PITTSBURGH PIRATES (8-9-1) Vs. DETRIOT TIGERS (7-10-1
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PITTSBURGH PIRATES (8-9-1) vs. DETRIOT TIGERS (7-10-1) March 20, 2021 - Publix Field in Lakeland, FL UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS DATE OPP. STARTING PITCHERS TIME RADIO / TV Pittsburgh: Tyler Anderson (L), Richard 3/21 at Bos RHP Wil Crowe vs. RHP Nick Pivetta 1:05 p.m. KDKA 100.1 FM-1020AM Rodriguez (R), Michael Feliz (R), Kyle Crick (R), Chasen Shreve (L) 3/22 vs. Bal TBA vs. TBA 1:05 p.m. KDKA 100.1 FM-1020AM/AT&T Matthew Boyd (L), Bryan Garcia 3/23 vs. Min TBA vs. 1:05 p.m. AT&T Detroit: TBA (R), Tyler Alexander (L), Buck Farmer (R), 3/24 vs. Atl TBA vs. TBA 1:05 p.m. AT&T Joe Jiménez (R) 3/25 at Bal TBA vs. TBA 6:05 p.m. KDKA 100.1 FM-1020AM TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Tyler Anderson (31-year-old lefthander) is making his fourth start of the spring today...Gave up two runs and struck out seven batters in 4.0ip Monday at Orioles...Gave up five runs in 3.0ip on 3/10 at Yankees...Allowed one run in 2.0ip in his first start on 3/4 vs. Braves...Was signed as a free agent on 2/17...Spent 2020 season with San Francisco and went 4-3 with a 4.37 ERA (59.2ip/29er) in 13 appearances (11 starts)...Spent four seasons (2016-19) pitching with the Rockies prior to being claimed off waivers by the Giants on 10/30/19... Established career highs in wins, starts (32), innings pitched (176.0) and strikeouts (164) while pitching wth the Rockies in 2018. BUCS/TIGERS: Today marks the first of two meetings between the Pirates and Tigers...They are scheduled to meet again in Bradenton on Friday, March 26...The two teams are also scheduled to play during the regular season in Detroit (April 20-22) and in Pittsburgh (Sept. 6-8). EXTRA! EXTRA!: Among all Major League players this spring, Ke’Bryan Hayes shares the lead with eight extra-base hits...He is the sole leader in doubles (six) and ranks first among qualifying Grapefruit League leaders in batting average (.433). PIRATES GOLD: The Pirates have recorded 13 stolen bases and rank tied for fourth among Grapefruit League teams in that department... The Bucs have gone 5-4 at LECOM Park and 3-5-1 on the road...Anthony Alford has five hits in his last nine bats, including a home run and a double...Wilmer Difo has hit safely in each of his last seven games...Dustin Fowler has reached base safely in five of his first six games...Adam Frazier has reached base safely in all seven of his games, going 13-for-22 (.591) with a walk...Todd Frazier leads the team in home runs (three); he went deep in each of his first two games on 2/28 at Orioles and 3/2 vs. Detroit and again Friday night...Ke’Bryan Hayes has six doubles, a homer and a triple among his 13 hits; he leads the team with 24 total bases...Colin Moran homered in his last game (Wednesday) and have reached base safely in five of his last six games...Kevin Newman has reached base safely in 13 of his first 18 plate appearances, going 9-for-14 with four walks...Gregory Polanco has tallied six hits in his last 12 at bats; he has two home runs and a team-high eight RBI in his first seven games...Bryan Reynolds homered on Wednesday and has reached base safely in each of his first 10 games. ROSTER BREAKDOWN STREAKS TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS 51 active players in camp (16 NRI): Pittsburgh: Wil Crowe (R), Sean Poppen (R), Clay Current Streak............................2 Losses Holmes (R), Geoff Hartlieb (R), David Bednar (R) 27 pitchers (6 NRI) Last 5 games .....................................1-4-0 Boston: Nick Pivetta (R), others TBA 5 catchers (3 NRI) 11 infielders (4 NRI) Last 10 games ................................. 