARK MELACO Surrendered a two-run homer to Colorado s ick Hundley but went on to record his Major League-leading 43rd save on 8/29. BA AGAIST: 50-227.220 Is 43-for-45 overall this year in save opportunities...has posted a 0.95 ERA (56.2ip/6er) in his last 57 appearances. IHERITED RUERS/SCORED: 14/3 Is fourth in the L in saves (76) since the beginning of last year...has allowed an earned run in just seven of his 64 appearances. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 64/44 Converted a club-record 35 consecutive saves before suffering blown save on 8/18...Had a club-record 10 saves in August. ROB SCAHILL Allowed one run on two hits in 0.1 inning Wednesday night in his first appearance with the Pirates since 6/25 vs. Cincinnati. BA AGAIST: 29-107.271 Was recalled from rehab assignment with Indianapolis and reinstated from the 15-day disabled list (right forearm tightness) Tuesday. IHERITED RUERS/SCORED: 6/1 Went 0-0 with a 2.31 ERA (11.2ip/3er) in a combined six games (two starts) on rehab with the GCL Pirates, Altoona and Indianapolis. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 25/19 Has pitched multiple innings in eight of his 25 games with Pittsburgh; his ERA in those multiple-inning games is 0.61 (14.2ip/1er). JOAKIM SORIA Allowed a pair of runs in his 0.2 innings Tuesday night...has allowed an earned run in three of his first 15 games with the Buccos. BA AGAIST: 11-45.244 Has retired the first batter in 14 of his first 15 appearances with the Pirates...Was acquired from Detroit on 7/30. IHERITED RUERS/SCORED: 3/0 Picked up his first ational League save on 8/2 in Cincinnati...Recorded his 200th career save on 7/22 vs. Seattle. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 15/14 Has surrendered one home run in his last 26 games (26.1ip)...Has been scored upon twice in his last eight appearances (7.1ip). TOY WATSO Allowed one of his two inherited runners to score on Friday at St. Louis but went on to work 0.1 scoreless inning. BA AGAIST: 46-220.209 Won his third game of the year on 8/28 vs. Colorado in Pittsburgh s last at bat win...has been scored upon once in last 10 road games. IHERITED RUERS/SCORED: 22/4 Has made 16 straight scoreless outings (15.2ip) after surrendering four runs in 0.1ip on 7/28 in Minnesota. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 62/44 Has posted a 13-3 record and 1.82 ERA (138.2ip/28er) in 141 appearances since the beginning of last season. 