PITTSBURGH PIRATES Vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS
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PITTSBURGH PIRATES vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS March 18, 2018 - Dunedin Stadium in Dunedin, FL TODAY: The Pirates are playing two games; a 1:07 affair against the Blue Jays in Dunedin and a 1:05 tilt against the Red Sox in Bradenton...Steven Brault is scheduled to start at Dunedin Stadium against Toronto’s J.A. Happ (LHP)...Richard Rodriguez, John Stilson, Casey Sadler and Jordan Milbrath are slated to pitch for the Bucs... Tyler Glasnow is expected to start at LECOM Park against Boston’s Brian Johnson (LHP)...Dovydas Neverauskas, Mitch Keller and Kyle Crick are also expected to pitch for the Bucs south of the Skyway Bridge. STEVEN BRAULT: The 26-year-old lefthander is making his fourth appearance/third start of the spring this afternoon...Most recently threw 20 pitches during a live BP session on 3/12...Was the starter and winner on 3/9 at Phillies (2.2ip/5h/3r/2er/0bb/1so)...Retired all six batters he faced in relief on 3/4 at Twins and picked up the win... Also tossed 2.0 hitless innings in his start on 2/27 at Braves...Was named Pittsburgh’s Minor League Pitcher-of-the-Year in 2017 after going 10-5 with an International League-leading 1.94 ERA in 21 games (20 starts)...Was also named the league’s Most Valuable Pitcher and the starting pitcher on the postseason All-Star team...Made 11 appearances (four starts) with the Pirates and went 1-0 with a 4.67 ERA; won his first Major League game on 9/11 at Milwaukee. TOMORROW: The Pirates are scheduled to play the Twins in Bradenton at 1:05...Nick Kingham is expected to start for Pittsburgh against Minnesota’s Tyler Duffy (RHP)... Michael Feliz and Josh Smoker are also scheduled to pitch for the Bucs. THE ROSTER: There are currently 48 active players in Major League camp (24 pitchers, 5 catchers, 12 infielders and 7 outfielders), including 13 non-roster players...RHP Nick Burdi (right elbow surgery on 5/31/17) is currently on the 60-day disabled list...Daniel Nava is out of action for 10-12 weeks after undergoing back surgery on 2/27. IF IT’S SUNDAY, WE MUST BE IN DUNEDIN: The Pirates and Blue Jays met last Sunday in Dunedin and are playing here again today...The clubs are scheduled to play again next Sunday at Dunedin Stadium. PIRATES GOLD: The Pirates have homered in 13 of their last 14 games and have hit 34 this spring; the highest total among all teams in the Grapefruit League...Josh Bell homered on Friday and has hit safely in four of his last five games...Francisco Cervelli has homered in back-to-back games and has eight hits in his last 13 at bats... Elias Díaz has homered three times in his last 13 at bats...Corey Dickerson has seven hits in his last 17 at bats after going hitless in his first six Grapefruit League at bats...Adam Frazier has collected 12 hits in his last 23 at bats...Josh Harrison has hit safely in his last three games and has six hits in his last 19 at bats (.316)... George Kontos has struck out at least one batter in each of his first five appearances (8 K’s in 4.2ip)...Starling Marte has reached base safely in nine of his 10 games this spring and has 12 hits in his last 29 at bats (.414)...Colin Moran is hitting .370 (10-for-27) over his last eight games...José Osuna is hitting .355 (11-for-31) in 16 games this spring and leads the team in RBI (12)...Gregory Polanco has reached base safely in eight straight games and has produced seven hits in his last 14 at bats... Sean Rodríguez leads the team with four homer runs and has reached base safely in nine of 11 games overall. DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHERS OF RECORD (W/L/S) ATTENDANCE HOME ATT./AVG. 2/23 at Rays L 3-6 0-1 Austin Pruitt/Alex McRae (0-1)/Edwin Fierro 5,141 2/24 vs. Yankees L 1-4 0-2 J.P. Feyereisen/Richard