POSTGAME NOTES (35-40) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (33-40) Saturday, June 24, 2017

R H E Starting (Pitch Count) Pitcher of Record Pittsburgh 7 6 0 Gerrit Cole (99 pitches/59 strikes) WIN: Gerrit Cole (6-6) St. Louis 3 8 0 (97 pitches/58 strikes) LOSS: Lance Lynn (5-5) :

First Pitch: 6:16 p.m. Gametime Temperature: 79° – Clear Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 46,735 (Sellout #12)

Cardinals Notes  Lance Lynn made his 15th start of the season, second against the Pirates in 2017 (1-1) and 19th career start (21st app) vs. the Pirates (6-6)…has allowed 18 home runs this season his single-season high; 6 HR in his last two starts…entered tonight’s game 4- 0 against N.L. Central opponents…entered on a 12.0 inning scoreless streak against the Pirates, snapped in 1st inning…posted his longest outing since 5/23 at LAD (8.0 IP) tossing 5.2 innings…has allowed 14 runs in his last two starts (10.1 IP; 12.19 ERA), allowing a season-high seven runs in each start.  Lance Lynn his 4th career , with a ground-rule shot into the Cardinals bullpen.  Matt Carpenter hits his 13th career lead-off home and his first of the 2017 season…hit his 17th career in the 1st inning, tied with the 3rd inning for his most in any inning…Cardinals are 10-3 when Carpenter hits a lead-off home run.  John Brebbia hit the first two batters he faced in relief, the first Cardinals pitcher since Randy Choate hit Adam Eaton and Adam LaRoche vs. CWS (7/1/15).  Aledmys Díaz is 6-for-8 (.750) in his career as a pinch-hitter (3-for-4 this season).  Sam Tuivailala made his 6th career appearance of 2.0 innings (ties career-high)…and struck out three (ties career high) for the first time since 9/18/15 at CHI.  Stephen Piscotty recorded his 150th career RBI on a two-RBI single in the 9th inning…extended his to six games (7- 21, .333).  The Cardinals have homered in 13 straight games, beginning today with the 2nd-longest active streak behind the (15), and the 12th longest streak in MLB for the season…lost five straight home games for first time since 6/14-30/2016 when they dropped seven straight…are 13-21 against N.L. Central opponents…have surrendered 36 home runs in the month of June, entered today with the 3rd-most allowed in the N.L. this month behind the Mets (41) and Reds (38)…are 26-10 when out- hitting opponents.

Pirates Notes  Gerrit Cole made his 16th start of the season, second against the Cardinals in 2017 (1-1) and 12th career regular season start vs. the Cardinals (6-4)…has run his win streak to three; tying Wade LeBlanc for the longest win streak by a Pirates pitcher this season…allowed just one run in each of his last three starts (3-0/1.35 ERA/3 ER/20.0 IP)…is 4-1 in the month of June, marking his first 4-1 month since Sept. 2015…surrendered his 8th career home run to the Cardinals, his most of any MLB team.  David Freese has reached base safely in all 15 games he has started against St. Louis (appeared in 19).  has reached base safely in each of his last 20 road games.  Jordy Mercer recorded his first home run and RBI of the season vs. STL…first game with two extra base hits since 6/2 at NYM.  Andrew McCutchen posted his 10th multi-hit game in the month of June after posting nine in April and May combined.  Chris Stewart received his first intentional walk of the season.  Jhan Mariñez has not allowed a run (only 2 hits) in his last five appearances (4.2 IP). CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE…

 The Pirates challenged the safe call at 2nd base in the 9th inning. Call overturned (Time: 1:33).  The Pirates clinched their first winning road trip of the season (4-2, 1 game to play)…have homered in nine straight games, their longest streak since 12 straight in 2015…are 10-2 on Saturday this season…are 13-2 in games which they hit two or more home runs…are 9-33 when out-hit by opponents.

Home Runs STL – Matt Carpenter #14 (1st inn., 0 on, 0 out, 3-2 count, off Gerrit Cole) – 384 feet (88th career HR) *Lead-off HR* PIT – Jordy Mercer #7 (4th inn., 1 on, 2 out, 2-1 count, off Lance Lynn) – 375 feet (42nd career HR) PIT – Josh Harrison #9 (5th inn., 0 on, 2 out, 2-1 count, off Lance Lynn) – 366 feet (37th career HR)