2015 Disabled List (15 players, 15 appearances) On Date Off ^Games Player (injury) DL Eligible DL Missed Brandon Cumpton (R elbow surgery) * 4/5 (retro to 3/27) 5/25 80-54 Jaff Decker (L calf strain) 4/5 (retro to 3/30) 4/15 4/18 4-6 Charlie Morton (R hip surgery) 4/5 4/21 5/25 21-22 Justin Sellers (L heel pain) * 4/5 (retro to 3/27) 5/25 7/24 55-40 Chris Stewart (R hamstring strain) 4/5 (retro to 3/27) 4/12 4/17 4-6 Andrew Lambo (L foot plantar fasciitis) * 5/6 (retro to 5/4) 7/4 68-40 Corey Hart (L shoulder impingement) * 6/24 (retro to 6/22) 8/21 --- 40-24 Rob Scahill (R forearm tightness) 6/26 7/11 9/1 39-19 Josh Harrison (L thumb surgery) 7/6 7/21 8/21 25-13 Gorkys Hernandez (L shoulder discomfort) 7/19 (retro to 7/13) 7/28 7/31 6-5 Jordy Mercer (L knee MCL sprain) 7/20 8/4 8/23 20-10 A.J. Burnett (R elbow inflammation) 7/31 8/15 21-12 Deolis Guerra (L knee inflammation) * 8/7 one --- 18-10 Travis Ishikawa (low back strain) 8/23 9/7 7-6 Casey Sadler (R elbow strain) * 9/1 one --- 1-4 * 60-day DL ^Team record in games missed

Pirates vs. Cardinals 2015 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Alvarez.286 42 12 3 8.256 293 75 18 58 Cervelli.273 44 12 0 2.273 44 12 0 2 Decker.000 0 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 0 Diaz.000 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 Florimon.000 2 0 0 0.000 2 0 0 0 Harrison.094 32 3 0 1.276 152 42 2 17 Kang.333 51 17 2 7.333 51 17 2 7 Marte.347 49 17 0 5.306 160 49 1 11 McCutchen.246 65 16 3 6.275 396 109 12 46 Mercer.212 52 11 0 6.230 148 34 3 14 Morse.286 7 2 0 0.352 88 31 5 16 Polanco.357 56 20 0 5.329 70 23 0 5 Ramirez.229 35 8 0 6.308 798 246 37 146 Rodriguez.387 31 12 0 1.361 36 13 0 1 Snider 1.000 1 1 0 2.239 67 16 0 5 Stewart.176 17 3 0 1.190 21 4 0 1 Walker.288 52 15 2 6.284 324 92 9 42 W-L-S ERA G IP ER W-L-S ERA G IP ER Bastardo 0-0-0 1.69 8 5.1 1 0-0-0 1.98 15 13.2 3 Blanton 0-0-0 0.00 4 5.2 0 3-2-0 4.11 13 57.0 26 Caminero 1-0-0 7.56 8 8.1 7 1-0-0 7.56 8 8.1 7 Cole 1-1-0 3.65 2 12.1 5 2-3-0 3.49 6 38.2 15 Happ 1-0-0 0.00 1 7.0 0 2-8-0 6.00 11 60.0 40 Hughes 1-1-0 4.77 8 5.2 3 2-3-1 3.06 26 32.1 11 LaFromboise 0-0-0 ---- 0 0.0 0 0-0-0 9.00 1 1.0 1 Liriano 1-1-0 3.71 4 26.2 11 5-2-0 2.58 12 76.2 22 Liz 0-1-0 5.40 2 3.1 2 0-1-0 5.40 2 3.1 2 Locke 0-2-0 4.32 3 16.2 8 2-4-0 3.98 8 43.0 19 Melancon 0-0-4 0.00 6 6.0 0 1-1-12 0.99 26 27.1 3 Morton 0-1-0 1.50 1 6.0 1 2-11-0 5.30 17 86.2 51 Scahill 1-1-0 1.93 3 4.2 1 2-1-0 4.00 7 9.0 4 Soria 0-0-1 9.00 3 2.0 2 0-0-7 1.20 15 15.0 2 Watson 0-0-0 0.96 9 9.1 1 3-0-0 1.38 36 39.0 6 2015 Walkoff Wins Date Player/Opponent Action 1. 6/12 Starling Marte vs. Philadelphia 13th inning single scored Chris Stewart 2. 6/14 Josh Harrison vs. Philadelphia 11th inning single scored eil Walker 3. 6/26 Jordy Mercer vs. Atlanta 10th inning double scored Andrew McCutchen 4. 7/6 Pedro Alvarez vs. San Diego 9th inning single scored Andrew McCutchen 5. 