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MINNESOTA TWINS vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES @pirates March 27, 2013 - McKechnie Field in Bradenton, Florida TODAY...the Pirates are playing the Twins in Bradenton at 1:05...A.J. Burnett (RH) is expected to start against Minnesota’s Vance Worley (RH). A.J. BURNETT: The 36-year-old righthander is making his fourth Grapefruit League start this afternoon...Has gone 0-2 with a 7.88 ERA (8.0ip/10r/7er) in his first three outings...Also threw 101 pitches in 5.0 innings of work in a minor league game at Pirate City on 3/22 and 72 pitches (5.0ip/3h/2r/2er/2bb/3so) in a minor league game at Pirate City on 3/16...Made last start with Pirates on 3/9 vs. Twins (4.2ip/2h/2r/2er/2bb/3so)...Suffered a loss vs. Phillies on 3/4 (1.1ip/4h/4r/4er/2bb/2so) and a loss vs. Rays on 2/27 (2.0ip/3h/4r/1er/0bb/1so)...Went 16-10 with a 3.51 ERA in 31 starts with the Pirates in 2012, winning at least 10 games for eighth straight season...Led Pittsburgh in strikeouts (180) and innings pitched (202.1)...Tied for sixth in the National League in wins, his second-highest total behind an 18-10 mark with Toronto in 2008... Was acquired from the Yankees on 2/19/12...Ranks sixth among Major League pitchers with 1,971 strikeouts since making his debut with the Marlins in 1999. TOMORROW: The Pirates are scheduled to play the Yankees in Tampa at 1:05...Jeff Locke (LH) is expected to start against New York’s Hiroki Kuroda (RH). THE ROSTER: There are 26 active players in Major League camp, including 2 non-roster players (Jonathan Sanchez and Brandon Inge)...Among those 26 total players, there are 12 pitchers, 2 catchers, 8 infielders and 4 outfielders...INF Chase d’Arnaud (left thumb surgery), RHP Charlie Morton (Tommy John surgery on 6/14/12), LHP Francisco Liriano (right humeral fracture) and RHP Jose Contreras (right elbow surgery) are currently inactive...INF John McDonald was acquired from Arizona on Wednesday in exchange for a player to be named or cash...RHP Jeff Karstens is sidelined with right shoulder inflammation. THRU THE GATES: The Pirates will establish a club attendance record today...The Bucs are averaging a record 6,164 fans to their home games this spring and have drawn a total of 86,292 in 14 games...A club record (for now) 88,003 fans came out to McKechnie Field in spring training 2011 for 16 dates (5,500 per game average). HEADIN’ HOME: Following their final Grapefruit League game Thursday, the Pirates return to Pittsburgh and will have a day off Friday before playing their Double-A affili- ate in a scheduled exhibition game in Altoona, PA, Saturday at 2:05...The club will conduct a workout at PNC Park Sunday beginning at 1:00 and are scheduled to begin the regular season at home with a 1:35 game against the Chicago Cubs on Monday; A.J. Burnett will oppose Jeff Samardzija. PIRATES GOLD: Pedro Alvarez has seven hits in his last 22 at bats...Josh Harrison has nine hits (two doubles/seven singles) in his last 21 at bats...Garrett Jones homered on Saturday and has hit safely in five of his eight games since returning from an oblique injury on 3/15...Starling Marte has reached base safely in seven straight games and in 11 of his last 13...Russell Martin has reached base safely in 10 of his 12 games with an at bat...Andrew McCutchen has homered in two of his last four games and has reached base safely in six of his last eight games...Michael McKenry has a five-game hitting streak (6-for-14)...Gaby Sanchez has reached base safely in eight straight games...Travis Snider has reached base safely in six of his last eight games...Jose Tabata has hit safely in three of his last four games. DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHERS OF RECORD (W/L/S) ATTENDANCE HOME ATT./AVG. 2/23 at Rays W 3-2 1-0 Jeff Locke (1-0)/J.D. Martin/Brooks Brown (1) 4,436 2/24 vs. Braves W 9-2 2-0 Jason Grilli (1-0)/Jonny Venters 5,626 5,626/5,626 2/25 at Twins L 4-5 2-1 Cole De Vries/Kris Johnson (0-1)/Pedro Hernandez 5,048 2/26 vs. Orioles RAINED OUT 2/27 vs. Rays L 2-8 2-2 Jeremy Hellickson/A.J. Burnett (0-1) 4,266 9,892/4,946 2/28 vs. Red Sox L 6-16 2-3 John Lackey/Jonathan Sanchez (0-1) 5,212 15,104/5,035 3/1 at Orioles L 5-6 2-4 Jason Hammel/James McDonald (0-1) 4,256 at Red Sox (7:05) L 2-5 2-5 Jon Lester/Jeff Locke (1-1)/Alex Wilson 9,383 3/2 at Tigers L 1-4 2-6 Drew Smyly/Jeanmar Gomez (0-1)/Luis Marte 6,032 3/3 vs. Astros W 8-6 3-6 Bryan Morris (1-0)/Jordan Lyles/Brooks Brown (2) 4,112 19,216/4,804 3/4 vs. Phillies L 0-5 3-7 John Lannan/A.J. Burnett (0-2) 6,281 25,497/5,099 3/5 vs. SPAIN W 10-0 Gerrit Cole/Rhiner Cruz 2,500 3/6 at Red Sox W 9-3 4-7 Jeff Locke (2-1)/Steven Wright 9,716 3/7 vs. Rays L 2-4 4-8 Chris Archer/Jeanmar Gomez (0-2) 5,716 31,213/5,202 3/8 vs. Orioles (7:05) L 3-6 4-9 Wei-Yin Chen/Kyle McPherson (0-1)/Troy Patton 6,353 37,566/5,367 3/9 vs. Twins L 4-5 4-10 Alex Meyer/Vin Mazzaro (0-1)/Virgil Vazquez 5,877 43,443/5,430 3/10 at Orioles W 5-2 5-10 Gerrit Cole (1-0)/Miguel Gonzalez/Ryan Reid (1) 6,410 at Twins W 7-4 6-10 Roman Colon (1-0)/Alex Burnett/Vic Black (1) 7,364 3/11 vs. Orioles W 4-3 7-10 Kris Johnson (1-0)/Adam Russell 5,431 48,874/5,430 3/12 OFF DAY 3/13 vs. Blue Jays W 5-4 8-10 Kyle Waldrop (1-0)/Tommy Hottovy (sellout) 8,439 57,313/5,731 3/14 at Phillies L 1-2 8-11 Jake Diekman/Mike Zagurski (0-1) 9,525 3/15 at Astros W 3-2 9-11 Jonathan Sanchez (1-1)/Brad Peacock/Brooks Brown (3) 3,091 3/16 at Twins L 1-2 9-12 P.J. Walters/Kris Johnson (1-2)/Luis Perdomo 6,012 3/17 vs. Yankees L 9-11 9-13 Ivan Nova/Phil Irwin (0-1)/Chase Whitley (sellout) 8,541 65,854/5,987 3/18 vs. Red Sox W 4-3 10-13 Mark Melancon (1-0)/Chris Carpenter/Bryan Morris (1) (sellout) 7,804 73,658/6,138 3/19 OFF DAY 3/20 at Braves L 9-18 10-14 Mike Minor/Kyle McPherson (0-2) 6,414 3/21 at Orioles (7:05) T 0-0 10-14-1 ----------------------------------------------------- 6,000 3/22 vs. Rays W 6-4 11-14-1 Jared Hughes (1-0)/Dane De La Rosa/Tim Alderson (1) 6,105 79,763/6,136 3/23 at Red Sox (1:35) W 5-3 12-14-1 Vin Mazzaro (1-1)/Anthony Carter/Nate Baker (1) 9,750 3/24 vs. Orioles L 10-12 12-15-1 Jake Pettit/Mike Zagurski (0-2)/Zech Zinicola 6,529 86,292/6,164 3/25 at Rays (7:05) L 2-6 12-16-1 Brandon Gomes/Kyle McPherson (0-3) 4,607 3/26 at Blue Jays L 3-6 12-17-1 Ricky Romero/Jonathan Sanchez (1-2)/Alex Hinshaw 5,130 3/27 vs. Twins 3/28 at Yankees WORLD CHAMPIONS 1909 1925 1960 1971 1979 N.L. CHAMPIONS 1901 1902 1903 1927 DIVISION CHAMPIONS 1970 1972 1974 1975 1990 1991 1992 PITCHING DAY BY DAYS (players still in camp - * denotes game started) A.J. BURNETT JAMES McDONALD DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/27 * vs. TB L 2.0 3 4 1 0 1 2/24 * vs. Atl --- 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 3/4 * vs. Phi L 1.1 4 4 4 2 2 3/1 * at Bal L 3.0 6 4 4 0 1 3/9 vs. Min --- 4.2 2 2 2 2 3 3/7 * vs. TB --- 4.0 1 0 0 3 1 3/13 * vs. Tor --- 5.1 5 3 3 2 5 JEANMAR GOMEZ 3/18 * vs. Bos --- 5.0 4 2 2 3 6 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 at Min --- 1.1 3 4 4 2 1 MARK MELANCON 3/2 * at Det L 3.0 3 4 4 3 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/7 vs. TB L 1.2 4 4 0 0 1 2/24 vs. Atl --- 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 3/15 at Hou --- 3.0 1 0 0 1 3 2/27 vs. TB --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/22 * vs. TB --- 4.0 3 1 1 1 1 3/2 at Det --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/7 vs.