GAME #62/ROAD #30 RHP CHASE DE JONG (0-0, 5.40 ERA) Vs. RHP BRANDON WOODRUFF (4-2, 1.42 ERA)
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PITTSBURGH PIRATES (23-38) vs. MILWAUKEE BREWERS (35-27) June 11, 2021 at American Family Field, Milwaukee, WI -- GAME #62/ROAD #30 RHP CHASE DE JONG (0-0, 5.40 ERA) vs. RHP BRANDON WOODRUFF (4-2, 1.42 ERA) THE PIRATES...have lost four straight games after winning three in a row...Have gone 5-7 in their last 12 games after losing six in a row...Have gone 11-27 in their last 38 games after winning three straight games to go above .500 (12-11) on 4/27...Were 30-31 after 61 games in 2019 (30-32 after 62 games). BUCS WHEN... WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S: This is the second of three trips this season to American Family Field for the Pirates...Pittsburgh Last five games ................1-4 took two of three games against the Brewers in the team's first visit here from April 16-18 as part of a 6-3 road trip that also included series wins in Detroit and Minnesota. Last ten games .................3-7 THE HITS KEEP COMING: Ke'Bryan Hayes extended his hitting streak to eight games with a double in his first at-bat in Leading after 6 ................16-1 yesterday's game against the Dodgers...Since being reinstated from the injured list on June 3, Hayes' 10 hits are tied for the Tied after 6 ....................3-4 most among all rookies in Major League Baseball along with Miami's Jazz Chisholm Jr. Trailing after 6 ................4-33 REYNOLDS ON A ROLL: Bryan Reynolds hit his 10th homer of the season and his sixth since May 27 yesterday against the Dodgers...The only two National Leaguers with more home runs than Reynolds since May 27 are Chicago's Patrick Wisdom Leading after 7 ................16-1 (eight) and St. Louis' Tyler O'Neill (seven). Tied after 7 ....................5-1 THIS AND THAT: Adam Frazier has hit safely in six straight games here at American Family Field, going 9-for-24 (.375)... Bryan Reynolds is 17-for-49 (.347) in 14 career games at Milwaukee... Since the beginning of 2019, Reynolds' 40 hits against Trailing after 7 ................2-36 the Brewers are the most by any player...Kevin Newman has gone 5-for-14 with a double and home run in his career against Brandon Woodruff...Colin Moran is 11-for-32 (.344) with four doubles, four home runs and nine RBI in 10 games against the Leading after 8 ................16-1 Brewers since the beginning of last season. Tied after 8 ....................3-1 STRANDED: David Bednar has allowed just one of his 12 inherited runners to score after stranding all three of his inherited Trailing after 8 ................1-34 runners in Thursday's game...His 8.3 percent rate of allowing inherited runners to score is the fifth-lowest in all of MLB. Scoring first ..................15-8 ON THE BUMP: Chase De Jong is making his third start of the season with the Pirates this evening....De Jong went 2-0 with a 3.60 ERA (20.0ip/8er) in four starts with Triple-A Indianapolis this season...The 27-year-old RHP was signed as a minor Opp. score first ................8-30 league free agent on 12/15 after going 0-1 in three games (two starts) with Houston last season...He made his Major League debut with Seattle in 2017 and won his only big league decision while pitching with Minnesota on 9/28/18. Scoring 4+ ..................19-5 FEELING THE DRAFT: One month from today the Pirates will have the No. 1 overall selection in the First-Year Player Draft... Scoring less than 4. 4-33 It will mark the fifth time in club history and the first time since 2011 when the Pirates drafted Gerrit Cole that the Pirates will have the No.1 overall selection. Outhitting Opp.. .19-5 STREAKY: Adam Frazier brings a career high 13-game hitting streak into today's action (17-for-51, .333)...He also hit safely Being out-hit .................1-32 in 10 straight games from 5/14-25 and in 12 consecutive games from 4/28 to 5/11...Frazier is the only player in the Majors Hits are equal ..................3-1 this year with three separate hitting streaks of 10 games or more...Frazier's 13-game hitting streak is tied for the fourth- longest in MLB this season behind Nick Castellanos (21 games), Jose Altuve (17 games) and Pavin Smith (14 games). Comeback wins .................10 AN ALL-STAR SEASON: Adam Frazier enters today's action tied for the Major League lead in hits (79) and first in doubles Wins in final AB ..................6 (22)...He ranks third in the National League in batting (.329), sixth in OBP (.391), tied for sixth in total bases (113) and tied Walkoff Wins ....................3 for seventh in extra base hits (27) along with teammate Bryan Reynolds...Frazier's .349 