ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (22-8) vs. (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 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 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 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 and seven RBI...He had a career-high three RBI in his start at on 4/21, a career-high three hits in his start at third base on 4/29 and hit his first Major League 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 Games. . . . . 0-4 START ME UP: Pittsburgh starting pitchers have produced the second-lowest ERA in the National League (3.16) behind the (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 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 (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. Milwaukee W 8.0 4 1 1 0 6 99 1.93 6-2 W 4/23 vs. Chicago ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 7 93 3.32 5-4 W 4/28 at Chicago L 3.2 8 6 5 3 5 86 4.76 2-6 L APRIL (2-1, 4.76 ERA) 22.2 26 13 12 7 20 368

5/5 vs. Cincinnati L 7.0 7 4 4 2 5 101 4.85 1-7 L MAY (0-1, 5.14 ERA) 7.0 7 4 4 2 5 101

CAREER BATTING: .102 (12-for-118) 1 2B 0 3B 0 HR 1 RBI 8 SACS 2015 BATTING: .100 (1-for-10) 1 2B 0 3B 0 HR 1 RBI 0 SACS

CATCHERS THROWING TOMORROW’S STARTER CS/ATT PICKOFFS PB ERA GERRIT COLE: The 24-year-old righthander will be making his seventh start of the season tomorrow Cervelli 5/24 21% 0 1 (196.0ip/81er) 3.72 night when the Pirates open a four-game series at Philadelphia...He had his eight game winning streak Sanchez 0/2 0% 0 0 (17.1ip/4er) 2.08 dating back to last season snapped in his last start after losing a 3-0 decision (5.0ip/3r) Wednesday vs. Stewart 3/6 50% 0 0 (60.1ip/10er) 1.49 Cincinnati...Has been charged with more than one earned run in just two of his first six starts this season... Took home National League -of-the-Month honors for April after going 4-0 with a 1.76 ERA. CAUGHT STEALINGS BY PITCHERS...... 5 vs. PHILADELPHIA: 1-1 with a 2.61 ERA (10.1ip/3er) in two career starts...Won an 8-2 decision over PITCHER PICKOFFS...... 1 Roberto Hernandez last season on 7/4 at PNC Park; left the game after 5.0 scoreless innings with right SB OFF PITCHERS...... 1 lat soreness...Also suffered his first big league loss to the Phillies, dropping a 6-4 decision (5.1ip/3r/3er) NO THROWS...... 5 to Cole Hamels on 7/4/13 at PNC Park...The Bucs held a 2-0 lead before the Phils scored once in the fifth OTHERS ( steals)...... 4 and four times an inning later.

