MINNESOTA TWINS (11-15-1) Vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (13-14-1
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MINNESOTA TWINS (11-15-1) vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (13-14-1) March 29, 2021 - LECOM Park in Bradenton, FL UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS DATE OPP. STARTING PITCHERS TIME RADIO / TV Pittsburgh: JT Brubaker (R), Sean Poppen 3/31 OFF DAY IN CHICAGO (R), Shea Spitzbarth (R), Yerry De Los Santos (R), Blake Weiman (L) 4/1 at Chi RHP Chad Kuhl vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks 1:20 CDT 93.7 FM The Fan/AT&T Matt Shoemaker (R), Glenn 4/2 OFF DAY IN CHICAGO Minnesota: Sparkman (R), Luke Farrell (R), Ian Hamilton 4/3 at Chi TBA vs. RHP Jake Arrieta 1:20 CDT 93.7 FM The Fan/AT&T (R), Danny Coulombe (L) 4/4 at Chi TBA vs. RHP Zach Davies 1:20 CDT 93.7 FM The Fan/AT&T TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: JT Brubaker (27-year-old righthander) is making his fifth start of the spring today...Gave up three runs and struck out six batters in 5.0ip on 3/24 vs. Braves...Threw 67 pitches in 4.0 innings of a “B” Game on 3/19...Surrendered four runs in 2.0ip on 3/13 at Yankees...Pitched 2.0 scoreless innings and picked up the win on 3/7 vs. Orioles...Gave up one run in 1.0ip and suffered the loss in his first start on 3/2 vs. Tigers...Went 1-3 with a 4.94 ERA (47.1ip/26er) in 11 games (nine starts) during the abbreviated 2020 season...Ranked second among National League rookie pitchers in strikeouts (48) behind Milwaukee reliever Devin Williams (53)...Was Pittsburgh’s minor league Pitcher-of-the-Year in 2018 after going 10-6 with a 2.81 ERA in 28 combined starts between Double-A Altoona and Triple-A Indianapolis...Was selected in the sixth round of the 2015 First-year Player Draft out of the University of Akron. THE HIT PARADE: Among Grapefruit League players, Adam Frazier and Ke’Bryan Hayes share the lead in hits with 21 apiece...Kevin Nemwan is tied for third with 20...The club record (since stats were kept in 1974) for most hits in spring training is 33, shared by Mark Johnson (1997) and Bobby Bonilla (1989)...As a team, the Pirates lead the Grapefruit League with 231 hits. PIRATES GOLD: The Pirates share the Grapefruit League lead in doubles (50) while ranking second in total bases (382)...The Pirates went 8-7 at LECOM Park and have gone 5-7-1 on the road...Wilmer Difo has reached base safely in 13 straight games, hitting safely in 11 of the 13... Phillip Evans has 10 hits in his last 19 plate appearances...Adam Frazier has reached base safely in all 12 of his 13 games, hitting safely in nine of his last 10; Frazier shares the Grapefruit League in hits (21)...Ke’Bryan Hayes has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games and in 14 of his 16 games overall; Hayes shares the Grapefruit League in hits...Colin Moran homered on Friday and has hit safely in five of his last six games... Kevin Newman has reached base safely in 25 of his first 37 plate appearances, going 20-for-31 (.645) with five walks; he is tied for third in the Grapefruit League in hits...Gregory Polanco has reached base safely in nine of his last 11 games and in 10 of his 13 games overall...Bryan Reynolds went 3-for-3 on Saturday and has reached base safely in 15 of his first 16 games. ROSTER BREAKDOWN STREAKS 28 active players in camp (2 NRI): Current Streak.................................1 Loss 15 pitchers (1 NRI) Last 5 games .....................................1-4-0 3 catchers (1 NRI) 6 infielders Last 10 games ..................................5-5-0 4 outfielders 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 L 1-3 8-10-1 Tyler Alexander/Richard Rodríguez (0-1)/Bryan Garcia 2,136 3/21 at Red Sox W 9-3 9-10-1 Wil Crowe (1-0)/Nick Pivetta 1,910 3/22 vs. Orioles W 6-5 10-10-1 Trevor Cahill (1-0)/Isaac Mattson/Luis Oviedo (1) 1,599 16,646/1,665 3/23 vs. Twins W 1-0 11-10-1 Michael Feliz (1-0)/Josh Winder/Roansy Contreras (1) 1,618 18,264/1,660 3/24 vs. Braves W 6-3 12-10-1 Max Kranick (1-0)/Ian Anderson/Chasen Shreve (1) 1,648 19,912/1,659 3/25 at Orioles (6:05) L 9-10 12-11-1 Mac Sceroler/Michael Feliz (1-1)/Paul Fry 1,746 3/26 vs. Tigers L 2-5 12-12-1 Matthew Boyd/Trevor Cahill (1-1)/Kyle Funkhouser 1,729 21,641/1,665 3/27 vs. Red Sox L 4-7 12-13-1 Kyle Hart/Geoff Hartlieb (0-1)/Matt Hall 1,716 23,357/1,668 3/28 at Orioles W 2-1 13-13-1 Mitch Keller (1-1)/Matt Harvey/Nick Mears (1) 1,768 3/29 vs. Twins L 3-5 13-14-1 Ryan Mason/Richard Rodríguez (0-2)/Matt Canterino 1,734 25,091/1,673 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) #29 WIL CROWE (RHP) #39 CHAD KUHL (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 2/28 at Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 2/28 at Bal * W (1-0) 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 3/10 at NYY * --- 3.0 8 5 5 0 2 3/5 at Phi --- 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 3/5 at Phi * L (1-1) 2.0 3 2 2 0 2 3/15 at Bal * --- 4.0 6 2 2 0 7 3/11 vs. Bal --- 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 3/10 3.0ip (46 pitches) in Live BP AT LECOM 3/20 at Det * --- 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 3/16 3.0ip (48 pitches) in Live BP at Pirate City 3/16 at Min * W (2-1) 3.0 2 0 0 2 4 3/26 vs. Det * --- 4.0 3 1 1 2 2 3/21 at Bos * W (1-0) 3.2 4 1 1 1 2 3/27 vs. Bos * --- 2.0 1 1 1 2 2 3/27 vs. Bos --- 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 #51 DAVID BEDNAR (RHP) #57 LUIS OVIEDO (RHP) DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO #45 MICHAEL FELIZ (RHP) DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 at Tor --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 DATE OPP DEC.