GAME #32/ROAD #17 RHP TREVOR WILLIAMS (4-1, 2.29 ERA) Vs
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PITTSBURGH PIRATES (17-14) vs. WASHINGTON NATIONALS (15-16) May 3, 2018 at Nationals Park, Washington, D.C. --- GAME #32/ROAD #17 RHP TREVOR WILLIAMS (4-1, 2.29 ERA) vs. RHP JEREMY HELLICKSON (0-0, 4.11 ERA) THE PIRATES...have lost three straight games following their season-high five game winning streak from 4/25 (game two) - 4/29...Lost a season-high five straight games from 4/19-25 (game one)...Have gone 10-12 in their last 22 games after going 7-2 in their first nine...Won each of their first four games and six of the first seven...Were 14-17 after 31 games in 2017 (14-18 after 32). GIVING THEM THE WILLYs: Trevor Williams enters today’s action ranked eighth among all National League pitchers with BUCS WHEN... a 2.29 ERA and sixth with a .192 batting average against...In his last start Saturday night against St. Louis at PNC Park, he earned his fourth win while allowing two runs over 6.0 innings of work...Williams has posted a 1.50 ERA (18.0ip/3er) in his Last five games ................ 2-3 three starts on the road...His 1.50 road ERA coming into today ranks second among all National League pitchers behind San Last ten games ................. 5-5 Francisco’s Johnny Cueto (0.00). PROJECT 34: Created by Bucco RHP Trevor Williams, Project 34 was inspired by the journey of Cory Hahn, a former roommate Leading after 6 ................ 14-0 and teammate of Trevor’s at Arizona State University, who suffered a spinal cord injury...Project 34 has a mission to positively Tied after 6 .................... 2-2 impact the lives of those living with a spinal cord injury by providing necessary medical equipment, assistive devices, and aiding in the cost for physical therapy...In Hahn’s honor, Williams is wearing uniform #34 this season...For the complete story Trailing after 6 .................1-11 on Cory, check out the following link: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/cory-hahn-arizona-diamondbacks. Leading after 7 .................13-0 WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S: The Pirates will depart for Milwaukee at the conclusion of today’s game for the second stop of their Tied after 7 .................... 2-2 10-day, nine-game road trip...It’s the first of 19 games the two teams will face each other this season...Pittsburgh went 10-9 in 2017 against the Brewers...The Bucs are 8-2 against teams from the National League Central this season. Trailing after 7 .................2-11 COMING INTO HIS OWN: Elias Díaz has hit safely in each of his first seven starts this season, going 15-for-27 (.556) with Leading after 8 .................13-0 a pair of home runs...He has recorded back-to-back three-hit games in his last two starts and multi-hit games in six of his seven starts behind the dish in 2018. Tied after 8 ....................3-0 UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN: The Bucs and Nats will close out their season series with three games at PNC Park from July 9-11 Trailing after 8 .................1-13 during the final homestand leading up to this year’s All-Star break...Last year Pittsburgh took two of three games against Washington at PNC Park from May 16-18. Scoring first ...................10-5 WORKING SIX: The Pirates are 11-5 this season when their starting pitchers work at least 6.0 innings, including wins in Opp. score first .................7-8 four of the last five occurrences...Trevor Williams has worked 6.0 innings in all but one of his first six starting assignments. Scoring 4+ ................... 14-4 CONTROLLING THE RUNNING GAME: Francisco Cervelli has thrown out five baserunners attempting to steal against him this season, which is tied for the second-most among National League backstops (Miami’s Bryan Holaday leads the way Scoring less than 4 ..............3-9 with six)...Pittsburgh’s six caught stealings as a team is tied for fourth in the National League, trailing only the Marlins (12), Brewers (eight) and Nationals (seven). Outhitting Opp. ................13-1 DEEP THOUGHTS: The Pirates have homered in 10 of their last 11 games, including once in last night’s contest by Francisco Being out-hit ..................4-11 Cervelli...Pittsburgh ranks seventh overall among National League teams with 32 homers on the season, but tied for second Hits are equal .................. 