2015 HIGHS & LOWS TEAM BATTING Largest come from behind victory ...... 3 runs, 4/23 vs. CHI Largest come from behind loss ...... 3 runs, 4/21 vs. CHI Most runs, game, Pirates...... 10, 4/12 @MIL Largest crowd, home...... 39,933, 4/13 vs. DET Most runs, game, Opponents...... 9, 4/21 vs. CHI Smallest crowd, home...... 11,777, 4/20 vs. CHI Most runs, inning, Pirates ...... 6, 4/12 @MIL (9th) Largest crowd, road...... 45,095, 5/2 @STL Most runs, inning, Opponents...... 5, 5/9 vs. STL (4th) Smallest crowd, road...... 15,616, 4/9 @CIN Most hits, game, Pirates ...... 14, 4/29 @CHI & 4/26 @ARI Most errors, game, Pirates...... 2, 7 times, last on 5/1 @STL Most hits, game, Opponents...... 14, 4/20 vs. CHI Most errors, game, Opponents ...... 2, 6 times, last on 5/6 vs. CIN Most hits, inning, Pirates...... 5, 4/12 @MIL (9th) Consecutive innings w/out an ...... 71, 4/10-18 Most consec. hits, inning...... 3, 11 times, last on 5/1 @STL (6th) Most double plays turned...... 3, 4 times, last on 5/7 vs. CIN Most consec. hits, game...... 3, 11 times, last on 5/1 @STL Rain delays, home (total time)...... 1 (28 minutes) Most hits, inning, Opponents...... 6, 5/9 vs. STL (4th) Rain delays, road (total time)...... 3 (4 hours and 23 minutes) Fewest hits, game, Pirates...... 2, 4/15 vs. DET & 4/11 @MIL Fewest hits, game, Opponents...... 3, 4/26 @ARI INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most doubles, game...... 4, 4/25 @ARI, 4/23 vs. CHI & 4/10 @MIL Most hits, game ...... 3, 10 times, last by Marte (5/8 vs. STL) Most triples, game...... 1, 4/29 @CHI Most consecutive hits...... 4, Polanco (4/17-18) & Walker (4/9-10) Most home runs, game, Pirates...... 3, 4/13 vs. DET Most runs, game...... 3, Polanco (4/26 @ARI) & Marte (4/21 vs. CHI) Most home runs, game, Opponents...... 2, 4 times, last on 5/5 vs. CIN Most 2bs, game...... 2, 3 times, last by Walker (4/25 @ARI) Most consecutive games, home run...... 7, 4/17-23 Most 3bs, game...... 1, McCutchen (4/29 @CHI) Most consec. games, HR, Opponents...... 4, 5/3-7 Most HR, game...... 1, last by Marte (5/5 vs. CIN) Most extra-base hits ...... 6, 4/10 @MIL Most extra-base hits ...... 2, 3 times, last by Walker (4/25 @ARI) Most consecutive games, extra-base hit . . . . . 10, 4/28-5/9 & 4/17-26 Most total bases...... 6, Polanco (4/22 vs. CHI) Most stolen bases, game, Pirates...... 3, 5/7 vs. CIN & 4/17 vs. MIL Most RBI, game...... 5, Marte (4/18 vs. MIL) Most stolen bases, game, Opponents...... 5, 4/28 @CHI Most SB, game...... 1, 15 times, Most left on base (9 innings)...... 11, 4/29 @CHI last by Polanco, Walker & McCutchen (5/7 vs. CIN) Most left on base ()...... 18, 5/2 @STL Most walks, game ...... 4, Alvarez (5/3 @STL) Consec. games, home run...... 2, Marte (4/20-21 & 4/17-18) TEAM PITCHING & Alvarez (4/9-10) Longest hitting streak...... 10 games, Walker (4/18-27) Most , game, Pirates...... 14, 4/29 @CHI & 4/21 vs. CHI Grand slams...... Most strikeouts, game, Pirates (extra innings)...... 14, 4/8 @CIN Inside-the-park home runs...... Most strikeouts, game, Opponents...... 13, 4/6 @CIN Leadoff home runs...... 2, Harrison (4/21 vs. CHI & 4/13 vs. DET) Most strikeouts, game, Opponents (extra innings)...... Pinch hit home runs...... 1, Hart (4/13 vs. DET) Most walks, game, Pirates...... 7, 4/26 @ARI Walkoff home runs...... Most walks, game, Pirates (extra innings)...... Most walks, game, Opponents...... 7, 5/7 vs. CIN & 5/5 vs. CIN INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most walks, game, Opponents (extra innings)...... Most strikeouts, game...... 10, Liriano (5/8 vs. STL) Longest winning streak...... 4 games, Cole (4/13-29) TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Longest losing streak. . . . 2 games, Locke (4/28-5/5) & Scahill (4/9-5/1) Fewest hits, complete game...... Longest winning streak...... 5 games (4/22-26) Most walks, game ...... 6, Liriano (4/26 @ARI) Longest losing streak...... 5 games (5/1-6) Most IP, game, starter. . . 8.0, Liriano (5/2 @STL) & Locke (4/18 vs. MIL) Longest game, innings...... 14, 5/3 @STL Most IP, game, reliever...... 3.0, Liz (4/28 @CHI) Longest game, time...... 4:28, 5/3 @STL Most consec. scoreless IP...... 11.0, Burnett (4/25-5/1) Longest game, time, 9 innings...... 3:18, 4/26 @ARI & 4/21 vs. CHI Most consecutive saves...... 4, Melancon (4/23-5/9) Shortest game, time, 9 innings...... 2:20, 4/28 @CHI Largest margin of victory. . 8 runs, 4/26 @ ARI (8-0) & 4/12 @MIL (10-2) Largest margin of defeat . . . 6 runs, 5/5 vs. CIN (1-7) & 4/11 @MIL (0-6) PEDRO ALVAREZ N Reached base safely three times in four plate appearances Saturday night. Multi-Hit Games: 3 HOMESTAND: 3-17 (.176) 0 HR 2 RBI N Has hit four of his five home runs in day games this season...Recorded last multi-hit game on 4/25. Multi-RBI Games: 2 SERIES: 1-6 (.167) 0 HR 1 RBI N His 109 career home runs are tied for 17th place on the club’s all-time list; hit last homer on 5/3. Last HR: 5/3/15 at STL LAST 3: 2-10 (.200) 0 HR 2 RBI First HR: 7/3/10 vs. PHI N His 89 HRs since the start of the 2012 season rank second to Giancarlo Stanton (105) in the National League. CURRENT STREAK: 1 game (Kyle Kendrick)