4-6-0 8 outfielders (3 NRI) DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHERS OF RECORD (W/L/S) ATTENDANCE HOME ATT./AVG. 2/28 at Orioles W 6-4 1-0-0 Chad Kuhl (1-0)/Thomas Eshelman/Shea Spitzbarth (1) 1,705 3/1 at Blue Jays T 2-2 1-0-1 -------------------------- N/A 3/2 vs. Tigers L 1-6 1-1-1 Casey Mize/JT Brubaker (0-1) 1,507 1,507/1,507 3/3 at Rays L 1-3 1-2-1 Josh Fleming/Miguel Yajure (0-1) 1,127 3/4 vs. Braves W 6-1 2-2-1 Chasen Shreve (1-0)/Chad Sobotka 1,575 3,082/1,541 3/5 at Phillies L 0-3 2-3-1 Chase Anderson/Chad Kuhl (1-1)/Jo Jo Romero 2,045 3/6 vs. Yankees W 3-2 3-3-1 Carson Fulmer (1-0)/Jhoulys Chacin/Shea Spitzbarth (2) 1,622 4,704/1,568 3/7 vs. Orioles W 13-1 4-3-1 JT Brubaker (1-1)/John Means 1,749 6,453/1,613 3/8 OFF DAY 3/9 at Braves W 10-1 5-3-1 Steven Brault (1-0)/Drew Smyly 1,756 3/10 at Yankees (6:35) L 5-6 5-4-1 Mike King/Blake Cederlind (0-1) 2,428 3/11 vs. Orioles W 7-5 6-4-1 Roansy Contreras (1-0)/Evan Phillips/Clay Holmes (1) 1,623 8,076/1,615 3/12 vs. Blue Jays W 2-1 7-4-1 Chase De Jong (1-0)/Thomas Hatch/James Marvel (1) 1,706 9,782/1,630 3/13 at Yankees L 5-7 7-5-1 Corey Kluber/JT Brubaker (1-2)/Luis Cessa 2,491 3/14 vs. Phillies L 5-6 7-6-1 Matt Moore/Steven Brault (1-1)/Jo Jo Romero 1,763 11,545/1,649 3/15 at Orioles L 3-12 7-7-1 Shawn Armstrong/Quinn Priester (0-1)/Keegan Akin 1,741 3/16 at Twins W 4-2 8-7-1 Chad Kuhl (2-1)/Jose Berrios 2,594 3/17 vs. Rays L 9-10 8-8-1 Tyler Glasnow/Mitch Keller (0-1)/Chris Mazza 1,743 13,288/1,661 3/18 OFF DAY 3/19 vs. Orioles (6:05) L 9-11 8-9-1 Wade LeBlanc/Sam Howard (0-1)/Eric Hanhold 1,759 15,047/1,672 3/20 at Tigers 3/21 at Red Sox 3/22 vs. Orioles 3/23 vs. Twins 3/24 vs. Braves 3/25 at Orioles (6:05) 3/26 vs. Tigers 3/27 vs. Red Sox 3/28 at Orioles 3/29 vs. Twins 3/30 at Twins 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) #31 TYLER ANDERSON (LHP) #32 GEOFF HARTLIEB (RHP) #44 CODY PONCE (RHP) DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/4 vs. Atl * --- 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 3/6 vs. NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/2 vs. Det --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3/10 at NYY * --- 3.0 8 5 5 0 2 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/6 vs. NYY * --- 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 3/15 at Bal * --- 4.0 6 2 2 0 7 3/13 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/16 at Min --- 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 #62 SEAN POPPEN (RHP) #51 DAVID BEDNAR (RHP) 3/19 vs. Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 vs. Det --- 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 3/1 at Tor --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/5 at Phi --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/4 vs. Atl --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 #52 CLAY HOLMES (RHP) 3/9 at Atl --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/7 vs. Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 3/12 vs. Tor --- 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 2/28 at Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 3/16 at Min --- 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 3/4 vs. Atl --- 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 3/13 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/7 vs. Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/16 at Min --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 #48 RICHARD RODRÍGUEZ (RHP) 3/11 vs. Bal SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/19 vs. Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/14 vs. Phi --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/7 vs. Bal --- 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 #43 STEVEN BRAULT (LHP) 3/17 vs. TB --- 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 DATE OPP DEC.