7/11 Andrew McCutchen vs. St. Louis 14th inning home run off ick Greenwood 6. 7/12 Gregory Polanco vs. St. Louis 10th inning single scored Jung Ho Kang 7. 8/7 Pedro Alvarez vs. Los Angeles 10th inning PH-single scored Jung Ho Kang 8. 8/18 Pedro Florimon vs. Arizona 15th inning triple scored Francisco Cervelli 9. 8/22 Starling Marte vs. San Francisco 9th inning home run off George Kontos 2015 Ejections Date Player/Coach Reason (Umpire) 1. 4/14 Clint Hurdle Discussing balls and strikes (David Rackley) 2. 6/14 Clint Hurdle Discussing balls and strikes (Cory Blaser) 3. 7/11 Francisco Cervelli Arguing non-strikeout on Mark Reynolds (Vic Carapazza) 4. 7/11 Clint Hurdle Arguing Cervelli ejection (Vic Carapazza) 5. 8/2 Sean Rodriguez Involvement in bench-clearing incident (Joe West) 6. 8/2 Mark Melancon Hitting a batter after warnings issued (DJ Reyburn) 7. 8/2 Clint Hurdle Automatic after warnings issued (DJ Reyburn) 8. 8/27 Francisco Cervelli Discussing balls and strikes (Alan Porter) Runs By Inning 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Xtra Total Bucs 75 65 46 52 78 68 65 52 50 17 567 Opps 69 55 56 54 51 49 65 44 38 13 493 THE LAST TIME... The Pirates Hit Back-to-Back HRs...9/1/15 at MIL (Ramirez & Kang); done 3 times in 2015 The Pirates Hit a Grand Slam... 4/21/14 vs. CI (Davis) The Pirates Hit an Inside-The-Park HR...9/10/14 @PHI (McCutchen) The Pirates Hit a Leadoff HR...8/7/15 vs. LA (Polanco); done 4 times in 2015 The Pirates Hit Back-to-Back HR s Leading Off Game... 9/20/13 vs. CI (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...5/21/13 vs. CHI (Snider) The Pirates Hit Three HR s in One Inning...7/1/15 @DET (Walker, Marte & Alvaez) 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 Inning...8/20/03 @STL (Sanders-2, Kendall & Giles) The Pirates Hit Six Home Runs in a Game... 4/14/14 @CI The Pirates Hit Seven Home Runs in a Game...8/20/03 @STL (club record, done 3 times)

Game Total Home Date o. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance APRIL (12-10) 6 1 at Cin L 2-5 0-1 T3-1.0 Diaz (1-0) Watson (0-1) Chapman (1) 43,633 8 2 at Cin L 4-5 (11) 0-2 4-2.0 Hoover (1-0) Liz (0-1) 30,859 9 3 at Cin L 2-3 0-3 T4-3.0 Chapman (1-0) Scahill (0-1) 15,616 10 4 at Mil W 6-2 1-3 4-3.0 Locke (1-0) Fiers (0-1) 27,373 11 5 at Mil L 0-6 1-4 T4-3.0 elson (1-0) Worley (0-1) 41,108 12 6 at Mil W 10-2 2-4 4-2.0 Sadler (1-0) Lohse (0-2) 39,017 13 7 DET W 5-4 3-4 4-1.5 Cole (1-0) Sanchez (1-1) * 39,933 39,933 14 8 DET L 0-2 3-5 4-2.0 Greene (2-0) Burnett (0-1) Soria (4) 31,755 71,688 15 9 DET L 0-1 3-6 4-2.5 Simon (2-0) Liriano (0-1) Soria (5) 19,509 91,197 17 10 MIL W 6-3 