FRANCISCO CERVELLI N Has started 22 of the first 30 games behind the plate...Recorded fifth multi-hit game of the season on Friday. Multi-Hit Games: 5 HOMESTAND: 3-14 (.214) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has reached base safely in six straight games and in eight of his last nine. Multi-RBI Games: 1 SERIES: 2-7 (.286) 0 HR 0 RBI N Ranks second among National League catchers with five caught stealings (Derek Norris leads with 12). Last HR: 8/13/14 at BAL LAST 3: 3-11 (.273) 0 HR 0 RBI First HR: 6/24/09 at ATL N Hit safely in each of his first six games of the season and had a .300 average (12-for-40) thru the game on 4/22. CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-3 (Kris Medlen)

JOSH HARRISON N Went 1-for-4 with a run scored Friday night...Has batted in the leadoff spot 20 times (last on 4/28). Multi-Hit Games: 6 HOMESTAND: 1-11 (.091) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has made 24 starts at third base and one at second base (5/3 at St. Louis)...Played left field Saturday (1 inning). Multi-RBI Games: 1 SERIES: 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has two “leadoff” homers this season (4/13 vs. Detroit and 4/21 vs. Chicago) and four in his career. Last HR: 4/21/15 vs. CHI LAST 3: 1-11 (.091) 0 HR 0 RBI First HR: 8/23/11 vs. MIL N Signed a four-year contract extension on 4/8, which includes club options for 2019 and 2020. CURRENT STREAK: 1 game (Marco Estrada)

COREY HART N Produced a sacrifice fly as a Saturday night...Made start at first base on 4/28 at Chicago (1-for-4). Multi-Hit Games: 0 HOMESTAND: 1-4 (.250) 0 HR 1 RBI N Has gone 4-for-11 with a walk, a home run (4/13) and five RBI as a pinch hitter this season. Multi-RBI Games: 1 SERIES: 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 1 RBI N Has made two starts in right field (4/11 and 4/14) and two at first base (4/20 and 4/28). Last HR: 4/13/15 vs. DET LAST 3: 0-2 (.000) 0 HR 1 RBI First HR: 8/14/05 vs. CIN N Collected his 1,000th career hit on 4/13 - a home run off Anibal Sanchez (his first career hit was also a HR). CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-2 (Jason Standridge)

JUNG HO KANG N Went 2-for-4 in his start at third base Saturday night...Has a three-game hitting streak (5-for-10, .500). Multi-Hit Games: 5 HOMESTAND: 5-11 (.455) 0 HR 0 RBI N Went 1-for-2 off the bench Friday night while playing the final three innings at shortstop. Multi-RBI Games: 2 SERIES: 3-6 (.500) 0 HR 0 RBI N Is hitting .419 (13-for-31) with a home run and eight RBI in his last 11 games, beginning on 4/21. Last HR: 5/3/15 at STL LAST 3: 5-10 (.500) 0 HR 0 RBI First HR: 5/3/15 at STL N Connected off Trevor Rosenthal on 5/3 for first Major League home run. CURRENT STREAK: 3 games (Trevor Rosenthal)

STEVE LOMBARDOZZI N Made Bucco debut Wednesday night and grounded out as a pinch hitter...Struck out as a PH Saturday night. Multi-Hit Games: 0 HOMESTAND: 0-2 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Was selected Wednesday from Triple-A Indianapolis, where he hit .379 (33-for-87) with 13 RBI in 24 games. Multi-RBI Games: 0 SERIES: 0-1 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Made 8 appearances in RF, 7 in LF, 3 at third base, 2 at second base and 1 at shortstop with Indianapolis. Last HR: 8/30/13 vs. NY LAST 3: 0-2 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI First HR: 6/3/12 at WAS N Hit safely in 10 of his last 11 Triple-A games (17-for-41, .415)...Ranked second in the league in batting. CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-2 (Tommy Hanson)

STARLING MARTE N Has gone 10-for-27 (.370) in his last seven games...Left Saturday’s game after the third inning due to dizziness. Multi-Hit Games: 7 HOMESTAND: 5-15 (.333) 1 HR 4 RBI N Is tied for sixth in the National League in home runs...Is hitting .359 (14-for-39) in the seventh inning and later. Multi-RBI Games: 7 SERIES: 3-6 (.500) 0 HR 1 RBI N Is hitting .333 (25-for-75) with six home runs and 19 RBI in his last 21 games. Last HR: 5/5/15 vs. CIN LAST 3: 4-9 (.444) 0 HR 3 RBI First HR: 7/26/12 at HOU N Has gone 6-for-12 with four home runs off LHP this season; has career average of .354 (84-for-237) vs. LHP. CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-2 (Dallas Keuchel)

