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MAY 10, 2015 at PNC PARK --- GAME #31, HOME #16 LHP TYLER LYONS (0-0, 6.23 ERA) Vs ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (22-8) vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (14-16) MAY 10, 2015 AT PNC PARK --- GAME #31, HOME #16 LHP TYLER LYONS (0-0, 6.23 ERA) vs. LHP JEFF LOCKE (2-2, 4.85 ERA) THE PIRATES...have won two of their last three games after losing a season-high five in a row...Have gone 3-8 in their last 11 games after winning a season-high five straight from 4/22-26...Have gone 11-10 in their last 21 games...Were 12-18 after 30 games last season (12-19 after 31). LOCKE IT UP: LHP Jeff Locke tied his career high with 8.0 innings pitched in his first start at PNC Park this season; a 6-2 victory over Kyle Lohse and the Brewers on 4/18...In his last 13 starts at PNC Park (dating back to 6/8/14), Jeff has posted a 3.22 ERA (86.2ip/31er)...Dating back to 6/19 of last season, the Pirates have gone 10-2 in games started by Locke at PNC. BUCS WHEN... LET THE SUN SHINE: The Pirates have gone 3-0 in day games played at PNC Park this season...Pedro Alvarez has hit four of Last five games ............ 2-3 his five home runs this season in day games and leads all National League players with 38 home runs hit in day games since Last ten games ............ 3-7 the start of the 2012 season...Gregory Polanco is hitting .425 (17-for-40) in nine day games this season. SOUTHPAW SUCCESS: Starling Marte is hitting .500 (6-for-12) against left-handed pitchers this season, which ranks sec- Leading after 6 ........... 12-2 ond in the National League...Marte’s four home runs against southpaws are tied for the second-most in the Majors (Seattle’s Tied after 6 ............... 2-5 Nelson Cruz leads the way with five). Trailing after 6 ............ 0-9 HITTIN’ THE ROAD: Following today’s game the Pirates will depart for Philadelphia, where they are scheduled to begin a four-game series Monday night...The seven-game road trip concludes next weekend with a three-game series at Wrigley Field. Leading after 7 ........... 13-1 PRETTY IN PINK: In addition to 11 Pittsburgh players using pink bats and 17 wearing pink shoes, many players on both teams Tied after 7 ............... 1-4 today will be wearing pink batting gloves and pink protective gear to once again raise national awareness for breast cancer... In addition, Chris Stewart will be sporting pink catching gear behind the plate today. Trailing after 7 ........... 0-11 STEWIE: Bucco backstop Chris Stewart ranked third among National League players last year with a .319 batting average Leading after 8 ........... 13-1 from the eighth spot of the lineup (min: 110 AB), trailing only Alcides Escobar (.330) and David Murphy (.328)...Stewart has six hits in his last 15 at bats and the Pirates have gone 5-1 this season in games that he has started...Behind the plate, Chris Tied after 8 ............... 1-4 has posted a 1.49 catcher’s ERA and has thrown out three of the six baserunners attempting to steal against him. Trailing after 8 ........... 0-11 GUNG HO OVER JUNG HO: Bucco infielder Jung Ho Kang is hitting .419 in his last 11 games, going 13-for-31 with three Scoring first .............. 9-5 doubles, a home run and seven RBI...He had a career-high three RBI in his start at shortstop on 4/21, a career-high three hits in his start at third base on 4/29 and hit his first Major League home run last Sunday; a solo shot off Trevor Rosenthal. Opp. score first. 5-11 DEALING WITH THE CARDS: The Bucs have gone 17-10 against the Cardinals at PNC Park since the start of the 2012 season Scoring 4+ .............. 13-3 and are 14-6 in the last 20 games played in Pittsburgh. Scoring less than 4 ........ 1-13 THE BIG BULL: Pedro Alvarez has 16 career home runs against St. Louis, which are the second-most vs. any team in his career (he has hit 17 vs. Milwaukee)...Since the beginning of the 2013 campaign, Alvarez’ 14 home runs and 43 RBI against Outhitting Opp. ........... 10-3 the Red Birds are the most by any player in the big leagues. Being out-hit ............. 3-11 CENTRAL CASTING: Following this homestand, the Pirates will have played 25 of their first 31 games against teams from the N.L. Central division...They have gone 10-14 in the first 24 games against their divisional rivals (7-5 at home), 2-9 against Hits are equal ............. 