APRIL 10, 2014 at WRIGLEY FIELD --- GAME #9, ROAD #3 RHP GERRIT COLE (1-0, 2.57 ERA) Vs
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PITTSBURGH PIRATES (5-3) vs. CHICAGO CUBS (3-5) APRIL 10, 2014 AT WRIGLEY FIELD --- GAME #9, ROAD #3 RHP GERRIT COLE (1-0, 2.57 ERA) vs. LHP TRAVIS WOOD (0-1, 4.26 ERA) THE PIRATES...have won two of their last three games...Scored a season-high 12 runs Friday night vs. St. Louis...Won each of their first two games for the first time since 2010...Began the season with back-to-back extra inning games for the first time since 1964 and posted consecutive walkoff wins to start a season for the first time in club history...Were 3-5 after eight games in 2013 (3-6 after nine). ALL RIGHT!!: Today the Pirates are scheduled to face their first left-handed starter of the season...They posted an 18-13 record BUCS WHEN... in games started by an opposing southpaw in 2013. Last five games ............ 3-2 RIDING THE COLE TRAIN: Gerrit Cole has won each of his last five regular season starts, dating back to 9/9/13...He was named Last ten games ............ 5-3 the N.L. Rookie-of-the-Month last September after going 4-0 with a 1.69 ERA in five starts. Leading after 6 ............ 3-0 BOMBS AWAY: The Pirates hit a season-high five home runs in Wednesday’s 7-5 loss to the Cubs, accounting for all five of their runs..They went deep six times in a game last year on 9/28/13 at Cincinnati (club record is seven in a game - done three times). Tied after 6 ............... 2-0 Trailing after 6 ............ 0-3 DOWN ON THE FARM: Pittsburgh’s No. 1 prospect, outfielder Gregory Polanco, is hitting .370 (10-for-27) after his first seven games and extended his hitting streak to six games last night for Triple-A Indianapolis, who has gotten off to a 6-1 start. Leading after 7 ............ 3-0 NORTH, TO MILWAUKEE: Following the game today the Pirates will be traveling north by bus to Milwaukee, where they are Tied after 7 ............... 2-0 scheduled to begin a three-game series Friday night...The Bucs went 5-4 at Miller Park in 2013, their first winning season in Milwaukee since going 6-4 in 2004. Trailing after 7 ............ 0-3 SERIESLY SPEAKING: With a victory this afternoon, the Pirates will begin the season with three straight winning series for the Leading after 8 ............ 4-0 first time since 1992 (six straight) and for the fourth time in the last 50 years (also three series in 1976 and 1966). Tied after 8 ............... 1-0 ROAD TEST: The Pirates are 1-1 on their first road trip of the season after splitting the first two games in Chicago...The nine-game road trip also includes three games in Milwaukee and three in Cincinnati...The Bucs went 44-37 on the road in 2013, their first Trailing after 8 ............ 0-3 winning season on the road since 1992. Scoring first .............. 5-0 20/20 VISION: The Pirates are 1-1 in a stretch that has them scheduled to play 20 games in 20 days, leading up to their next Opp. score first. 0-3 scheduled day off on Monday, April 29...Twelve of the games are expected to be played on the road and eight will be at PNC Park. FOR LOVE OF IVY: Starling Marte has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games played in Chicago (15-for-40, .375) and has pro- Scoring 4+ ............... 3-1 duced a .342 career average at Wrigley Field, going 26-for-76 with three doubles, three triples, three homers and nine RBI in 18 Scoring less than 4 ......... 2-2 games...Andrew McCutchen has hit safely in eight of his last 10 games played at Wrigley, going 13-for-36 (.361) with four RBI... In 40 career games played in Chicago, McCutchen is hitting .369 (52-for-141) with five homers and 21 RBI. Outhitting Opp. ............ 3-0 REHABBING BUCS: Catcher Chris Stewart, who underwent right knee surgery on 3/19, has gone 2-for-7 with a walk and a run Being out-hit .............. 1-2 scored in three rehab games with High-A Bradenton (he caught seven innings last night)...LHP Jeff Locke (right side strain) made a rehab start with the same club last night and threw 82 pitches (6.0ip/5h/2r/2er/1bb/10so) in a 3-1 loss. Hits are equal ............. 