vs. March 3, 2016 - McKechnie Field in Bradenton, FL TODAY: The Pirates are hosting the Blue Jays in a 1:05 affair...Jonathon Niese is expected to start for the Bucs against Toronto’s Gavin Floyd (RH)...Ryan Vogelsong, Tony Watson, Guido Knudson, John Holdzkom and Jim Fuller are also scheduled to pitch for the Pirates. YESTERDAY: The Bucs suffered a 10-3 loss to the Tigers at McKechnie Field...Jeff Locke was the starter and loser...Juan Nicasio tossed a scoreless inning and Arquimedes Caminero struck out two batters while pitching a scoreless frame...Starling Marte singled and scored a run. JONATHON NIESE: The 29-year-old lefthander is making his first appearance of the spring this afternoon...Went 9-10 with a 4.13 ERA (176.2ip/81er) in 33 appearances (29 starts) with the National League champion Mets last season...Spent the last 11 years in the New York organization after being selected by the Mets in the seventh round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft...Won a career-high 13 games in 2012...Has gone 61-61 with a 3.91 ERA in 182 career games (177 starts) in the big leagues. TOMORROW: The Pirates are scheduled to host the Twins at 1:05...Francisco Liriano is expected to start for the Bucs against Minnesota’s Tommy Milone (LH)...Mark Melancon, Neftali Feliz, Curtis Partch, Rob Scahill and Trey Haley 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 Jesse Biddle had Tommy John surgery last year and both are expected to miss 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 this afternoon...He is also expected to call a few innings on the TV side during the game on Wednesday, March 9. FAN-TASTIC: The Pirates finished the 2015 spring season with a club record attendance of 106,038, breaking the previous mark of 93,433 set in 2013...The Bucs also set a single-game attendance record with 9,018 fans at the 3/18 contest against the Tigers. 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) L 3-10 1-1 Buck Farmer/Jeff Locke (0-1) 6,952 6,952/6,952 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 ARQUIMEDES CAMINERO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 vs. Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 1 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 JARED HUGHES DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 vs. Det -- 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 KYLE LOBSTEIN DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 * @Det -- 2.0 1 0 0 2 1 JEFF LOCKE DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 * vs. Det L (0-1) 2.0 4 4 4 1 0 KELVIN MARTE DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 @Det SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 MARK MELANCON DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 vs. Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 JUAN NICASIO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 vs. Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 ERIC O’FLAHERTY DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 vs. Det -- 1.0 3 5 1 1 0 CURTIS PARTCH DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 @Det -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 JORGE RONDON DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 vs. Det -- 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 ROB SCAHILL DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 @Det W (1-0) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 A.J. SCHUGEL DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 vs. Det -- 1.0 1 0 0 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 cow CERVELLI 4ko DIAZ, E. 1k DIAZ, J. o k1 EASLEY kw FIGUEROA o1c FLORIMON oo FRAZIER 3o 1w GAMACHE ook GARCIA 2kw ok GOEBBERT w HANSON 1w 1k HARRISON oow JASO ow JOYCE k1o KANG MARTE 1k McCUTCHEN wo McGUIRE w MERCER 1o4 MOROFF c MORSE kko NGOEPE o ow ORTIZ oo 1oo POLANCO ooo RAMIREZ k wo RICHARDSON RODRIGUEZ o1 ROGERS ooo1 STALLINGS STEWART wo

CODE: 1-single; 2-double; 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.