Rodríguez (0-1)/Jonathan Holder (sellout) 7,814 7,814/7,814 2/25 at Tigers T 8-8 0-2-1 --------------------- 4,729 2/26 vs. Red Sox L 2-13 0-3-1 Justin Haley/Ivan Nova (0-1) 5,556 13,370/6,685 2/27 at Braves T 3-3 0-3-2 --------------------- 3,220 2/28 at Red Sox L 3-4 0-4-2 Robby Scott/Kyle Crick (0-1)/Kyle Hart 9,356 3/1 vs. Blue Jays W 4-1 1-4-2 Clay Holmes (1-0)/Chris Rowley/John Stilson (1) 5,057 18,427/6,142 3/2 at Orioles L 8-10 1-5-2 Asher Wojciechowski/Damien Magnifico (0-1)/Donnie Hart 5,265 3/3 vs. Phillies W 4-3 2-5-2 John Stilson (1-0)/Brandon Leibrandt/Brett McKinney (1) 5,762 24,189/6,047 3/4 at Twins W 9-3 3-5-2 Steven Brault (1-0)/Anibal Sanchez 8,386 3/5 at Braves L 5-7 3-6-2 Brandon McCarthy/Chad Kuhl (0-1)/Miguel Socolovich 4,224 3/6 OFF DAY 3/7 at Blue Jays L 3-14 3-7-2 J.A. Happ/Tyler Glasnow (0-1) 3,052 3/8 vs. Tigers W 8-3 4-7-2 Felipe Rivero (1-0)/Daniel Stumpf 7,124 31,313/6,263 3/9 at Phillies W 5-4 5-7-2 Steven Brault (2-0)/Jared Eickhoff/Alex McRae (1) 7,713 3/10 vs. Braves L 1-15 5-8-2 Mike Foltynewicz/Trevor Williams (0-1) 4,935 36,248/6,041 at Orioles L 5-13 5-9-2 Jayson Aquino/Chad Kuhl (0-2) 6,197 3/11 at Blue Jays W 5-0 6-9-2 Clay Holmes (2-0)/Joe Biagini 4,752 3/12 vs. Orioles L 5-8 6-10-2 Dylan Bundy/Dovydas Neverauskas (0-1)/Mike Wright, Jr. 5,523 41,771/5,967 3/13 OFF DAY 3/14 vs. Rays L 3-9 6-11-2 Yonny Chirinos/Ivan Nova (0-2) 6,218 47,989/5,999 3/15 at Yankees L 5-9 6-12-2 Sonny Gray/Brett McKinney (0-1)/Benn Heller 10,146 3/16 vs. Braves W 12-9 7-12-2 Jameson Taillon (1-0)/Aaron Blair/Tyler Eppler (1) 5,841 53,830/5,981 3/17 vs. Twins W 13-5 8-12-2 Chad Kuhl (1-2)/Phil Hughes 5,868 59,698/5,970 3/18 vs. Red Sox at Blue Jays 3/19 vs. Twins 3/20 at Red Sox 3/21 at Twins (6:05) 3/22 vs. Blue Jays (6:05) 3/23 vs. Phillies 3/24 vs. Rays 3/25 at Blue Jays 3/26 vs. Phillies 3/27 at Phillies WORLD CHAMPIONS 1909 • 1925 • 1960 • 1971 • 1979 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1927 N.L. DIVISION CHAMPIONS 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1975 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 N.L. WILD CARD 2013 • 2014 • 2015 PITCHING DAY BY DAYS (players still in camp - * denotes game started) STEVEN BRAULT CHAD KUHL CASEY SADLER DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/27 * at Atl -- 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 2/28 * at Bos -- 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2/23 at TB -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/4 at Min W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/5 * at Atl L (0-1) 2.1 5 3 3 2 3 2/25 at Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/9 * at Phi W 2-0) 2.2 5 3 2 0 1 3/10 * at Bal L (0-2) 2.1 7 8 8 3 3 2/28 at Bos -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/12 THREW LIVE BP (20 pitches) 3/17 * vs. Min W (1-2) 4.1 5 3 3 1 2 3/9 at Phi -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/11 at Tor -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 KYLE CRICK BRETT McKINNEY 3/14 vs. TB -- 1.1 3 1 0 0 1 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/24 vs. NYY -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2/23 at TB -- 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2/28 at Bos L (0-1) 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 2/27 at Atl -- 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 EDGAR SANTANA 3/3 vs. Phi -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/3 vs. Phi SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/8 vs. Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/8 vs. Det -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 2/25 at Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/10 vs. Atl -- 0.2 1 3 3 1 0 3/11 at Tor -- 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 2/28 at Bos -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/12 vs.