BALTIMORE ORIOLES (7-12-1) Vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (9-10-1
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BALTIMORE ORIOLES (7-12-1) vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (9-10-1) March 22, 2021 - LECOM Park in Bradenton, FL UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS DATE OPP. STARTING PITCHERS TIME RADIO / TV Pittsburgh: Mitch Keller (R), Trevor Cahill 3/23 vs. Min RHP Griffin Jax vs. RHP Chase De Jong 1:05 p.m. AT&T (R), Duane Underwood, Jr. (R), Chris Stratton (R), Luis Oviedo (R) 3/24 vs. Atl RHP Ian Anderson vs. RHP JT Brubaker 1:05 p.m. AT&T 3/25 at Bal TBA vs. TBA 6:05 p.m. KDKA 100.1 FM-1020AM Baltimore: John Means (L), Fernando Abad 3/26 vs. Det TBA vs. TBA 1:05 p.m. AT&T (L), Isaac Mattson (R), Jay Flaa (R), Mickey 3/27 vs. Bos TBA vs. TBA 1:05 p.m. 93.7 FM The Fan/AT&T Jannis (R), Spenser Watkins (R) TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Mitch Keller (24-year-old righthander) is making his fourth official start of the spring today...Gave up 10 hits and eight runs in 2.0ip and suffered a loss in his last start on 3/17 vs. Rays...Allowed two runs in 2.0+ innings of work on 3/11 vs. Orioles...Threw 39 pitches/2.0 innings in a live BP/sim game at LECOM Park on 3/6...Gave up two runs on three hits in his first start on 3/1 at Blue Jays...Went 1-1 with a 2.91 ERA (21.2ip/7er) in five starts during the abbreviated 2020 season...Finished the season by tossing 11.0 no-hit innings over two starts; the first N.L. pitcher to have back-to-back no-hit outings of 5+ innings since Johnny Vander Meer in 1938...Entered 2020 campaign ranked as the Pirates No. 1 prospect by MLB.Com and Baseball America for the third straight year. IN THE BOOTH: Former Bucco closer Matt Capps is scheduled to make his broadcasting debut tonight alongside Joe Block in the radio booth...Capps is expected to spend the final week of spring training alternating between the radio and television booths. PIRATES GOLD: The Pirates have 159 hits this spring, ranking second among all Grapefruit League teams behind Boston (160)...The Pirates have recorded 15 stolen bases and rank tied for fourth among Grapefruit League teams in that department...The Bucs share the Major League lead in triples (seven)...The Pirates have gone 5-4 at LECOM Park and 4-6-1 on the road...Anthony Alford has five hits in his last 11 bats, including a home run and a double...Wilmer Difo has reached base safely in eight straight games, hitting safley in seven-of-eight...Dustin Fowler has reached base safely in five of his first seven games...Adam Frazier has reached base safely in all eight of his games, going 15-for- 26 (.577) with a walk...Todd Frazier shares the team lead in home runs (three)...Ke’Bryan Hayes leads all qualifying MLB players in batting average (.441), doubles (six) and extra-base hits (nine)...Colin Moran homered Wednesday and has reached base safely in six of his last seven games...Kevin Newman has reached base safely in 16 of his first 21 plate appearances, going 11-for-16 with five walks...Gregory Polanco has tallied six hits in his last 16 at bats; he has two home runs and a team-high eight RBI in his first eight games...Bryan Reynolds homered on Sunday and has reached base safely in each of his first 11 games...Beginning today, the Pirates are scheduled to play six of their final nine games at home and two of the road games are in nearby Sarasota. ROSTER BREAKDOWN STREAKS TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS 52 active players in camp (17 NRI): Pittsburgh: Chase De Jong (R), Miguel Yajure (R), Current Streak............................3 Losses Kyle Crick (R), Michael Feliz (R), Sam Howard (L) 28 pitchers (7 NRI) Last 5 games .....................................1-4-0 Minnesota: Griffin Jax (R), Josh Winder (R), Matt 5 catchers (3 NRI) Last 10 