PITTSBURGH PIRATES (3-5) vs. BOSTON RED SOX (4-4) APRIL 13, 2017 at Fenway Park, BOSTON, MA --- GAME #9/ROAD #3 RHP CHAD KUHL (1-0, 3.60 ERA) vs. LHP EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ (0-1, 7.20 ERA) THE PIRATES...arrived in Boston this morning at 12:50 after losing a 9-2 decision to the Reds in Pittsburgh Wednesday night...Lost three straight to Cincinnati after sweeping the Braves over the weekend at PNC Park...Began the season with a 5-3 loss to the Red Sox in Boston on 4/3...Also suffered a 3-0 loss in 12 innings at Fenway Park on 4/5 before being rained out last Thursday afternoon...Had a 5-3 record after eight games last season (5-4 after nine). BUCS WHEN... ROAD TRIP BEGINS: Today’s tilt with the Bosox marks the beginning of a seven-game, three-city road trip for the Pirates... The trip also includes three games against the Cubs in Chicago beginning tomorrow afternoon and concludes with three in St. Last five games ................ 2-3 Louis beginning Monday night...Pittsburgh posted a 40-41 record away from home last season. Last ten games ................. 3-5 KUHL RUNNINGS: RHP Chad Kuhl is making his second start of the season today after winning his season debut Saturday night vs. Atlanta...Pittsburgh’s ninth-round pick in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft, Kuhl made his Major League debut with Leading after 6 .................2-0 the Pirates last year during a nationally-televised ESPN broadcast on 6/26 and won a 4-3 decision over Clayton Kershaw and Tied after 6 ....................0-2 the Dodgers...He won his first three big league decisions and the Bucs were victorious in each of his first six starts. Trailing after 6 ..................1-3 YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR FIRST: Bucco backstop Chris Stewart made his Major League debut at Fenway Park while playing with the White Sox on 9/6/10...He pinch-hit for Jim Thome and grounded out in his only at bat that day. Leading after 7 .................2-0 GOLDEN BOYS: Not only did Andrew McCutchen and Baltimore’s Adam Jones collectively earn Gold Medals with Team USA Tied after 7 .................... 0-1 at the World Baseball Classic this past March, but the two players are also tied for first among all Major League outfielders in hits since the start of the 2010 season...McCutchen has collected his 1182 hits in 1076 games; Jones doing so in 1063 games. Trailing after 7 ................. 1-4 HISTORY TRIP: After playing in Major League Baseball’s oldest ballpark today, 105-year-old Fenway Park, the Pirates will Leading after 8 .................2-0 be playing in 103-year-old Wrigley Field tomorrow afternoon...Aside from the Red Sox and Cubs, only three other clubs have Tied after 8 .................... 0-1 played games in back-to-back days in both historic venues; the Braves last year on April 28-29, the Brewers in 2011 on June 16-17 and the Phillies in 1998 on June 21-22 (courtesy Elias Sports Bureau). Trailing after 8 ................. 1-4 AND THEN THERE WAS ONE: The Bradenton Marauders, Pittsburgh’s entry in the Florida State League, is the only undefeated Scoring first ................... 1-0 team in professional baseball...The defending FSL champs improved to 7-0 following their victory last night. Opp. score first ................. 2-5 NIGHT & DAY: Beginning this afternoon in Boston, the Pirates are scheduled to play four straight day games...After the first eight games of the season, the Bucs are batting .294 (30-for-102) with 14 runs scored in three games played in the afternoon Scoring 4+ ....................3-0 and .186 (32-for-172) with 11 runs in their five night games. Scoring less than 4 ..............0-5 NEXT STOP - CHICAGO: The Pirates are scheduled to begin a three-game series tomorrow afternoon at Wrigley Field, where they posted a 1-8 record last season and were out-scored 55-28...The Bucs have lost six straight games in Chicago and have Outhitting Opp. ................ 1-0 gone 1-9 in their last 10 games played there since winning three in a row in 2015 (May 17 and September 25-26). Being out-hit .................. 