4-6 4-2.5 Worley (1-1) elson (1-1) Melancon (1) 25,664 116,861 18 11 MIL W 6-2 5-6 4-2.5 Locke (2-0) Lohse (0-3) 33,961 150,822 19 12 MIL W 5-2 6-6 3-2.5 Cole (2-0) Garza (1-2) Melancon (2) 28,129 178,951 20 13 CHI L 2-5 6-7 T3-3.0 Arrieta (2-1) Caminero (0-1) 11,777 190,728 21 14 CHI L 8-9 6-8 4-3.0 Jackson (1-0) Melancon (0-1) Rondon (3) 13,680 204,408 22 15 CHI W 4-3 7-8 4-3.0 Worley (2-1) Hammel (1-1) Watson (1) 15,101 219,509 23 16 CHI W 5-4 8-8 T3-3.0 Liz (1-1) Schlitter (0-2) Melancon (3) 22,224 241,733 24 17 at Ari W 4-1 9-8 3-3.0 Cole (3-0) Collmenter (1-3) Melancon (4) 24,427 25 18 at Ari W 2-1 10-8 3-3.0 Watson (1-1) Reed (0-1) Melancon (5) 38,859 26 19 at Ari W 8-0 11-8 3-2.0 Liriano (1-1) Hellickson (1-3) 32,353 27 20 at Chi L 0-4 11-9 3-2.0 Hammel (2-1) Worley (2-2) 29,159 28 21 at Chi L 2-6 11-10 3-3.0 Wood (2-1) Locke (2-1) 29,915 29 22 at Chi W 8-1 12-10 3-3.0 Cole (4-0) Hendricks (0-1) 30,634 MAY (14-14) 1 23 at Stl L 1-2 (10) 12-11 3-4.5 Choate (1-0) Scahill (0-2) 40,912 2 24 at Stl L 1-2 (11) 12-12 T3-5.5 Villanueva (3-1) Hughes (0-1) 45,095 3 25 at Stl L 2-3 (14) 12-13 T3-6.5 Socolovich (1-0) Liz (1-2) 44,382 5 26 CI L 1-7 12-14 4-8.0 Lorenzen (1-1) Locke (2-2) 16,822 258,555 6 27 CI L 0-3 12-15 4-8.0 Leake (2-1) Cole (4-1) Chapman (6) 16,527 275,082 7 28 CI W 7-2 13-15 4-8.0 Burnett (1-1) DeSclafani (2-3) 27,302 302,384 8 29 STL L 5-8 13-16 4-9.0 Wacha (5-0) Liriano (1-2) Rosenthal (11) 33,507 335,891 9 30 STL W 7-5 14-16 4-8.0 Scahill (1-2) Martinez (3-1) Melancon (6) *38,068 373,959 10 31 STL W 4-3 15-16 T3-7.0 Hughes (1-1) Harris (1-1) Melancon (7) 34,036 407,995 11 32 at Phi W 4-3 16-16 3-6.5 Cole (5-1) Williams (2-3) Melancon (8) 21,358 12 33 at Phi W 7-2 17-16 3-6.5 Burnett (2-1) O Sullivan (0-2) 20,393 13 34 at Phi L 2-3 17-17 T3-6.5 Hamels (3-3) Liriano (1-3) Papelbon (7) 29,576 14 35 at Phi L 2-4 17-18 4-7.5 Harang (4-3) Worley (2-3) Papelbon (8) 29,205 15 36 at Chi L 10-11 (12) 17-19 4-7.5 Jackson (2-1) Liz (1-3) 33,617 16 37 at Chi L 1-4 17-20 4-7.5 Lester (4-2) Cole (5-2) Wood (1) 38,883 17 38 at Chi W 3-0 18-20 T3-7.5 Burnett (3-1) Arrieto (4-4) Melancon (9) 36,289 19 39 MI L 5-8 18-21 T3-8.0 olasco (4-1) Liriano (1-4) Perkins (14) 22,357 430,352 20 40 MI L 3-4 (13) 18-22 T3-9.0 Duensing (2-0) Bastardo (0-1) Perkins (15) 21,718 452,070 22 41 Y W 4-1 19-22 3-7.5 Cole (6-2) Syndergaard (1-2) Melancon (10) 33,337 485,407 23 42 Y W 8-2 20-22 3-6.5 Burnett (4-1) Harvey (5-2) *39,385 524,792 24 43 Y W 9-1 21-22 3-6.5 Liriano (2-4) iese (3-5) *37,784 562,576 25 44 MIA W 4-2 22-22 3-6.5 Morton (1-0) Phelps (2-2) Melancon (11) 20,046 582,622 26 45 MIA W 5-1 23-22 3-6.5 Locke (3-2) Urena (0-1) 