ANDREW McCUTCHEN N Is hitting .462 (6-for-13) in his last three games...Has recorded a double in three straight games. Multi-Hit Games: 6 HOMESTAND: 7-21 (.333) 0 HR 1 RBI N Has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games...Is hitting .353 (6-for-17) with runners in scoring position. Multi-RBI Games: 3 SERIES: 3-9 (.333) 0 HR 0 RBI N Collected his 1000th career hit on 4/29 at Wrigley Field; an infield to third base off Edwin Jackson. Last HR: 4/12/15 at MIL LAST 3: 6-13 (.462) 0 HR 1 RBI First HR: 6/17/09 at MIN N His 60 home runs at PNC Park rank second on the all-time list behind Jason Bay (61). CURRENT STREAK: 4 games (Francisco Liriano)

JORDY MERCER N Had three RBI Saturday night - had just one previous RBI at PNC Park this year (4/23 vs. Chicago). Multi-Hit Games: 2 HOMESTAND: 2-12 (.167) 0 HR 2 RBI N Has reached base safely in seven of his last eight games and has hit safely in six of his last eight. Multi-RBI Games: 1 SERIES: 1-5 (.200) 0 HR 2 RBI N Has made just one error in his last 42 games at shortstop; a fielding miscue on 4/26 at Arizona. Last HR: 9/27/14 at CIN LAST 3: 2-10 (.200) 0 HR 3 RBI First HR: 8/8/12 vs. ARI N Has a career average of .350 from the second spot in the batting order; has gone 4-for-14 in 3 games this year. CURRENT STREAK: 1 game (Josh Collmenter)

GREGORY POLANCO N Has appeared in the leadoff spot the last 9 games and has gone 9-for-39 with 6 walks and 6 runs scored. Multi-Hit Games: 8 HOMESTAND: 3-20 (.150) 0 HR 1 RBI N Has gone 23-for-78 (.295) with eight doubles, a homer, six RBI and 16 runs scored in his last 20 games. Multi-RBI Games: 1 SERIES: 2-8 (.250) 0 HR 1 RBI N Connected off Chicago’s Jason Hammel for his lone home run on 4/22 at PNC Park. Last HR: 4/22/15 vs. CHI LAST 3: 3-11 (.273) 0 HR 1 RBI First HR: 6/13/14 at MIA N Is hitting .314 (11-for-35) with runners on base and .333 (7-for-21) with runners in scoring position. CURRENT STREAK: 3 games (Mike Dunn)

SEAN RODRIGUEZ N Played five innings in left field and one at first base Saturday night and went 1-for-2 at the plate. Multi-Hit Games: 2 HOMESTAND: 1-3 (.333) 0 HR 0 RBI N Has six hits in his last 13 at bats (.462)...Has gone 5-for-14 (.357) in his five starts. Multi-RBI Games: 0 SERIES: 1-2 (.500) 0 HR 0 RBI N Started in left field on 4/23 and connected off Kyle Hendricks for his first home run of the season. Last HR: 4/23/15 vs. CHI LAST 3: 1-3 (.333) 0 HR 0 RBI First HR: 6/1/08 vs. TOR N Has made 16 appearances at first base, four in right field, two at second base and two in left field this year. CURRENT STREAK: 1 game (A.J. Burnett)

CHRIS STEWART N Made sixth start behind the plate Thursday and went 2-for-4 with two RBI (the Pirates are 5-1 in his six starts). Multi-Hit Games: 3 HOMESTAND: 2-4 (.500) 0 HR 2 RBI N Has hit safely in four straight games (6-for-15, .400)...Has gone 7-for-26 in his six starts behind the plate. Multi-RBI Games: 2 SERIES: 0-0 (.000) 0 HR 0 RBI N Went 2-for-5 with a double in his start at Chicago on 4/29. Last HR: 5/18/14 at NYY LAST 3: 5-14 (.357) 0 HR 2 RBI First HR: 8/24/13 at SF N Went 2-for-4 with two RBI in his first start on 4/19...Began season on the D.L. with a right hamstring strain. CURRENT STREAK: 4 games (Tim Lincecum)