1-2 St. Louis and Cincinnati...Beginning Monday, the Bucs will play 22-of-25 game outside their division. Comeback wins. .7 ON THE HOMEFRONT: The Pirates have gone 8-7 at PNC Park this season and have won 109 home games since the start of the 2013 season; the second-highest win total among Major League teams at home behind St. Louis (119). Wins in final AB. 1 PEDRO MOVING UP THE CHARTS: With his home run last Sunday, Pedro Alvarez tied Hall-of-Famer Paul Waner and former Walkoff Wins ................0 outfielder Bill Robinson for 17th place on Pittsburgh’s all-time home run list with 109...Bobby Bonilla is 16th on the list with Losses in final AB ............7 114 and current Bucco outfielder Andrew McCutchen is 12th with 130. Walkoff Losses ..............5 BEEN CAUGHT STEALING: The Pirates catchers and pitchers share the Major League lead in caught stealings (13) with San Diego...They have caught six of the last 15 runners atempting to steal against them. Extra Inning Games ......... 0-4 START ME UP: Pittsburgh starting pitchers have produced the second-lowest ERA in the National League (3.16) behind the New York Mets (2.89). Playing errorless ......... 10-9 ELEMENTARY FOR WATSON: Since the start of the 2012 season, Bucco All-Star Tony Watson leads all Major League left- Homered ................. 9-7 handed relief pitchers in appearances (230)...He also leads N.L. lefty relievers in ERA (1.99) since 2013 and ranks second in 2+ homers ............... 3-2 the Majors in that time behind New York’s Andrew Miller (1.90)...Watson has been scored upon just once in his last 24 games at PNC Park (24.0ip/1er), dating back to 8/6 of last season. Series (W-L-T) ...........3-5-1 THE HIT PARADE: Andrew McCutchen collected his 1000th career hit on 4/29, becoming the 33rd different Pittsburgh player Series Sweeps ...............2 to collect at least 1000 hits...McCutchen’s 1010 hits now rank 32nd on the club’s all-time list...Bob Skinner ranks 31st on the Pirates hit list with 1050 and Richie Hebner is 30th with 1079. Swept in a Series ............2 STERLING STARLING: With seven home runs, Starling Marte is tied for fourth among N.L. outfielders behind Bryce Harper Interleague ............... 1-2 (11), Joc Pederson (nine) and Justin Upton (eight)...Marte also ranks sixth in the N.L. with 21 RBI and is hitting .333 (21-for- 63) with four home runs and 12 RBI in his last 17 games. Before the break. 14-16 ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY After the break ............ 0-0 May 10, 1960: Vernon Law tossed a complete game and improved to 5-1 on the season as the Bucs won a 3-2 deci- Starter goes 6.0ip+ ...... 10-11 sion at Los Angeles. All three Pirates runs came by way of the long ball as Hal Smith hit a solo shot in the third inning Starter goes less than 6.0ip ...4-5 and Bill Mazeroski broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth with a two-run blast off Dodgers starter Johnny Podres. UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Monday at Philadelphia 7:05 RHP Gerrit Cole (4-1, 2.27 ERA) vs. RHP Jerome Williams (2-2, 5.18 ERA) ROOT Tuesday at Philadelphia 7:05 RHP A.J. Burnett (1-1, 1.66 ERA) vs. TBA ROOT Wednesday at Philadelphia 7:05 LHP Francisco Liriano (1-2, 2.79 ERA) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (2-3, 3.68 ERA) ROOT Thursday at Philadelphia 1:05 RHP Vance Worley (2-2, 4.63 ERA) vs. RHP Aaron Harang (3-3, 2.38 ERA) ROOT Friday at Chicago (NL) 1:20 CDT LHP Jeff Locke vs. TBA ROOT 49 - LHP JEFF LOCKE YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO 2014 7-6 3.91 21 21 0 0 131.1 127 63 57 40 89 2015 2-2 4.85 5 5 0 0 29.2 33 17 16 9 25 M.L. CAREER 20-21 4.07 68 66 0 0 378.1 363 182 171 154 278 vs. ST. LOUIS: 2-2 with a 3.76 ERA (26.1ip/11er) in five career starts...Last year he gave up one run in 7.1ip and beat Adam Wainwright at PNC Park on 8/27 and lost a 6-4 decision (3.0ip+/5r/4er) vs. Wainwright on 9/2 at Busch Stadium...Also tossed 7.0 scoreless innings while winning a 9-0 decision over Shelby Miller on 4/28/13 at Busch Stadium, and suffered a 5-0 loss to Wainwright at Busch Stadium on 9/7/13 (5.0ip/3h/3r/2er/4bb/4so). 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 4/10 at Milwaukee W 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 90 3.00 6-2 W 4/18 vs.
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