20,806 603,428 27 46 MIA W 5-2 24-22 3-6.5 Cole (7-2) Dyson (2-2) Melancon (12) 33,238 636,666 28 47 at SD W 11-5 25-22 3-6.0 Burnett (5-1) Kennedy (2-5) 23,104 29 48 at SD L 2-6 25-23 3-7.0 Kimbrel (1-1) Scahill(1-1) 28,317 30 49 at SD W 5-2 26-23 3-6.0 Morton (2-0) Ross (2-5) Melancon (13) 43,207 31 50 at SD L 1-7 26-24 3-7.0 Despaigne (3-3) Locke (3-3) 20,556 JUE (17-9) 1 51 at SF W 4-3 27-24 3-6.0 Cole (8-2) Vogelsong (4-3) Melancon (14) 41,546 2 52 at SF W 7-4 28-24 3-6.0 Burnett (6-1) Heston (5-4) Melancon (15) 41,913 3 53 at SF W 5-2 29-24 2-6.0 Liriano (3-4) Hudson (3-5) Melancon (16) 41,495 5 54 at Atl W 10-8 30-24 2-6.5 Morton (3-0) Avilan (2-1) Melancon (17) 27,508 6 55 at Atl L 4-5 30-25 2-6.5 Grilli (1-2) Worley (2-4) 33,268 7 56 at Atl W 3-0 31-25 2-6.5 Cole (9-2) Wood (4-3) Melancon (18) 24,146 8 57 MIL L 0-2 31-26 3-6.5 elson (3-6) Burnett (6-2) Rodriguez (11) 18,016 654,682 9 58 MIL L 1-4 31-27 3-6.5 Jungmann (1-0) Liriano (3-5) Rodriguez (12) 20,672 675,354 10 59 MIL W 2-0 32-27 3-6.5 Morton (4-0) Lohse (3-7) Melancon (19) 26,269 701,623 12 60 PHI W 1-0 (13) 33-27 2-6.5 Bastardo (1-1) McGowan (1-2) 33,749 735,372 13 61 PHI W 4-3 34-27 2-6.5 Cole (10-2) O Sullivan (1-5) Melancon (20) *37,516 772,888 14 62 PHI W 1-0 (11) 35-27 2-6.0 Bastardo (2-1) Papelbon (1-1)\ 34,518 807,406 15 63 CWS W 11-0 36-27 2-6.0 Liriano (4-5) Rodon (2-1) 24,536 831,942 16 64 CWS W 3-0 37-27 2-6.0 Morton (5-0) Quintana (3-7) Melancon (21) 28,413 860,355 17 65 at CWS W 3-2 38-27 2-5.0 Locke (4-3) Danks (3-7) Melancon (22) 19,194 18 66 at CWS W 3-2 39-27 2-4.0 Cole (11-2) Petricka (1-2) Melancon (23) 21,296 19 67 at Was L 1-4 39-28 2-5.0 Ross (2-1) Burnett (6-3) Storen (20) 38,935 20 68 at Was L 0-4 39-29 2-6.0 SCHERZER (8-5) Liriano (4-6) 41,104 21 69 at Was L 2-9 39-30 2-6.0 Gonzalez (5-4) Morton (5-1) 40,015 23 70 CI W 7-6 40-30 2-6.0 Scahill (2-3) Villarreal (0-2) Melancon (24) 26,949 887,304 24 71 CI L 2-5 40-31 2-7.0 Leake (5-4) Cole (11-3) Hoover (1) *37,659 924,963 25 72 CI L 4-5 (13) 40-32 2-8.0 Villarreal (1-2) Scahill (2-4) 35,015 959,978 26 73 ATL W 3-2 (10) 41-32 2-8.0 Melancon (1-1) Grilli (2-3) 34,220 994,198 27 74 ATL W 8-4 42-32 2-8.0 Morton (6-1) Teheran (5-4) 36,417 1,030,615 28 75 ATL L 1-2 42-33 2-9.0 Wood (5-5) Locke (4-4) Grilli (21) 36,082 1,066,697 30 76 at Det W 5-4 (14) 43-33 2-8.0 Guerra (1-0) Wilson (1-3) 33,899 JULY (17-9) 1 77 at Det W 9-3 44-33 2-7.0 Burnett (7-3) Simon (7-5) 31,351 2 78 at Det W 8-4 45-33 2-6.0 Liriano (5-6) Ryan (1-2) Melancon (25) 34,680 3 79 CLE L 2-5 45-34 2-6.0 Bauer (7-5) Morton (6-2) Allen (16) *38,840 1,105,537 4 80 CLE W 1-0 46-34 2-6.0 Locke (5-4) ADERSO (1-1) Melancon (26) *37,928 1,143,465 5 81 CLE W 5-3 47-34 2-6.0 Cole (12-3) Salazar (7-4) Melancon (27) *36,812 1,180,277 2015 PIRATES DAY BY DAY Game Total Home Date o. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance 6 82 SD W 2-1 48-34 2-6.0 Hughes (2-1) Maurer (5-2) 23,182 1,203,459 7 83 SD W 3-2 49-34 2-4.5 Watson (2-1) Benoit (5-4) Melancon (28) 21,887 1,225,346 8 84 SD W 5-2 50-34 2-4.5 Guerra (2-0) Cashner (3-10) Bastardo (1) 25,035 1,250,381 9 85 STL L 1-4 50-35 2-5.5 Martinez (10-3) Locke (5-5) Rosenthal (26) 35,183 1,285,564 10 86 STL W 5-2 51-35 2-4.5 Cole (13-3) Lynn (6-5) Melancon (29) *36,825 1,322,389 11 87 STL W 6-5 (14) 52-35 2-3.5 Worley (3-4) Greenwood (0-1) *37,318 1,359,707 12 88 STL W 6-5 (10) 53-35 2-2.5 Caminero (1-1) Rosenthal (1-2) 33,544 1,393,251 13-16 ALL-STAR BREAK 17 89 at Mil L 1-4 53-36 2-3.5 Fiers (5-7) Morton (6-3) Rodriguez (20) 32,363 18 90 at Mil L 5-8 53-37 2-4.5 elson (7-9) Worley (3-5) Rodriguez (21) 33,104 19 91 at Mil L 1-6 53-38 2-4.5 Jungmann (5-1) Locke (5-6) 33,835 20 92 at KC W 10-7 54-38 2-4.0 Burnett (8-3) Ventura (4-7) Melancon (30) 38,169 21 93 at KC L 1-3 54-39 2-5.0 Davis (6-1) Cole (13-4) Holland (21) 38,163 22 94 at KC L 1-5 54-40 2-6.0 Volquez (9-5) Morton (6-4) 39,105 23 95 WAS W 7-3 55-40 2-6.0 Liriano (6-6) Fister (3-6) *37,799 1,431,050 24 96 WAS W 7-5 56-40 2-6.0 Worley (4-5) Solis (1-1) Melancon (31) *38,371 1,469,421 25 97 WAS L 3-9 56-41 2-7.0 Gonzalez (8-4) Burnett (8-4) *38,185 1,507,606 26 98 WAS W 3-1 57-41 2-6.0 Cole (14-4) Ross (2-3) Melancon (32) *37,597 1,545,203 28 99 at Min W 8-7 58-41 2-5.5 Melancon (2-1) Perkins (0-3) 30,795 29 100 at Min W 10-4 59-41 2-4.5 Liriano (7-6) Santana (2-1) 37,273 30 101 at Cin L 5-15 59-42 2-5.5 Holmberg (1-0) Burnett (8-5) 35,715 31 102 at Cin W 5-4 60-42 2-5.5 Locke (6-6) Lorenzen (3-6) Melancon (33) 35,088 AUGUST (19-8) 1 103 at Cin L 3-4 60-43 2-5.5 Iglesias (2-3) Cole (14-5) Chapman (22) 42,284 2 104 at Cin W 3-0 61-43 2-5.5 Morton (7-4) Sampson (0-1) Soria (1) 39,596 3 CHI 61-43 2-5.5 PPD - RAI 4 105 CHI L 0-5 61-44 2-5.5 Arrieta (12-6) Happ (0-1) 34,993 1,580,196 5 106 CHI W 7-5 62-44 2-5.5 Bastardo (3-1) Wood (5-4) Melancon (34) 35,759 1,615,955 7 107 LA W 5-4 (10) 63-44 2-6.0 Bastardo (4-1) Johnson (2-4) *39,404 1,655,359 8 108 LA W 6-5 64-44 2-6.0 Blanton (1-0) Latos (4-8) Melancon (35) *38,981 1,694,340 9 109 LA W 13-6 65-44 2-5.0 Caminero (2-1) Johnson (0-2) *37,094 1,731,434 11 110 at Stl L 3-4 65-45 2-6.0 Martinez (12-4) Locke (6-7) Rosenthal (34) 41,273 12 111 at Stl L 2-4 65-46 2-7.0 Wacha (14-4) Cole (14-6) Rosenthal (35) 41,493 13 112 at Stl W 10-5 66-46 2-6.0 Liriano (7-6) Lynn (9-7) 41,501 14 113 at