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PITTSBURGH PIRATES (8-3) vs. CHICAGO CUBS (6-5) April 12, 2018 at Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL --- GAME #12/ROAD #6 RHP TREVOR WILLIAMS (2-0, 1.59 ERA) vs. RHP KYLE HENDRICKS (0-0, 4.09 ERA) THE PIRATES...have won four of their last six games...Began the season with a three-game sweep in Detroit before splitting a two-game series with the Twins at PNC Park...Won three-of-four against the Reds before arriving here in Chicago...Were 5-6 after 11 games in 2017 (6-6 after 12). PROJECT 34: Created by Bucco RHP Trevor Williams, Project 34 was inspired by the journey of Cory Hahn, a former roommate BUCS WHEN... and teammate of Trevor’s at Arizona State University, who suffered a spinal cord injury...Project 34 has a mission to positively Last five games ................ 3-2 impact the lives of those living with a spinal cord injury by providing necessary medical equipment, assistive devices, and aiding in the cost for physical therapy...In Hahn’s honor, Williams is wearing uniform #34 this season...For the complete story Last ten games ................. 7-3 on Cory, check out the following link: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/cory-hahn-arizona-diamondbacks. Leading after 6 .................8-0 SPECIAL LOVE FROM EV: This past December 14, Trevor Williams received a personalized note and a signed ukulele song book from Eddie Vedder, the lead singer of the band Pearl Jam...Williams grew up in San Diego and has always been a fan Tied after 6 .................... 0-1 of the band...EV complimented Williams on his switch to #34 and thanked him for his support of the Hall-of-Fame rockers. Trailing after 6 .................0-2 OFFENSIVE MINDED: The Pirates lead the National League and rank second among all teams with 71 runs, trailing only the Angels (86)...Among National League teams, the Pirates rank first in batting average (.282), on-base percentage (.352) and Leading after 7 .................7-0 slugging percentage (.460)...In addition, the Bucs have struck out the fewest amount of times in the league (69 times); the Tied after 7 .................... 0-1 next closest team is Los Angeles with 89 K’s. Trailing after 7 ..................1-2 FRIDAY FISH FRY: Following today’s game, the Pirates depart for Miami for the start of a three-game series tomorrow night... The Bucs went 4-3 against the Marlins in 2017, which included winning two-of-three in Miami April 28-30...Pittsburgh has Leading after 8 .................7-0 posted a 10-9 all-time record at the new Marlins Park while recording a 3.10 team ERA (171.1ip/59er). Tied after 8 .................... 1-0 RISPY BUSINESS: The Pirates have gone 20-for-48 (.417) in their last five games while batting with runners in scoring position and are hitting .351 (34-for-97) overall this season; the second-best mark in the Majors behind Atlanta (.352). Trailing after 8 .................0-3 LEADING THE WAY: Josh Harrison has gone 13-for-39 (.333) with nine runs scored while serving as the leadoff hitter in each Scoring first ...................4-2 of the last nine games...In addition, Harrison was the first Pirates player with at least 14 hits and 12 runs through the team’s first 10 games since Rabbit Maranville in 1922 (16 hits, 12 runs). Opp. score first ................. 4-1 DICKERSON DELIVERING: Corey Dickerson has hit safely in six straight games, going 12-for-25 (.480) with five doubles, a Scoring 4+ .................... 7-2 triple, a home run and eight RBI...In 16 career games against the Cubs, he has gone 22-for-55 (.400) with six doubles, a triple and 11 RBI...Dickerson also leads all Major League outfielders with three assists so far this season. Scoring less than 4 ...............1-1 COACHING AT FIRST: Former Bucco speedster Omar Moreno is serving as the First Base Coach for this series while Kimera Outhitting Opp. ................6-0 Bartee attends to a family matter (death in the family)...Moreno played the first eight of his 12 big league seasons with the Pirates and led the National League in stolen bases in back-to-back years in 1978 (71) and 1979 (77)...Over a three-year Being out-hit .................. 