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vs. March 2, 2016 - McKechnie Field in Bradenton, FL TODAY: The Pirates are playing their first home game - a 1:05 affair against the Tigers...Jeff Locke is expected to start for the Bucs against Detroit’s Buck Farmer (RH)...Juan Nicasio, Jared Hughes, Arquimedes Caminero, Eric O’Flaherty, A.J. Schugel and Jorge Rondon are also scheduled to pitch for the Pirates. YESTERDAY: The Bucs and Tigers met in Lakeland and the Pirates won a 4-2 decision... started and pitched 2.0 scoreless innings...Wilfredo Boscan also tossed 2.0 scoreless frames...Trey Haley struck out two of the three batters he faced... went 2-for-3 with a ...Francisco Cervelli hit a solo homer. JEFF LOCKE: The 28-year-old lefthander is making his first appearance of the spring this afternoon...Went 8-11 with a 4.49 ERA (168.1ip/84er) in a career high tying 30 starts with the Pirates last season...Made his Major League debut with the Bucs in 2011...Won a career-high 10 games in 2013 and was named to the National League All-Star team that year...Was originally selected by Atlanta in the second round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. TOMORROW: The Pirates are scheduled to host the Blue Jays at 1:05...Jonathon Niese is expected to start for the Bucs against Toronto’s (RH)...Ryan Vogelsong, Mark Melancon, Tony Watson, Guido Knudson and Kelvin Marte are also scheduled to pitch for the Pirates. THE ROSTER: There are 61 active players in Major League camp (30 , 6 catchers, 17 infielders and 8 outfielders)...RHP Nick Kingham and LHP had Tommy John surgery last year and both are expected to miss spring training action. GUIDING THE SHIP: Clint Hurdle is in his sixth season as Manager of the Pirates...He has won 431 games in his first five seasons and will enter the 2016 campaign sixth among active managers in all-time wins (965)...Hurdle ranks seventh among Pittsburgh managers with his 431 victories, 26 behind Pie Traynor...In addition, Hurdle is just thre third manager in the franchise’s 129-year history to take his team to the postseason three consecutive years (also Fred Clarke from 1901-1903 and Jim Leyland from 1990-1992). ON THE TUBE: Root Sports Pittsburgh is scheduled to televise 12 of the 16 games played at McKechnie Field this spring...The first broadcast will take place this Friday. WHAT’S UP DOC?: Hockey Hall-of-Fame announcer and Emmy-award winning broadcaster Mike “Doc” Emrick will join the Pirates broadcast team in the radio booth Thursday afternoon...He is also expected to call a few innings on the TV side during the game on Wednesday, March 9. NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: Joe Block was hired as a play-by-play announcer on January 30, replacing Tim Neverett, who left the Pirates for a similar role with the Red Sox in Boston...Block spent the last four years in a play-by-play role with the Brewers after spending the 2011 season hosting the radio post-game show on KABC in Los Angeles...Block joins Greg Brown, , and on the Pirates broadcast team. PIRATES GOLD: This marks the 48th year in which the Pirates are holding spring training in Bradenton...Constructed in 1923, McKechnie Field is currently the oldest stadium used for spring training and the third-oldest stadium currently used by a Major League team after Fenway Park, built in 1912, and Wrigley Field, built in 1914. DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHERS OF RECORD (W/L/S) ATTENDANCE HOME ATT./AVG. 3/1 at Tigers W 4-2 1-0 Rob Scahill (1-0)/Logan Kensing/Kelvin Marte (1) 6,779 3/2 vs. Tigers (ss) 3/3 vs. Blue Jays 3/4 vs. Twins 3/5 at Braves 3/6 vs. Astros (ss) 3/7 vs. Phillies 3/8 at Phillies 3/9 vs. Red Sox 3/10 at Rays 3/11 vs. Rays 3/12 at Tigers 3/13 vs. Tigers 3/14 at Red Sox 3/15 OFF DAY 3/16 at Orioles 3/17 vs. Yankees 3/18 at Phillies 3/19 vs. Twins 3/20 at Blue Jays 3/21 vs. Braves at Twins 3/22 OFF DAY 3/23 vs. Orioles 3/24 at Orioles 3/25 at Red Sox (6:05) 3/26 at Twins (1:05) vs. Rays (6:05) 3/27 at Orioles (6:05) 3/28 vs. Twins 3/29 at Yankees (ss) 3/30 vs. Reds Sox 3/31 at Rays 4/1 OFF DAY 4/2 vs. Reds in Indianapolis

WORLD CHAMPIONS 1909 • 1925 • 1960 • 1971 • 1979 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1927 N.L. DIVISION CHAMPIONS 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1975 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 N.L. WILD CARD 2013 • 2014 • 2015 PITCHING DAY BY DAYS (players still in camp - * denotes game started)

WILFREDO BOSCAN DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 @Det -- 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 NEFTALI FELIZ DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 @Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 TREY HALEY DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 @Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 KYLE LOBSTEIN DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 * @Det -- 2.0 1 0 0 2 1 KELVIN MARTE DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 @Det SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 CURTIS PARTCH DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 @Det -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 ROB SCAHILL DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 @Det W (1) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1

BATTING DAY BY DAYS (“A” games vs. other MLB teams only) 3/1 3/2 3/3 3/4 3/5 3/6 3/7 3/8 3/9 3/10 3/12 3/13 3/14 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/19 3/20 3/21 3/23 3/24 3/25 3/26 3/27 3/28 3/20 3/30 3/31 4/2 BELL do CERVELLI 4ko DIAZ, E. 1k DIAZ, J. o EASLEY FIGUEROA o1c FLORIMON FRAZIER 3o GAMACHE GARCIA 2kw GOEBBERT w HANSON 1w HARRISON oow JASO JOYCE k1o KANG MARTE McCUTCHEN McGUIRE w MERCER 1o4 MOROFF MORSE kko NGOEPE o ORTIZ oo POLANCO RAMIREZ k RICHARDSON RODRIGUEZ ROGERS ooo1 STALLINGS STEWART

CODE: 1-single; 2-; 3-triple; 4-home run; w-walk; c-fielders’s choice; e-reached on error; h-hit by pitch; f-sac fly; b-sac bunt; k-; o-groundout/flyout; d-doubleplay 2016 PITTSBURGH PIRATES SPRING TRAINING TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION 2/20 Matt Joyce (OF) signed as a minor league free agent.