batting average since April 28 is the second-highest among all Major League players behind Nick Castellanos (.381). Losses in final AB. 2 COMING THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH: Adam Frazier has eight hits in his last 16 at bats with runners in scoring Extra Inning Games .............4-1 position and is hitting .425 (17-for-40) in that department this season...He leads all National League players with the .425 average and ranks second among all players in the Majors behind Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (.429). Playing errorless ..............19-17 SLINGIN' SAMMY: Lefty Sam Howard has held left-handed batters to two hits in 38 at bats this season and they have gone Homered ....................15-16 hitless in 29 straight at bats since San Diego's Jake Cronenworth singled on 4/13...Howard has stranded all 15 of his inherited runners and held opposing batters hitless in 20 at bats with runners in scoring position. 2+ homers ...................5-4 NOTHING SHORT OF THE BEST: Kevin Newman is the only Major League shortstop without an error this season (min: 45 Series (W-L-T) ..............6-11-3 games played)...He has gone 51 consecutive games without making an error at shortstop (he made one in his final game there Series Sweeps ...................0 in 2020)...Newman holds the club record for most consecutive errorless games at shortstop in a single season, having gone 54 straight games without a miscue in 2019 from May 24 to July 23. Swept in a Series .................6 PIRATES ROSTER: Pitchers (14) - Tyler Anderson, David Bednar, JT Brubaker, Trevor Cahill, Kyle Crick, Chase De Jong, Clay Interleague ....................5-5 Holmes, Sam Howard, Mitch Keller, Chad Kuhl, Richard Rodríguez, Chasen Shreve, Chris Stratton, Duane Underwood, Jr..... Catchers (2) - Michael Perez, Jacob Stallings...Infielders (6) - Phillip Evans, Adam Frazier, Erik González, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Before the break ..............23-38 Colin Moran, Kevin Newman...Outfielders (4) - Ben Gamel, Gregory Polanco, Bryan Reynolds, Ka'ai Tom. After the break .................0-0 Starter goes 6.0ip+. 6-5 ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY Starter goes less than 6.0ip. 17-33 June 11, 1990: Jay Bell went 2-for-2 with two triples and two RBI to lead the Pirates to an 8-7 win at Busch Stadium. The Bucs took a 2-0 lead Black Road Jerseys ..............3-9 in the first inning and extended their lead to 6-0 in the third inning before the Cards tied it in the seventh inning. In the eighth Jeff King put Grey Road Jerseys ..............7-10 the Bucs ahead for a good with a run-scoring single to give Stan Belinda the win in relief. UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Saturday at Milwaukee 3:10 RHP Chad Kuhl (0-3, 5.61 ERA) vs. RHP Corbin Burnes (3-4, 1.97 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Sunday at Milwaukee 1:10 TBA vs. RHP Adrian Houser (4-5, 3.66 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Monday at Washington 7:05 EDT TBA vs. TBA AT&T SportsNet Tuesday at Washington 7:05 EDT TBA vs. TBA AT&T SportsNet Wednesday at Washington 4:05 EDT TBA vs. TBA AT&T SportsNet 37 - RHP CHASE De JONG (“de-YOUNG”) YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO 2020 0-1 14.73 3 2 0 0 7.1 12 12 12 4 9 2021 0-0 5.40 2 2 0 0 10.0 10 6 6 3 10 M.L. CAREER 1-5 6.85 17 12 0 0 64.1 74 51 49 29 45 vs. MILWAUKEE: Is making his first career appearance tonight. 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 5/30 vs. Colorado ND/BS 5.0+ 3 1 1 2 5 82 1.80 3-4 L 6/5 vs. Miami ND 5.0 7 5 5 1 5 84 5.40 8-7 W TOTALS (0-0, 5.40 ERA) 10.0 10 6 6 3 10 166 2021 SEASON WITH INDIANAPOLIS 5/4 at Iowa W 6.0 2 0 0 2 10 90 0.00 3-0 W 5/11 vs. Toledo ND 5.0 5 2 2 3 6 84 1.64 4-3 W 5/16 vs. Toledo ND 3.0 5 5 5 2 6 71 4.50 6-5 W 5/22 at St. Paul W 6.0 4 1 1 1 6 78 3.60 5-1 W TOTALS (2-0, 3.60 ERA) 20.0 16 8 8 8 28 323 CAREER BATTING: .000 (0-for-2) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 2 SACS 2021 BATTING: .000 (0-for-2) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 2 SACS CATCHERS THROWING TOMORROW’S STARTER CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA CHAD KUHL: The 28-year-old righthander will be making his seventh start of the season tomorrow after- noon...His last start was a 3-1 loss to the Marlins at PNC Park Sunday (6.0ip/3h/3r/2er/1bb/2so)...Was on Perez 1/10 10% 0 0 (164.1ip/82er) 4.49 the injured list from 4/18 to 5/30 due to right shoulder discomfort...Went 0-0 with a 1.42 ERA (6.1ip/1er) in Stallings 6/22 27% 0 0 (364.0ip/193er) 4.77 two rehab starts with Triple-A Indianapolis...Has given up 11 of his 20 runs this season in the first inning..