GAME #66/ROAD #34 LHP TYLER ANDERSON (3-6, 4.52 ERA) Vs
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PITTSBURGH PIRATES (23-42) vs. WASHINGTON NATIONALS (28-35) June 15, 2021 at Nationals Park, Washington, DC -- GAME #66/ROAD #34 LHP TYLER ANDERSON (3-6, 4.52 ERA) vs. LHP PATRICK CORBIN (3-5, 6.21 ERA) THE PIRATES...have lost a season-high eight games after winning three in a row (lost a season-high straight games last year from 9/9-16)...Have gone 11-31 in their last 42 games after winning three straight games to go above .500 (12-11) on 4/27...Were 30-35 after 65 games in 2019 (30-36 after 66 games). BUCS WHEN... THE HITS KEEP COMING: Ke'Bryan Hayes extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a single in the first inning last night... Last five games ................0-5 Hayes enters today tied for the second-longest active hitting streak in MLB along with Colorado's Raimel Tapia and Texas' Isiah Kiner-Falefa...Colorado's Charlie Blackmon has the longest active hit streak coming into today at 13 games. Last ten games .................2-8 HEY 19: In addition to his current 11-game hitting streak this season, Ke'Bryan Hayes has also hit safely in each of his last Leading after 6 ................16-1 19 games dating back to last year...According to Stats LLC, Hayes' 19-game hitting streak is tied for the longest in Pirates Tied after 6 ....................3-6 history (since 1900) by a rookie (Kevin Newman also hit safely in 19 straight games during the 2019 campaign). Trailing after 6 ................4-35 ON THE ROAD: Ke'Bryan Hayes has reached base safely in each of the first 14 road games of his career...According to Stats LLC, that's the second-longest streak in club history for a rookie behind Johnny Barrett, who reached base safely in each of Leading after 7 ................16-1 his first 15 career road games in 1942. Tied after 7 ....................5-1 SECOND TO ONE: Adam Frazier ranks second among all National League second basemen with 201,886 votes in the first balloting update for this year's All-Star Game in Colorado (Atlanta's Ozzie Albies leads the way among NL second basemen Trailing after 7 ................2-40 with 295,478 votes)...Frazier ranks first in average (.331), hits (82) and doubles (21), second in total bases (113), third in OBP (.395) and fourth in OPS (.851) among all National League second basemen. Leading after 8 ................16-1 Tied after 8 ....................3-1 ABOUT TONIGHT'S STARTER: Tyler Anderson is making his 13th start of the season tonight in the second game of this three- game series against the Nats....Anderson allowed two runs in 6.0 innings, but lost a 2-1 decision in his last outing Wednesday Trailing after 8 ................1-38 night against the Dodgers at PNC Park...Tonight is also Anderson's fifth career start against the Nationals...His team has come away victorious in each of his previous four starting assignments (all as a member of the Rockies). Scoring first .................15-11 THIS AND THAT ABOUT TYLER: Tyler Anderson has limited left-handed hitters to a .177 batting average against (11-for- Opp. score first ................8-31 62)...Anderson has received two runs of support or fewer when he is on the mound in all but two of his starts (he received three runs of support when he was in the game in his April 21 start at Detroit and six runs on May 9 against the Cubs)...His Scoring 4+ ..................19-7 2.79 run support average is the lowest in all of MLB among qualifying pitchers. Scoring less than 4. 4-35 CRUZING ALONG IN JUNE: Oneil Cruz will bring a 16-game on-base streak into tonight when Altoona opens a six-game series at Erie...Cruz, who is currently rated as Pittsburgh's fourth-best prospect by MLB Pipeline, is hitting .386 (17-for-44) in 11 Outhitting Opp.. .19-8 games this month, which is the fifth-highest average among all Double-A Northeast League hitters...He enters today ranked Being out-hit .................1-32 fifth in the Double-A Northeast League in slugging (.582) and tied for sixth in extra base hits (16) and home runs (eight). Hits are equal ..................3-2 SLINGIN' SAMMY: Sam Howard enters today with the sixth-lowest ERA (2.45) among all National League left-handed relievers...The only five National League southpaw relievers to post a lower earned run average this season are Philadelphia's Comeback wins .................10 Ranger Suarez (0.42), Milwaukee's Josh Hader (0.68), Chicago's Andrew Chafin (1.91), Los Angeles' Victor Gonzalez (2.01) Wins in final AB ..................6 and San Diego's Tim Hill (2.03). Walkoff Wins ....................3 ALL OVER THE NL LEADER BOARD: Bryan Reynolds enters today ranked eighth in the National League in on-base percentage (.389), tied for fifth in doubles (18), ninth in slugging percentage (.500) and batting average (.286) and seventh in OPS (.889)... Losses in final AB. 2 Reynolds' .903 OPS as an outfielder ranks sixth in all of MLB, trailing only Cincinnati's Jesse Winker (1.066), Cincinnati's Nick Castellanos (1.038), Atlanta's Ronald Acuna Jr. (.991), St. Louis' Tyler O'Neill (.960) and Baltimore's Cedric Mullins (.921). Extra Inning Games .............4-1 AN ALL-STAR SEASON: Adam Frazier enters today's action tied for first in all of Major League Baseball in both doubles (23) Playing errorless ..............19-19 and hits (85)...He ranks fourth in the National League in batting (.332), fifth in OBP (.394), sixth in total bases (120), 10th in OPS (.863) and tied for ninth in extra base hits (28). Homered ....................15-19 THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK: Jacob Stallings recorded his career-high 26th RBI of the season Sunday with a solo home run 2+ homers ...................5-5 in the sixth inning off Brewers starter Adrian Houser...Stallings is tied for fourth among all catchers in MLB in RBI, trailing only Oakland's Sean Murphy (32), Kansas City's Salvador Perez (31) and St. Louis' Yadier Molina (28). Series (W-L-T) ..............6-12-3 Series Sweeps ...................0 NOTHING SHORT OF THE BEST: Kevin Newman is the only Major League shortstop without an error this season (min: 45 games played)...He has gone 55 consecutive games without making an error at shortstop; breaking his own club record for Swept in a Series .................7 most consecutive errorless games at that position in a single season (he went 54 straight games without a miscue in 2019 from May 24 to July 23). Interleague ....................5-5 STRATTON HIS STUFF: Chris Stratton struck out one of the four batters that he faced while working a scoreless sixth inning Before the break ..............23-42 in his last outing Monday night at Washington...Since the beginning of last season, Stratton ranks first among all National After the break .................0-0 League relievers in innings pitched (65.2) and eighth in strikeouts (69). Starter goes 6.0ip+. 6-5 ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY Starter goes less than 6.0ip. 17-37 June 15, 1962: Roberto Clemente and Hank Aaron each hit a grand slam but it was Clemente’s that proved to be the difference as the Pirates Black Road Jerseys .............3-11 beat the Milwaukee Braves 9-8 at Forbes Field. Aaron’s slam in the seventh inning extended the Braves lead to 8-2 before Pittsburgh Grey Road Jerseys ..............7-12 responded with a seven-run eighth inning for the 9-8 win, highlighted by Clemente’s grand slam off Hank Fischer. UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Wednesday at Washington 4:05 RHP Chase De Jong (0-0, 4.80 ERA) vs. TBA AT&T SportsNet Thursday OFF DAY IN PITTSBURGH Friday vs. Cleveland 7:05 TBA vs. TBA AT&T SportsNet Saturday vs. Cleveland 4:05 TBA vs. TBA AT&T SportsNet Sunday vs. Cleveland 1:05 TBA vs. TBA AT&T SportsNet 31 - LHP TYLER ANDERSON YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO 2020 4-3 4.37 13 11 1 0 59.2 58 32 29 25 41 2021 3-6 4.52 12 12 0 0 67.2 63 36 34 19 61 M.L. CAREER 25-33 4.63 98 94 1 0 524.1 526 287 270 168 469 vs. WASHINGTON: 1-0 with a 4.29 ERA (21.0ip/10er) in four career starts (his teams have won all four of his starts)...His last outing against the Nats came on 4/22/19 as a member of the Rockies where he allowed five runs in 3.0 innings in a no-decision...Scattered four hits over 7.2 shutout innings while winning a 12-0 decision on 9/30/18 at Coors Field. 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 4/3 at Chicago-NL L 5.0 5 3 3 2 7 91 5.40 1-5 L 4/10 vs. Chicago-NL L 5.1 10 3 3 0 5 78 5.23 2-4 L 4/14 vs. San Diego W 5.1 4 1 1 2 2 86 4.02 5-1 W 4/21 at Detroit (GM 1) W 5.0 3 2 2 2 7 90 3.92 3-2 W 4/27 vs. Kansas City ND 6.0 3 1 1 2 5 90 3.38 2-1 W APRIL (2-2, 3.38 ERA) 26.2 25 10 10 8 26 435 5/3 at San Diego L 6.2 2 2 2 3 5 91 3.24 0-2 L 5/9 at Chicago-NL W 8.0 4 2 2 1 6 102 3.05 6-5 W 5/15 vs.