games ..................................3-7-0 Canterino (R), Luke Farrell (R), Derek Law (R), 11 infielders (4 NRI) Charlie Barnes (L) 8 outfielders (3 NRI) DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHERS OF RECORD (W/L/S) ATTENDANCE HOME ATT./AVG. 2/28 at Orioles W 6-4 1-0-0 Chad Kuhl (1-0)/Thomas Eshelman/Shea Spitzbarth (1) 1,705 3/1 at Blue Jays T 2-2 1-0-1 -------------------------- N/A 3/2 vs. Tigers L 1-6 1-1-1 Casey Mize/JT Brubaker (0-1) 1,507 1,507/1,507 3/3 at Rays L 1-3 1-2-1 Josh Fleming/Miguel Yajure (0-1) 1,127 3/4 vs. Braves W 6-1 2-2-1 Chasen Shreve (1-0)/Chad Sobotka 1,575 3,082/1,541 3/5 at Phillies L 0-3 2-3-1 Chase Anderson/Chad Kuhl (1-1)/Jo Jo Romero 2,045 3/6 vs. Yankees W 3-2 3-3-1 Carson Fulmer (1-0)/Jhoulys Chacin/Shea Spitzbarth (2) 1,622 4,704/1,568 3/7 vs. Orioles W 13-1 4-3-1 JT Brubaker (1-1)/John Means 1,749 6,453/1,613 3/8 OFF DAY 3/9 at Braves W 10-1 5-3-1 Steven Brault (1-0)/Drew Smyly 1,756 3/10 at Yankees (6:35) L 5-6 5-4-1 Mike King/Blake Cederlind (0-1) 2,428 3/11 vs. Orioles W 7-5 6-4-1 Roansy Contreras (1-0)/Evan Phillips/Clay Holmes (1) 1,623 8,076/1,615 3/12 vs. Blue Jays W 2-1 7-4-1 Chase De Jong (1-0)/Thomas Hatch/James Marvel (1) 1,706 9,782/1,630 3/13 at Yankees L 5-7 7-5-1 Corey Kluber/JT Brubaker (1-2)/Luis Cessa 2,491 3/14 vs. Phillies L 5-6 7-6-1 Matt Moore/Steven Brault (1-1)/Jo Jo Romero 1,763 11,545/1,649 3/15 at Orioles L 3-12 7-7-1 Shawn Armstrong/Quinn Priester (0-1)/Keegan Akin 1,741 3/16 at Twins W 4-2 8-7-1 Chad Kuhl (2-1)/Jose Berrios 2,594 3/17 vs. Rays L 9-10 8-8-1 Tyler Glasnow/Mitch Keller (0-1)/Chris Mazza 1,743 13,288/1,661 3/18 OFF DAY 3/19 vs. Orioles (6:05) L 9-11 8-9-1 Wade LeBlanc/Sam Howard (0-1)/Eric Hanhold 1,759 15,047/1,672 3/20 at Tigers L 1-3 8-10-1 Tyler Alexander/Richard Rodríguez (0-1)/Bryan Garcia 2,136 3/21 at Red Sox W 9-3 9-10-1 Wil Crowe (1-0)/Nick Pivetta 1,910 3/22 vs. Orioles 3/23 vs. Twins 3/24 vs. Braves 3/25 at Orioles (6:05) 3/26 vs. Tigers 3/27 vs. Red Sox 3/28 at Orioles 3/29 vs. Twins 3/30 at Twins 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) #31 TYLER ANDERSON (LHP) #32 GEOFF HARTLIEB (RHP) DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO #62 SEAN POPPEN (RHP) 3/4 vs. Atl * --- 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 3/6 vs. NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/10 at NYY * --- 3.0 8 5 5 0 2 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/2 vs. Det --- 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 3/15 at Bal * --- 4.0 6 2 2 0 7 3/13 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/5 at Phi --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/20 at Det * --- 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 3/16 at Min --- 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 3/9 at Atl --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3/19 vs. Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 3/12 vs. Tor --- 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 #51 DAVID BEDNAR (RHP) 3/16 at Min --- 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO #52 CLAY HOLMES (RHP) 3/21 at Bos --- 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 3/1 at Tor --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/4 vs. Atl --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 2/28 at Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 #48 RICHARD RODRÍGUEZ (RHP) 3/7 vs. Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 3/4 vs. Atl --- 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 3/7 vs. Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/7 vs. Bal --- 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 3/13 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/11 vs. Bal SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 3/16 at Min --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/14 vs.