0-1 in all of MLB with six three-run homers along with the Nationals...Atlanta leads all of MLB in three-run shots with seven. EXTRA EXTRA: The Bucs begin today ranked fourth in the National League with 94 extra base hits...The only three teams in Comeback wins ..................8 the league with more are the Braves (109), Diamondbacks (102) and Dodgers (96). Wins in final AB ..................4 COREY’S CONTRIBUTIONS: Corey Dickerson, who was acquired by the Pirates from Tampa Bay during spring training, has Walkoff Wins ....................2 homered three times in his last seven games...He also enters today ranked seventh among all National League hitters in batting average (.318) and 10th in total bases (57). Losses in final AB ................. 1 CATCH THIS: Over the last 22 games, catchers Francisco Cervelli and Elias Díaz have combined to hit .442 (34-for-77) with Walk-off Losses .................. 1 three doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 23 RBI...Cervelli is hitting .393 (22-for-56) in his last 17 games and Díaz went 3-for-4 with two RBI in his last start while producing a .455 average overall in 13 games this season...As a pair, the two Extra Inning Games ..............2-1 Bucco backstops are hitting .370 (40-for-108) with seven homers, 26 RBI and a MLB-best 1.084 OPS. Playing errorless ...............10-7 TAKING OFFENSE: The Pirates have scored a total of 149 runs coming into today, which ranks tied for fifth in all of Major League Baseball...The only four teams to score more runs than Pittsburgh coming into today are the Yankees (172), Red Sox Homered .....................13-8 (170), Braves (161) and Blue Jays (156). 2+ homers ....................4-3 REHABBING BUCCOS: RHP A.J. Schugel, on the disabled list since the start of the season with right shoulder discomfort, made his seventh overall rehab appearance on Monday; he tossed 1.0 scoreless inning in his fifth outing with Triple-A Series (W-L-T) ................6-3-1 Indianapolis...Schugel began his rehab assignment with two appearances at High-A Bradenton (2.0ip/2h/2r/1er/1bb/2so)... Series Sweeps ....................2 RHP Joe Musgrove made his first rehab start with Single-A Bradenton Tuesday night (3.0ip/5h/2r/2er/0bb/2so)...Musgrove threw a total of 36 pitches (29 strikes)...He is scheduled to make his next rehab start (4.0ip/65 pitches) on Sunday with Swept in a Series ................. 1 Double-A Altoona. Interleague ...................6-2 Before the break ..............17-14 ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY After the break .................0-0 May 3, 1999: Jason Kendall went 5-for-5 and Brian Giles hit two home runs but Brant Brown proved to be the hero after his single with two outs in the ninth inning capped a four-run comeback over San Francisco closer Robb Nen for a 9-8 Pirates win at Three Rivers Stadium. Starter goes 6.0ip+ .............11-5 Starter goes less than 6.0ip .........6-9 UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Friday at Milwaukee 7:10 CDT RHP Nick Kingham (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Junior Guerra (2-1, 0.82 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Saturday at Milwaukee 6:10 CDT RHP Jameson Taillon (2-3, 4.83 ERA) vs. RHP Zach Davies (2-3, 4.24 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Sunday at Milwaukee 1:10 CDT RHP Chad Kuhl (3-2, 5.01 ERA) vs. RHP Jhoulys Chacin (2-1, 4.54 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Monday OFF DAY IN CHICAGO 34 - RHP TREVOR WILLIAMS YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO 2017 7-9 4.07 31 25 0 0 150.1 145 73 68 52 117 2018 4-1 2.29 6 6 0 0 35.1 23 9 9 17 23 M.L. CAREER 12-11 3.99 44 32 0 0 198.1 187 95 88 74 151 vs. WASHINGTON: 0-0 in one career appearance...Surrendered one hit, two walks and one run in relief (0.2ip) on 9/26/16 at PNC Park. 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 4/1 at Detroit (game 1) W 6.0 0 0 0 5 1 85 0.00 1-0 W 4/6 vs. Cincinnati W 5.1 10 2 2 1 4 90 1.59 14-3 W 4/12 at Chicago W 6.0 4 1 1 1 5 94 1.56 6-1 W 4/17 vs. Colorado L 6.0 4 2 2 3 4 97 1.93 0-2 L 4/22 at Philadelphia ND 6.0 1 2 2 5 7 92 2.15 2-3 L 4/28 vs. St. Louis W 6.0 4 2 2 2 2 104 2.29 6-2 W APRIL (4-1, 2.29 ERA) 35.1 23 9 9 17 23 562 CAREER BATTING: .057 (3-for-53) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 1 RBI 4 BB 4 SACS 2018 BATTING: .091 (1-for-11) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 BB 0 SACS CATCHERS THROWING TOMORROW’S STARTER CS/ATT PCT PB PICK OFFS CATCHER’S ERA NICK KINGHAM: The 26-year-old righthander will make the second start of his big league career tomorrow Cervelli 5/13 38% 0 0 (212.0ip/104er) 4.42 night at Milwaukee...He made his MLB debut and won a 5-0 decision against St.