NEIL WALKER N Homered Saturday night - his first since 4/12 at Milwaukee...Has gone 5-for-11 (.455) in his last three games. Multi-Hit Games: 6 HOMESTAND: 7-18 (.389) 1 HR 3 RBI N Has hit safely in 17 of his last 20 games (23-for-73, .315)...Had a 10-game hitting streak from 4/18-27. Multi-RBI Games: 3 SERIES: 3-8 (.375) 1 HR 2 RBI N Has started 28 of the first 30 games at second base...Has gone 7-for-19 (.368) from second spot of the order. Last HR: 5/9/15 vs. STL LAST 3: 5-11 (.455) 1 HR 3 RBI First HR: 6/1/10 vs. CHI N Ranks first among National League second basemen with 41 home runs since the start of the 2013 season. CURRENT STREAK: 5 games (Ted Lilly) ANTONIO BASTARDO N Struck out two of the four St. Louis batters he faced Friday night while pitching 1.0 scoreless inning of work. BA AGAINST: 12-32 .375 N Has been scored upon once in his last six appearances; allowed three runs in 1.0 inning on 5/5 vs. Cincinnati. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 6/2 N Has worked less than 1.0 inning in six of his first 11 appearances. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 11/5 N Pitched a scoreless ninth inning and struck out two batters in the 8-0 victory in Arizona on 4/26.

ARQUIMEDES CAMINERO N Surrendered a three-run homer to Kolten Wong in his 0.2ip Friday night; did not allow a run in previous two appearances. BA AGAINST: 12-52 .231 N Has allowed three runs in his last eight appearances (7.1ip)...Has already established a career high in appearances. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 6/1 N Has recorded at least one in 12 of his first 15 games...Tied career high (third time) with 2.0ip on 4/14 vs. Detroit. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 15/10 N Did not surrender a run in his first four games before being scored upon in three straight from 4/14-20.

JARED HUGHES N Struck out one of the four batters he faced in 1.0 scoreless inning Saturday...Has made three straight scoreless appearances (2.1ip). BA AGAINST: 19-59 .322 N Gave up three hits and a game-winning sacrifice fly while suffering the loss in the 11th inning on 5/2 in St. Louis. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 8/2 N Has been charged with an earned run in three of his 17 appearances...Has been scored upon just once in last eight games (6.0ip/1r). 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 17/14 N Has stranded six of his eight inherited runners this season; stranded 30 of his team-high 37 inherited runners last season.

RADHAMES LIZ N Worked a scoreless eighth inning Friday night...Has been scored upon once in his last four appearances. BA AGAINST: 13-44 .295 N Suffered a blown and his second loss of the season in walkoff defeat at St. Louis (Kolten Wong HR in 14th inning) on 5/3. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 0/0 N Pitched 3.0 scoreless innings in Chicago on 4/28; the longest relief stint for a Pittsburgh pitcher this season. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 7/3 N Was the winning pitcher in the game on 4/23 (2.0ip/0r) - his first win in the Major Leagues since 9/14/08 while pitching with Baltimore.

MARK MELANCON N Converted his fourth straight save opportunity Saturday night vs. St. Louis and his first since 4/25 at Arizona. BA AGAINST: 12-47 .255 N Has recorded a save in four of his last six games, retiring 16 of the 20 batters he has faced in that time. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 1/0 N Suffered a blown save and loss vs. Chicago on 4/21 (1.0ip/3er); has made seven straight scoreless appearances (7.0ip) since then. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 14/10 N His 55 saves with the Pirates rank ninth place in club history (Bill Landrum ranks eighth with 56).

ROB SCAHILL N Tossed a scoreless sixth inning and recorded his first win as a Pirate Saturday night and the second of his career (also 7/30/14). BA AGAINST: 12-48 .250 N Has pitched multiple innings in five of his 11 games; his ERA in those games is 0.96 (9.1ip/1er). INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 3/1 N Surrendered walkoff single to Matt Adams with two outs in the 10th inning on 5/1- his second such loss this season. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 11/10 N Has allowed just one earned run in his first 11 appearances...Is unscored upon in his five games at PNC Park this year (4.2ip).

TONY WATSON N Retired all three St. Louis batters he faced Saturday night...Has made eight straight scoreless appearances (9.0ip). BA AGAINST: 11-63 .175 N 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. INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED: 7/1 N Has whiffed at least one batter in 15 of his 17 appearances...Has not allowed a hit in 10 of his 17 games. 1ST BAT FACED/RET: 17/15 N Recorded first save of the season and fifth of his career with 2.0 scoreless innings of work against the Cubs on 4/22.