2-3 stretch from 1978 to 1980, Moreno led all of Major League Baseball with a total of 244 stolen bases...In 1980 he set a single- Hits are equal ..................0-0 season club record for the Pirates after recording 96 stolen bases, which ranked third in the Majors that year. BUCS ON THE ROAD: The Pirates began this six-game road trip with an 8-5 win Tuesday afternoon...The Pirates are now 4-1 Comeback wins ..................4 on the road this season, having swept the Tigers in a three-game series to begin the year. Wins in final AB .................. 1 JOSH ANSWERING THE BELL: Josh Bell has reached base safely in each of the club’s first 11 games, having hit safely in Walkoff Wins ....................0 nine of the 11...He is hitting .333 (3-for-9) from the right side of the plate and .303 (10-for-33) from the left side...Bell has also produced a .429 average (9-for-21) with runners on base and a .313 mark (5-for-16) with runners in scoring position. Losses in final AB .................0 MERCER MERCER ME: Jordy Mercer’s .279 average (140-for-501) from the eighth spot of the lineup ranks first among N.L. Extra Inning Games ............. 1-0 players since 2016 and his 63 RBI from the eight spot in that time ranks second behind Tucker Barnhart (78). Playing errorless ............... 5-3 ROOKIE BALL: Colin Moran recorded his first career four-hit game Friday night while also knocking in three runs...He hit his first career grand slam on 4/2 and his eight RBI this season are the second-most among Major League rookies behind Miami’s Homered .....................6-2 Brian Anderson (nine)...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Moran is the first Pirates rookie to have 11 or more hits and at 2+ homers .....................3-1 least eight RBI in his first nine games with the team since Jack Merson in 1951 (16 hits, 10 RBI). WHAT’S IN A NAME: Felipe Vázquez recorded a four-out save on Tuesday; he had five multi-inning saves in 2017...Vázquez Series (W-L-T) ................1-0-1 has been successful in each of his first four save situations this season. Series Sweeps .................... 1 EXTRA EXTRA: The Pirates are tied for third in the National League and tied for seventh in all of MLB with 40 extra base hits... Swept in a Series .................0 The only teams in the National League to tally more extra base hits than Pittsburgh are Atlanta (45) and Chicago (44). GUIDING THE SHIP: Clint Hurdle is in his eighth season as Manager of the Pirates and his 44th overall in professional Interleague ................... 4-1 baseball...His 592 wins as a Pittsburgh manager rank fifth all-time behind Fred Clarke (1422), Danny Murtaugh (1115), Before the break ...............8-3 Jim Leyland (851) and Chuck Tanner (711)...Among active big league skippers, Hurdle’s 1126 career wins rank fifth behind Bruce Bochy (1858), Mike Scioscia (1580), Buck Showalter (1509) and Terry Francona (1490). After the break .................0-0 ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY Starter goes 6.0ip+ .............3-0 April 12, 1965: Bob Bailey hit a walkoff home run off San Francisco’s Juan Marichal in the 10th inning to give the Bucs a 1-0 win on Opening Starter goes less than 6.0ip .........5-3 Day. Bob Veale pitched a complete game for the Pirates while striking out 10 Giants batters. It was the first time in club history the Pirates won an Opening Day home game in walkoff fashion by a score of 1-0. UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Friday at Miami 7:10 EDT RHP Chad Kuhl (1-0, 5.06 ERA) vs. LHP Dillon Peters (1-1, 9.35 ERA) MLB Network Saturday at Miami 7:10 EDT RHP Jameson Taillon (2-0, 1.26 ERA) vs. RHP Trevor Richards (0-1, 8.64 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Sunday at Miami 1:10 EDT RHP Ivan Nova (1-1, 5.19 ERA) vs. RHP Jose Urena (0-2, 5.06 ERA) AT&T SportsNet 34 - RHP TREVOR WILLIAMS YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO 2017 7-9 4.07 31 25 0 0 150.1 145 73 68 52 117 2018 1-0 1.59 2 2 0 0 11.1 10 2 2 6 5 M.L. CAREER 10-10 4.18 40 28 0 0 174.1 174 88 81 63 133 vs. CHICAGO: 1-2 with a 4.82 ERA (18.2ip/10er) in five career appearances (three starts); all coming in 2017...Struck out two of the four batters he faced in 1.0 scoreless inning of relief to earn the win on 4/15 at Wrigley Field...Also had a no-decision in a 9-5 last at bat loss on 6/16 at PNC Park (5.0ip/3er), lost a 6-1 deci- sion on 7/7 at Wrigley Field (3.2ip/3er) and suffered a 6-1 loss to Mike Montgomery on 8/28 at Wrigley (5.0ip/2er). 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 2/28 at Red Sox ND 0.2 2 1 1 1 2 13.43 3-4 L 3/5 at Braves ND 3.0 4 3 3 1 2 9.82 5-7 L 3/10 vs.