2-5 CLIMBING THE CHARTS: With 407 career appearances in a Pirates uniform, Tony Watson is three games shy of tying righthander Dave Giusti (410) for seventh place on the club’s all-time list...Among lefties, Watson ranks second on the list Hits are equal ..................0-0 behind Wilbur Cooper, who pitched in 469 games between 1912-1924...Elroy Face tops the chart with 802 appearances. Comeback wins ..................2 AROUND GOES FRAZIER: In his first six starts this season, Adam Frazier has started at four different positions; left field, designated hitter, second base and third base...Frazier has reached base safely in five of his six starts overall and has gone Wins in final AB .................. 1 5-for-12 (.417) in three games as the leadoff batter this season. Walkoff Wins .................... 1 CLOSING TIME: Tony Watson picked up a save Friday afternoon and Saturday night and has gone 17-for-20 in save Losses in final AB ................. 1 opportunities since taking over the closer role last year on 8/2...Since the start of the 2012 season, Watson has made the most appearances among any relief pitcher in the National League (364) and the second-most in the Major Leagues behind Walkoff Losses ................... 1 Cleveland righthander Bryan Shaw (367). Extra Inning Games ..............1-1 SELECT COMPANY: Entering today’s action, Andrew McCutchen has hit 175 home runs in a Pittsburgh uniform...That total ranks fifth all-time in club history behind Hall-of-Famers Willie Stargell (475), Ralph Kiner (301) and Roberto Clemente Playing errorless ................1-2 (240) and Barry Bonds, who hit 176 homers in his seven seasons with the Bucs between 1986-1992. Homered ......................2-1 LEADING THE WAY: Clint Hurdle is in his seventh season as the manager of the Pirates...He has won 512 games in his tenure with the club and 1,046 in his 14 seasons overall as a Major League manager, good for sixth among current MLB skippers... 2+ homers .................... 1-0 Only five other managers have won more games while serving as the manager of the Pirates; Fred Clarke (1,422), Danny Murtaugh (1,115), Jim Leyland (851), Chuck Tanner (711) and Frankie Frisch (539). Series (W-L-T) ................1-2-0 ROSTER NOTES: There were 12 players returning from last year’s Opening Day roster...Only two players (Phil Gosselin and Series Sweeps .................... 1 Daniel Hudson) are wearing black and gold for the first time, compared to nine last year...The average age of the current Swept in a Series .................2 active roster is 28.2, compared to 29.6 in 2016, 28.4 in 2015, 28.3 in 2014, 28.6 in 2013, 28.4 in 2012, 27.6 in 2011 and 28.3 in 2010...There are four rookies on the squad (Josh Bell, Tyler Glasnow, Alen Hanson, Trevor Williams)...The oldest Interleague ...................0-2 player on the roster is Chris Stewart (35) and the youngest is Tyler Glasnow (23). Before the break ............... 3-5 ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY After the break .................0-0 April 13, 2015: Josh Harrison became the third player in team history to lead off a Home Opener with a home run after taking Detroit’s Anibal Starter goes 6.0ip+ ............. 2-3 Sanchez deep on the first pitch he saw in the first inning as the Bucs beat the Tigers 5-4. Harrison joined Billy Cox (1947) and R.J. Reynolds Starter goes less than 6.0ip .........1-2 (1986) as the only players to accomplish the feat in team history. Gerrit Cole picked up the win after working 6.0+ strong innings while Corey Hart recorded his 1000th career hit with a pinch-hit homer in the seventh. UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Friday at Chicago (NL) 1:20 CDT RHP Gerrit Cole (0-1, 6.55 ERA) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (1-0, 6.00 ERA) ROOT Saturday at Chicago (NL) 1:20 CDT RHP Tyler Glasnow (0-1, 27.00 ERA) vs. RHP Jake Arrieta (2-0, 2.08 ERA) ROOT Sunday at Chicago (NL) 1:20 CDT RHP Jameson Taillon (0-0, 1.38 ERA) vs. LHP Jon Lester (0-0, 1.64 ERA) ROOT 39 - RHP CHAD KUHL (PRONOUNCED cool) YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO 2016 5-4 4.20 14 14 0 0 70.2 73 34 33 20 53 2017 1-0 3.60 1 1 0 0 5.0 5 3 2 6 5 M.L. CAREER 6-4 4.20 15 15 0 0 75.2 78 37 35 26 58 vs. BOSTON: Is making his first career start today...Has made one career interleague start; received a no-decision in his start at Oakland last year on 7/2 (6.0ip/7h/2r/2er/0bb/2so). 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 vs. Atlanta W 5.0 5 3 2 6 5 85 3.60 6-4 W APRIL (1-0, 3.60 ERA) 5.0 5 3 2 6 5 85 SPRING TRAINING 2/27 at Blue Jays ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 2-1 W 3/4 vs. Red Sox ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0.00 3-2 W 3/9 at Rays ND 3.0 1 3 2 2 1 2.57 10-8 W 3/21 vs.