ATLANTA BRAVES (11-10-0) Vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (11-10-1
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ATLANTA BRAVES (11-10-0) vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (11-10-1) March 24, 2021 - LECOM Park in Bradenton, FL UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS DATE OPP. STARTING PITCHERS TIME RADIO / TV Pittsburgh: JT Brubaker (R), Clay Holmes 3/25 at Bal RHP Sean Poppen vs. LHP Keegan Akin 6:05 p.m. KDKA 100.1 FM-1020AM (R), Chasen Shreve (L), Nick Mears (R), Braeden Ogle (L), Max Kranick (R) 3/26 vs. Det LHP Matthew Boyd vs. LHP Tyler Anderson 1:05 p.m. AT&T 3/27 vs. Bos TBA vs. RHP Wil Crowe 1:05 p.m. 93.7 FM The Fan/AT&T Atlanta: Ian Anderson (R), A.J. Minter (L), 3/28 at Bal TBA vs. TBA 1:05 p.m. 93.7 FM The Fan Jacob Webb (R), Carl Edwards, Jr. (R) 3/29 vs. Min TBA vs. TBA 1:05 p.m. KDKA 100.1 FM-1020AM/AT&T TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: JT Brubaker (27-year-old righthander) is making his fourth start of the spring today...Most recently threw 67 pitches in 4.0 innings of a “B” Game on 3/19...Gave up four runs in 2.0ip on 3/13 at Yankees...Pitched 2.0 scoreless innings and picked up the win on 3/7 vs. Orioles...Gave up one run in 1.0ip and suffered the loss in his first start on 3/2 vs. Tigers...Went 1-3 with a 4.94 ERA (47.1ip/26er) in 11 games (nine starts) during the abbreviated 2020 season...Ranked second among National League rookie pitchers in strikeouts (48) behind Milwaukee reliever Devin Williams (53)...Was Pittsburgh’s minor league Pitcher-of-the-Year in 2018 after going 10-6 with a 2.81 ERA in 28 combined starts between Double-A Altoona and Triple-A Indianapolis...Was selected in the sixth round of the 2015 First-year Player Draft out of the University of Akron. THE HIT PARADE: Among all Major League players this spring, Adam Frazier ranks second in hits (17), Ke’Bryan Hayes is third (16) and Kevin Newman is close behind with 14...Collectively they are hitting .547 (47-for-86) this spring. PIRATES GOLD: The Pirates have won three straight games after dropping six-of-seven...The Pirates have scored 108 runs this spring; second only behind Boston (128) among Grapefruit League teams in that category...The Bucs have collected 173 hits this spring, also ranking second among all Grapefruit League teams behind Boston (178)...The Pirates have gone 7-4 at LECOM Park and 4-6-1 on the road...Wilmer Difo has reached base safely in nine straight games, hitting safely in eight of the nine...Dustin Fowler has reached base safely in six of his first eight games...Adam Frazier has reached base safely in all nine of his games, going 17-for-29 (.586) with a walk...Todd Frazier shares the team lead in home runs (three)...Erik Gonzalez has produced five hits in his last nine at bats and has reached base safely seven times in his last 11 plate appearances...Ke’Bryan Hayes has a six-game hitting streak and has hit safely in 11 of his 12 games overall...Clay Holmes has not allowed a run in his seven games this spring (6.1ip)...Colin Moran homered last Wednesday and has reached base safely in seven of his last eight games...Kevin Newman has reached base safely in 19 of his first 25 plate appearances, going 14-for-20 (.700) with five walks...Bryan Reynolds homered on Sunday and has reached base safely in 11 of his first 12 games. ROSTER BREAKDOWN STREAKS TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS 47 active players in camp (14 NRI): Pittsburgh: Sean Poppen (R), Michael Feliz (R), Current Streak............................... 3 Wins Richard Rodríguez (R), Luis Oviedo (R), Chris 25 pitchers (5 NRI) Last 5 games ....................................3-2-0 Stratton (R), Edgar Santana R) 5 catchers (3 NRI) Baltimore: Keegan Akin (L), others TBD 10 infielders (3 NRI) Last 10 games ................................. 4-6-0 7 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 W 6-5 10-10-1 Trevor Cahill (1-0)/Isaac Mattson/Luis Oviedo (1) 1,599 16,646/1,665 3/23 vs. Twins W 1-0 11-10-1 Michael Feliz (1-0)/Josh Winder/Roansy Contreras (1) 1,618 18,264/1,660 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) #45 MICHAEL FELIZ (RHP) #57 LUIS OVIEDO (RHP) DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/4 vs. Atl * --- 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/19 B GAME 1.0 23 pitches 3/10 at NYY * --- 3.0 8 5 5 0 2 3/14 vs. Phi --- 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 3/22 vs. Bal SV (1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 3/15 at Bal * --- 4.0 6 2 2 0 7 3/17 vs. TB --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/20 at Det * --- 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 3/20 at Det --- 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 #44 CODY PONCE (RHP) 3/23 vs. Min W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO #51 DAVID BEDNAR (RHP) 3/2 vs. Det --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO #32 GEOFF HARTLIEB (RHP) 3/6 vs. NYY * --- 1.0 1 1 1 2 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 3/6 vs. NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 #62 SEAN POPPEN (RHP) DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/7 vs. Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/2 vs. Det --- 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 3/13 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/5 at Phi --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/13 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/16 at Min --- 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 3/9 at Atl --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3/16 at Min --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/19 vs.