2015 Disabled List (6 players, 6 appearances) Pirates vs. Cardinals On Date Off ^Games Player (injury) DL Eligible DL Missed 2015 CAREER Brandon Cumpton (R elbow surgery) 4/5 (retro to 3/27) 4/12 14-16 Jaff Decker (L calf strain) 4/5 (retro to 3/30) 4/15 4/18 4-6 AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI (R hip surgery) 4/5 4/21 14-16 Alvarez .214 14 3 1 2 .249 265 66 16 52 Justin Sellers (L heel pain) 4/5 (retro to 3/27) 4/12 14-16 Cervelli .313 16 5 0 0 .313 16 5 0 0 Chris Stewart (R hamstring strain) 4/5 (retro to 3/27) 4/12 4/17 3-6 Harrison .100 20 2 0 1 .293 140 41 2 17 Andrew Lambo (plantar fasciitis L foot) 5/6 (retro to 5/4) 5/19 2-2 Hart .000 2 0 0 1 .275 345 95 17 57 Kang .417 12 5 1 1 .417 12 5 1 1 * 60-day DL ^Team record in games missed Lombardozzi .000 1 0 0 0 .273 11 3 0 0 Marte .364 22 8 0 1 .301 133 40 1 7 Runs By Inning McCutchen .240 25 6 0 0 .278 356 99 9 40 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Xtra Total Mercer .200 20 4 0 3 .233 116 27 3 11 Bucs 13 14 7 6 15 21 12 10 14 1 113 Polanco .318 22 7 0 1 .278 36 10 0 1 Opps 3 16 15 19 4 8 13 7 13 5 103 Rodriguez .571 7 4 0 0 .417 12 5 0 0 Stewart .200 5 1 0 0 .222 9 2 0 0 THE LAST TIME... Walker .222 18 4 1 2 .279 290 81 8 38

The Pirates Hit Back-to-Back HRs...... 9/7/14 @CHI (Mercer & McCutchen) W-L-S ERA G IP ER W-L-S ERA G IP ER The Pirates Hit a ...... 4/21/14 vs. CIN (Davis) Bastardo 0-0-0 0.00 3 2.0 0 0-0-0 1.74 10 10.1 2 The Pirates Hit an Inside-The-Park HR...... 9/10/14 @PHI (McCutchen) Burnett 0-0-0 0.00 1 6.0 0 9-6-0 3.67 19 120.0 49 The Pirates Hit a Leadoff HR...... 4/21/15 vs. CHI (Harrison) Caminero 0-0-0 8.10 3 3.1 3 0-0-0 8.10 3 3.1 3 The Pirates Hit Back-to-Back HR’s Leading Off Game...... 9/20/13 vs. CIN (Tabata & Walker) Cole 0-0-0 ---- 0 0.0 0 1-2-0 3.42 4 26.1 10 The Pirates Hit a Leadoff Inside-The-Park HR...... 4/20/12 vs. STL (Presley) Hughes 0-1-0 3.38 3 2.2 1 1-3-1 2.76 21 29.1 9 The Pirates Hit a Pinch-Hit Grand Slam...... 5/21/13 vs. CHI (Snider) Liriano 0-1-0 3.77 2 14.1 6 4-2-0 2.38 10 64.1 17 The Pirates Hit Three HR’s in One Inning...... 9/13/13 vs. CHI (Alvarez, Martin & Jones) Liz 0-1-0 5.40 2 3.1 2 0-1-0 5.40 2 3.1 2 The Pirates Hit Three Consecutive HR’s in One Inning...... 9/13/13 vs. CHI (Alvarez, Martin & Jones) Locke 0-0-0 ---- 0 0.0 0 2-2-0 3.76 5 26.1 11 The Pirates Hit Four HR’s in One Inning...... 8/20/03 @STL (Sanders-2, Kendall & Giles) Melancon 0-0-1 0.00 2 2.0 0 1-1-9 1.16 22 23.1 3 The Pirates Hit Six Home Runs in a Game...... 4/14/14 @CIN Scahill 1-1-0 1.93 3 4.2 1 2-1-0 4.00 7 9.0 4 The Pirates Hit Seven Home Runs in a Game...... 8/20/03 @STL (club record, done 3 times) Watson 0-0-0 0.00 3 3.1 0 3-0-0 1.36 30 33.0 5 2015 Walkoff Wins Worley 0-0-0 4.91 2 11.0 6 0-0-0 4.94 5 27.1 15