1-1 CENTRAL HEATING: Each of the first 26 scheduled games for the Pirates (thru April 27) are to come against teams from the Comeback wins. .1 Central Division (14 at home and 12 on the road)...The Bucs went 45-31 against the Central last season (26-13 at Park and 19-18 Wins in final AB. 2 on the road), posting a winning record against the Central Division for the first time since being realigned in 1994 and their first winning mark against all intra-divisional teams for the first time since doing so against the East Division in 1991. Walkoff Wins ................2 REMEMBERING RALPH: The Pirates will honor Hall-of-Famer Ralph Kiner with a #4 patch on their uniform sleeves during the Losses in final AB ............0 2014 season...Kiner, who smacked a club-record 54 home runs with the Pirates in 1949 and ranks second on the club’s all-time home run list with 301, died this past February 6 at his home in Rancho Mirage, CA. Extra Inning Games ......... 2-0 LIMITING THE LONG BALL: Bucco reliever Mark Melancon has the longest current streak of innings pitched without allowing a Playing errorless .......... 2-3 home run (67.0ip) among all Major League pitchers...He surrendered his only home run last season on April 14.; a solo shot to Cincinnati’s Joey Votto at PNC Park. Homered ................. 2-1 ROSTER NOTES: There were 17 players returning from last year’s Opening Day roster (not including players on the D.L.). ...One 2+ homers ............... 1-1 player (Travis Ishikawa) made the team as a non-roster invitee and only three players will be wearing black and gold for the first time (Travis Ishikawa, Edinson Volquez and Chris Stewart, who is on the D.L.)...The average age of the current active roster Series (W-L-T) ...........2-0-0 is 28.3, compared to 28.6 last year, 28.4 in 2012, 27.6 in 2011, 28.3 in 2010 and 27.4 in 2009...Right-handed pitcher Stolmy Series Sweeps ...............0 Pimentel and catcher Tony Sanchez are the only two rookies on the squad. Swept in a Series ............0 SPRING TRAINING RECAP: The Pirates finished the Grapefruit League season with 15 wins - their highest total since 2009 (17)... Andrew McCutchen was the team leader in batting (.417) and home runs (5)...Russell Martin led the team in RBI (11)...Josh Interleague ............... 0-0 Harrison led all Bucco players in games played (20)...Tony Watson paced the staff in wins (2), while Brandon Cumpton pitched Before the break. 5-3 a team-high 20.1 innings and shared the lead in strikeouts (12) with Edinson Volquez. After the break ............ 0-0 ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY Starter goes 6.0ip+ ........ 4-2 April 10, 1971: Bucco Hall-of-Famer Willie Stargell hit three home runs and accounted for all four runs in a 5-4 loss Starter goes less than 6.0ip ...1-1 in 12 innings to the Braves in Atlanta. Steve Blass pitched 9.0 innings, but gave up a two-run homer to Hank Aaron with two outs in the 9th to send the game to extra innings. Phil Niekro started for the Braves and gave up three runs in 7.0ip. Nellie Briles failed to retire a batter in the 12th and suffered the loss. UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Friday at Milwaukee 7:10 LHP Francisco Liriano (0-1, 3.00 ERA) vs. RHP Wily Peralta (0-0, 3.60 ERA) ROOT Saturday at Milwaukee 6:10 RHP Edinson Volquez (0-0, 1.59 ERA) vs. RHP Yovani Gallardo (2-0, 0.00 ERA) ROOT Sunday at Milwaukee 1:10 RHP Charlie Morton (0-0, 3.75 ERA) vs. RHP Kyle Lohse (1-1, 4.50 ERA) ROOT 45 - RHP GERRIT COLE YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO 2013 10-7 3.22 19 19 0 0 117.1 109 43 42 28 100 2014 1-0 2.57 1 1 0 0 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 M.L. CAREER 11-7 3.18 20 20 0 0 124.1 115 45 44 30 103 vs. CHICAGO: 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA in two career starts (both in 2013)...He pitched 7.0 innings and gave up one run while striking out seven batters in a 2-1 win at PNC Park on 9/14 and also allowed two runs in 6.0 innings, had a two-run single at the plate and won an 8-2 decision against Chris Rusin at Wrigley Field on 9/24. 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 4/4 vs. Stl W 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 108 2.57 12-2 W APRIL (1-0, 2.57 ERA) 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 108 SPRING TRAINING 2/28 at Blue Jays ND 2.0 3 2 2 0 2 9.00 2-4 L 3/12 at Twins W 3.0 3 1 0 1 3 3.60 8-4 W 3/23 at Orioles ND 6.2 8 6 6 1 5 6.17 7-7 T SPRING (1-0, 6.17 ERA) 11.2 14 9 8 2 10 In addition to official spring training starts listed above, Gerrit threw 83 pitches in a minor league game at Pirate City on 3/17 (5.0ip/5h/3r/3er/4bb/4so)...He also made an appearance in a “B” game against the Twins at Pirate City on 3/7 (3.0ip/3h/2r/2er/1bb/4so)...Cole’s last spring training start was scheduled for 3/29 in Philadelphia, but the game was rained out, so he threw 4.0 innings (67 pitches) in a simulated game in the bullpen.