Y W 3-2 (10) 67-46 2-6.0 Caminero (3-1) Parnell (1-2) Melancon (36) 38,495 15 114 at Y W 5-3 (14) 68-46 2-6.0 Blanton (2-0) Gillmartin (1-1) Melancon (37) 38,878 16 115 at Y W 8-1 69-46 2-5.0 Caminero (4-1) Parnell (1-3) 40,250 17 116 ARI L 1-4 69-47 2-6.0 Hellickson (9-8) Cole (14-7) Ziegler (21) 27,365 1,758,799 18 117 ARI W 9-8 (15) 70-47 2-5.0 Blanton (3-0) Hessler (0-1) 24,975 1,783,774 19 118 ARI W 4-1 71-47 2-5.0 Happ (1-1) Ray (3-9) Melancon (38) 32,088 1,815,862 20 119 SF W 4-0 72-47 2-4.5 Morton (8-4) Peavy (3-6) *36,671 1,852,533 21 120 SF L 4-6 72-48 2-4.5 Bumgarner (15-6) Locke (6-8) Casilla (30) *37,692 1,890,225 22 121 SF W 3-2 73-48 2-3.5 Melancon (3-1) Kontos (2-2) *38,259 1,928,484 23 122 SF W 5-2 74-48 2-3.5 Liriano (9-6) Vogelsong (9-9) Melancon (39) 31,364 1,959,848 24 123 at Mia W 5-2 75-48 2-3.5 Happ (2-1) Koehler (8-12) Melancon (40) 17,644 25 124 at Mia L 2-5 75-49 2-4.5 Hand (4-3) Morton (8-5) Ramos (22) 17,371 26 125 at Mia W 7-2 76-49 2-4.5 Locke (7-8) arveson (1-1) 16,560 27 126 at Mia W 2-1 77-49 2-4.5 Cole (15-7) icolino (2-2) Melancon (41) 19,950 28 127 COL W 5-3 78-49 2-3.5 Watson (3-1) Oberg (3-5) Melancon (42) 32,607 1,992,455 29 128 COL W 4-3 79-49 2-3.5 Happ (3-1) Rusin (4-7) Melancon (43) 35,838 2,028,293 30 129 COL L 0-5 79-50 2-4.5 De La Rosa (8-6) Morton (8-6) 36,271 2,064,564 SEPTEMBER (1-4) 1 130 at Mil L 4-7 79-51 2-6.0 elson (11-10) Cole (15-8) Rodriguez (32) 18,468 2 131 at Mil L 4-9 79-52 2-6.0 Jeffress (4-0) Locke (7-9) 24,521 3 132 at Mil L 3-5 79-53 2-6.5 Jungmann (9-5) Liriano (9-7) Rodriguez (33) 22,424 4 133 at Stl W 9-3 80-53 2-5.5 Happ (4-1) Martinez (13-7) 44,338 5 134 at Stl L 1-4 80-54 2-6.5 Garcia (8-4) Morton (8-7) 45,139 6 135 at Stl 7 136 at Cin 8 137 at Cin 9 138 at Cin 10 139 MIL 11 140 MIL 12 141 MIL 13 142 MIL 15 143 CHI 15 144 CHI 16 145 CHI 17 146 CHI 18 147 at LA 19 148 at LA 20 149 at LA 21 150 at Col 22 151 at Col 23 152 at Col 24 153 at Col 25 154 at Chi 26 155 at Chi 27 156 at Chi 28 157 STL 29 158 STL 30 159 STL 2 160 CI 3 161 CI 4 162 CI OCTOBER (0-0) STARTS BY POSITIOS AD BATTIG ORDER 1B - Alvarez (61-40), Rodriguez (8-4), Morse (5-4), Hart (3-4), Ishikawa (3-2) 2B - Walker (69-45), Harrison (8-9), Rodriguez (3-0) 3B - Harrison (29-23), Kang (29-17), Ramirez (18-13), Rodriguez (3-0), Morel (1-1) SS - Mercer (49-34), Kang (29-19), Florimon (2-1) LF - Marte (66-45), Rodriguez (6-1), Ishikawa (4-0), Harrison (2-2), Polanco (0-3), Decker (1-2), Tabata (1-0), Lambo (0-1) CF - McCutchen (76-48), Marte (3-6), Polanco (1-0) RF - Polanco (69-40), Harrison (5-3), Rodriguez (2-5), Tabata (3-1), Hart (0-3), Lambo (1-1), Hernandez (0-1) C - Cervelli (56-45), Stewart (23-8), Sanchez (1-1) DH - Alvarez (4-1), McCutchen (2-1), Hart (1-0), Cervelli (1-0) BOLD - COMPLETE GAME *home sellout (21) 1st - Polanco (44-31), Harrison (35-23), Mercer (1-0) 2nd - Walker (27-16), Marte (28-17), Polanco (13-8), Harrison (2-6), Mercer (5-2), Kang (2-1), Cervelli (1-2), Lambo (1-1), Rodriguez (0-1), Tabata (1-0) 3rd - McCutchen (77-49), Walker (1-3), Polanco (2-0), Marte (0-2) 4th - Marte (28-20), Walker (18-13), Ramirez (18-13), Kang (15-6), Hart (0-2), McCutchen (1-0) 5th - Kang (33-21), Marte (13-13), Alvarez (14-8), Cervelli (7-6), Walker (6-1), Harrison (3-2), Hart (1-2), Mercer (2-0), Rodriguez (1-0), Ishikawa (0-1) 6th - Alvarez (38-24), Cervelli (12-8), Walker (9-8), Kang (3-4), Mercer (5-2), Morse (4-3), Harrison (2-2), Tabata (2-1), Hart (0-2), Ishikawa (1-1), Polanco (1-1), Marte (1-0), Rodriguez (1-0), Tabata (1-0) 7th - Cervelli (25-19), Alvarez (13-9), Mercer (10-4), Polanco (7-4), Rodriguez (8-3), Harrison (2-5), Walker (5-2), Kang (4-2), Ishikawa (3-0), Stewart (1-1), Hart (1-1), Morse (1-1), Morel (0-1), Lambo (0-1), Decker (0-1) 8th - Mercer (26-26), Stewart (20-7), Cervelli (12-10), Rodriguez (10-5), Walker (2-1), Kang (1-2), Ishikawa (1-1), Polanco (2-0), Florimon (2-0), Sanchez (1-1), Hart (1-0), Hernandez (0-1), Decker (0-1), Morel (1-0) 9th - Pitcher (71-52), Rodriguez (3-1), Stewart (2-0), Polanco (1-0), Florimon (0-1), Decker (1-0), Ishikawa (1-0) MOST RECET TRASACTIOS 9/2 Pedro Florimon (IF) selected from Bristol...Deolis Guerra (RHP) transferred to 60-day D.L. 9/1 Rob Scahill (RHP) recalled from rehab assignment with Indianapolis and reinstated from D.L...Jaff Decker (OF) recalled from Indianapolis...Elias Diaz (C) recalled from Indianapolis...Bobby LaFromboise (LHP) recalled from Indianapolis...Radhames Liz (RHP) selected from Indianapolis...Travis Snider (OF) selected from Indianapolis...Casey Sadler (RHP) reinstated from minor league disabled list, recalled to Pittsburgh and placed on 60-day D.L. 8/23 Jordy Mercer (IF) recalled from rehab assignment with Indianapolis and reinstated from D.L...Travis Ishikawa (1B/OF) placed on 15-day D.L. 8/21 Josh Harrison (IF/OF) recalled from rehab assignment with Indianapolis and reinstated from D.L...Josh Wall (RHP) designated for assignment. 8/20 Corey Hart (OF/1b) began rehab assignment with Indianapolis. 8/19 Josh Wall (RHP) selected from Indianapolis...Pedro Florimon (IF) designated for assignment. 8/16 Rob Scahill (RHP) had rehab assignment transferred to Indianapolis. 8/11 Josh Harrison (IF) and Jordy Mercer (IF) began rehab assignment with Indianapolis...Rob Scahill (RHP) had rehab assignment transferred to Altoona.