2015 Ejections Date Player/ Reason (Umpire) 1. 4/14 Clint Hurdle Discussing balls and strikes (David Rackley) 2015 PIRATES DAY BY DAY Game Total Home Game Total Home Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance Date No. OPP. W/L Score Record Pos. GB/A Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Attendance APRIL (12-10) 6 82 SD 6 1 at Cin L 2-5 0-1 T3 -1.0 Diaz (1-0) Watson (0-1) Chapman (1) 43,633 7 83 SD 8 2 at Cin L 4-5 (11) 0-2 4 -2.0 Hoover (1-0) Liz (0-1) 30,859 8 84 SD 9 3 at Cin L 2-3 0-3 T4 -3.0 Chapman (1-0) Scahill (0-1) 15,616 9 85 STL 10 4 at Mil W 6-2 1-3 4 -3.0 Locke (1-0) Fiers (0-1) 27,373 10 86 STL 11 5 at Mil L 0-6 1-4 T4 -3.0 Nelson (1-0) Worley (0-1) 41,108 11 87 STL 12 6 at Mil W 10-2 2-4 4 -2.0 Sadler (1-0) Lohse (0-2) 39,017 12 88 STL 13 7 DET W 5-4 3-4 4 -1.5 Cole (1-0) Sanchez (1-1) * 39,933 39,933 13-16 ALL-STAR BREAK 14 8 DET L 0-2 3-5 4 -2.0 Greene (2-0) Burnett (0-1) Soria (4) 31,755 71,688 17 89 at Mil 15 9 DET L 0-1 3-6 4 -2.5 Simon (2-0) Liriano (0-1) Soria (5) 19,509 91,197 18 90 at Mil 17 10 MIL W 6-3 4-6 4 -2.5 Worley (1-1) Nelson (1-1) Melancon (1) 25,664 116,861 19 91 at Mil 18 11 MIL W 6-2 5-6 4 -2.5 Locke (2-0) Lohse (0-3) 33,961 150,822 20 92 at KC 19 12 MIL W 5-2 6-6 3 -2.5 Cole (2-0) Garza (1-2) Melancon (2) 28,129 178,951 21 93 at KC 20 13 CHI L 2-5 6-7 T3 -3.0 Arrieta (2-1) Caminero (0-1) 11,777 190,728 22 94 at KC 21 14 CHI L 8-9 6-8 4 -3.0 Jackson (1-0) Melancon (0-1) Rondon (3) 13,680 204,408 23 95 WAS 22 15 CHI W 4-3 7-8 4 -3.0 Worley (2-1) Hammel (1-1) Watson (1) 15,101 219,509 24 96 WAS 23 16 CHI W 5-4 8-8 T3 -3.0 Liz (1-1) Schlitter (0-2) Melancon (3) 22,224 241,733 25 97 WAS 24 17 at Ari W 4-1 9-8 3 -3.0 Cole (3-0) Collmenter (1-3) Melancon (4) 24,427 26 98 WAS 25 18 at Ari W 2-1 10-8 3 -3.0 Watson (1-1) Reed (0-1) Melancon (5) 38,859 28 99 at Min 26 19 at Ari W 8-0 11-8 3 -2.0 Liriano (1-1) Hellickson (1-3) 32,353 29 100 at Min 27 20 at Chi L 0-4 11-9 3 -2.0 Hammel (2-1) Worley (2-2) 29,159 30 101 at Cin 31 102 at Cin 28 21 at Chi L 2-6 11-10 3 -3.0 Wood (2-1) Locke (2-1) 29,915 29 22 at Chi W 8-1 12-10 3 -3.0 Cole (4-0) Hendricks (0-1) 30,634 AUGUST (0-0) 1 103 at Cin MAY (2-6) 2 104 at Cin 1 23 at Stl L 1-2 (10) 12-11 3 -4.5 Choate (1-0) Scahill (0-2) 40,912 3 105 CHI 2 24 at Stl L 1-2 (11) 12-12 T3 -5.5 Villanueva (3-1) Hughes (0-1) 45,095 4 106 CHI 3 25 at Stl L 2-3 (14) 12-13 T3 -6.5 Socolovich (1-0) Liz (1-2) 44,382 5 107 CHI 5 26 CIN L 1-7 12-14 4 -8.0 Lorenzen (1-1) Locke (2-2) 16,822 258,555 7 108 LA 6 27 CIN L 0-3 12-15 4 -8.0 Leake (2-1) Cole (4-1) Chapman (6) 16,527 275,082 8 109 LA 7 28 CIN W 7-2 13-15 4 -8.0 Burnett (1-1) DeSclafani (2-3) 27,302 302,384 9 110 LA 8 29 STL L 5-8 13-16 4 -9.0 Wacha (5-0) Liriano (1-2) Rosenthal (11) 33,507 335,891 11 111 at Stl 9 30 STL W 7-5 14-16 4 -8.0 Scahill (1-2) Martinez (3-1) Melancon (6) *38,068 373,959 12 112 at Stl 10 31 STL 13 113 at Stl 11 32 at Phi 14 114 at NY 12 33 at Phi 15 115 at NY 13 34 at Phi 16 116 at NY 14 35 at Phi 17 117 ARI 15 36 at Chi 18 118 ARI 15 37 at Chi 19 119 ARI 16 38 at Chi 20 120 SF 19 39 MIN 21 121 SF 20 40 MIN 22 122 SF 22 41 NY 23 123 SF 23 42 NY 24 124 at Mia 24 43 NY 25 125 at Mia 25 44 MIA 26 126 at Mia 26 45 MIA 27 127 at Mia 27 46 MIA 28 128 COL 28 47 at SD 29 129 COL 29 48 at SD 30 130 COL 30 49 at SD 31 50 at SD SEPTEMBER (0-0) 1 131 at Mil JUNE (0-0) 2 132 at Mil 1 51 at SF 3 133 at Mil 2 52 at SF 4 134 at Stl 3 53 at SF 5 135 at Stl 5 54 at Atl 6 136 at Stl 6 55 at Atl 7 137 at Cin 7 56 at Atl 8 138 at Cin 8 57 MIL 9 139 at Cin 9 58 MIL 10 140 MIL 10 59 MIL 11 141 MIL 12 60 PHI 12 142 MIL 13 61 PHI 13 143 MIL 14 62 PHI 15 144 CHI 15 63 CWS 16 145 CHI 16 64 CWS 17 146 CHI 17 65 at CWS 18 147 at LA 18 66 at CWS 19 148 at LA 19 67 at Was 20 149 at LA 20 68 at Was 21 150 at Col 21 69 at Was 22 151 at Col 23 70 CIN 23 152 at Col 24 71 CIN 24 153 at Col 25 72 CIN 25 154 at Chi 26 73 ATL 26 155 at Chi 27 74 ATL 27 156 at Chi 28 75 ATL 28 157 STL 30 76 at Det 29 158 STL 30 159 STL JULY (0-0) 1 77 at Det OCTOBER (0-0) 2 78 at Det 2 160 CIN 3 79 CLE 3 161 CIN 4 80 CLE 4 162 CIN 5 81 CLE BOLD - COMPLETE GAME *home sellout (2)

STARTS BY POSITIONS AND BATTING ORDER 1B - Alvarez (14-15), Hart (0-2) 2B - Walker (13-15), Rodriguez (1-0), Harrison (0-1) 3B - Harrison (11-14), Kang (3-2) SS - Mercer (13-12), Kang (1-4) LF - Marte (13-14), Lambo (0-1), Polanco (0-1), Rodriguez (1-0) CF - McCutchen (13-15), Marte (0-1), Polanco (1-0) RF - Polanco (13-11), Hart (0-2), Lambo (1-1), Rodriguez (0-2) C - Cervelli (8-14), Stewart (5-1), Sanchez (1-1) DH - 1st - Harrison (10-10), Polanco (4-6) 2nd - Polanco (8-6), Mercer (2-1), Harrison (0-3), Walker (2-3), Cervelli (1-2), Lambo (1-1) 3rd - McCutchen (12-15), Polanco (2-0), Walker (0-1) 4th - Walker (11-10), Marte (2-4), Hart (0-2), McCutchen (1-0) 5th - Marte (10-11), Alvarez (4-4), Hart (0-1) 6th - Alvarez (10-10), Mercer (1-1), Hart (0-1), Marte (1-0), Kang (1-2), Walker (0-1), Harrison (1-1) 7th - Cervelli (7-11), Mercer (4-1), Kang (2-2), Lambo (0-1), Rodriguez (1-0), Harrison (0-1) 8th - Mercer (6-9), Stewart (5-1), Kang (1-2), Rodriguez (1-2), Sanchez (1-1), Cervelli (0-1) 9th - Pitcher (14-16)

MOST RECENT TRANSACTIONS 5/8 Charlie Morton (RHP) began rehab assignment with Altoona. 5/6 Steve Lombardozzi (INF) selected from Indianapolis...Andrew Lambo (OF/1B) placed on 15-day disabled list (retro to 5/4). 4/25 Justin Sellers (INF) rehab transferred to Indianapolis. 4/20 Justin Sellers (INF) began rehab assignment with Bradenton. 4/18 Jaff Decker (INF) recalled from rehab, reinstated from disabled list and optioned to Indianapolis. 4/17 Chris Stewart (C) recalled from rehab and reinstated from disabled list... (C) optioned to Indianapolis. 4/13 Francisco Liriano (LHP) reinstated from Paternity List... (RHP) optioned to Indianapolis. 4/11 Chris Stewart (C) rehab transferred to Indianapolis...Francisco Liriano (LHP) placed on Paternity List...Casey Sadler (RHP) recalled from Indianapolis. 4/9 Jaff Decker (OF) began rehab assignment with Indianapolis...Chris Stewart (C) began rehab assignment with Altoona.