MINNESOTA TWINS Vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES
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MINNESOTA TWINS vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES March 17, 2018 - LECOM Park in Bradenton, FL TODAY: The Pirates are playing the Twins in Bradenton at 1:05...Chad Kuhl is expected to start for the Pirates against Minnesota’s Phil Hughes (RHP)...Edgar Santana, Kevin Siegrist and Tyler Jones are also expected to pitch for the Bucs. CHAD KUHL: The 25-year-old righthander is making his fourth start of the spring today...Suffered a loss in his last start on 3/10 at Orioles (2.1ip/7h/8r/8er/3bb/3so)... Also lost on 3/5 at Braves (2.1ip/5h/3r/3er/2bb/3so)...Pitched 2.0 scoreless innings in his spring debut on 2/28 at Red Sox...Spent entire 2017 season with the Pirates and went 8-11 with a 4.35 ERA in 31 starts while pitching a professional season-high 157.1 innings...Tied for the ninth-lowest HR/per 9.0ip ratio (0.97) among National League pitchers with at least 150.0ip...Was Pittsburgh’s ninth round selection in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft...Went 33-17 with a 2.75 ERA in 83 career minor league starts. TOMORROW: The Pirates are scheduled to play two games on Sunday; a 1:05 affair against the Red Sox in Bradenton and a 1:07 tilt against the Blue Jays in Dunedin... Tyler Glasnow is expected to start at LECOM Park against Boston’s Brian Johnson (LHP) and Steven Brault is scheduled to start at Dunedin Stadium against Toronto’s J.A. Happ (LHP)...Dovydas Neverauskas, Mitch Keller and Kyle Crick are also expected to pitch for the Bucs in Bradenton while Richard Rodriguez, Taylor Hearn and Jordan Milbrath are slated to pitch north of the Skyway Bridge. THE ROSTER: There are currently 48 active players in Major League camp (24 pitchers, 5 catchers, 12 infielders and 7 outfielders), including 13 non-roster players...RHP Nick Burdi (right elbow surgery on 5/31/17) is currently on the 60-day disabled list...Daniel Nava is out of action for 10-12 weeks after undergoing back surgery on 2/27. IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?: Emmy-Award winning hockey announcer and Hall-of-Fame Broadcaster Mike “Doc” Emrick will be joining Greg Brown and John Wehner in the TV booth today for the Pirates broadcast on AT&T SportsNet. PIRATES GOLD: The Pirates have homered in 12 of their last 13 games and have hit 31 this spring; only Baltimore (32) has hit more in the Grapefruit League...Josh Bell homered on Friday and has hit safely in four of his last five games...Francisco Cervelli homered on Thursday and has six hits (three doubles) in his last 10 at bats...Elias Díaz has homered three times in his last 13 at bats...Corey Dickerson has seven hits in his last 17 at bats after going hitless in his first six Grapefruit League at bats... Adam Frazier has collected 11 hits in his last 19 at bats...Josh Harrison has hit safely in his last three games and has six hits in his last 19 at bats (.316)...George Kontos has struck out at least one batter in each of his first five appearances (8 K’s in 4.2ip)...Starling Marte has reached base safely in nine of his 10 games this spring and has 12 hits in his last 29 at bats (.414)...Colin Moran is hitting .370 (10-for-27) over his last eight games...José Osuna homered on Thursday and is hitting .333 (9-for-27) in 15 games this spring...Gregory Polanco has reached base safely in eight straight games and in nine of his 10 overall; he went 2-for-4 with a homer on Friday and has produced seven hits in his last 14 at bats...Sean Rodríguez has reached base safely in seven of his nine games...Eric Wood has hit safely in three of his last four games. DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHERS OF RECORD (W/L/S) ATTENDANCE HOME ATT./AVG. 2/23 at Rays L 3-6 0-1 Austin Pruitt/Alex McRae (0-1)/Edwin Fierro 5,141 2/24 vs. Yankees L 1-4 0-2 J.P. Feyereisen/Richard Rodríguez (0-1)/Jonathan Holder (sellout) 7,814 7,814/7,814 2/25 at Tigers T 8-8 0-2-1 --------------------- 4,729 2/26 vs. Red Sox L 2-13 0-3-1 Justin Haley/Ivan Nova (0-1) 5,556 13,370/6,685 2/27 at Braves T 3-3 0-3-2 --------------------- 3,220 2/28 at Red Sox L 3-4 0-4-2 Robby Scott/Kyle Crick (0-1)/Kyle Hart 9,356 3/1 vs. Blue Jays W 4-1 1-4-2 Clay Holmes (1-0)/Chris Rowley/John Stilson (1) 5,057 18,427/6,142 3/2 at Orioles L 8-10 1-5-2 Asher Wojciechowski/Damien Magnifico (0-1)/Donnie Hart 5,265 3/3 vs. Phillies W 4-3 2-5-2 John Stilson (1-0)/Brandon Leibrandt/Brett McKinney (1) 5,762 24,189/6,047 3/4 at Twins W 9-3 3-5-2 Steven Brault (1-0)/Anibal Sanchez 8,386 3/5 at Braves L 5-7 3-6-2 Brandon McCarthy/Chad Kuhl (0-1)/Miguel Socolovich 4,224 3/6 OFF DAY 3/7 at Blue Jays L 3-14 3-7-2 J.A. Happ/Tyler Glasnow (0-1) 3,052 3/8 vs. Tigers W 8-3 4-7-2 Felipe Rivero (1-0)/Daniel Stumpf 7,124 31,313/6,263 3/9 at Phillies W 5-4 5-7-2 Steven Brault (2-0)/Jared Eickhoff/Alex McRae (1) 7,713 3/10 vs. Braves L 1-15 5-8-2 Mike Foltynewicz/Trevor Williams (0-1) 4,935 36,248/6,041 at Orioles L 5-13 5-9-2 Jayson Aquino/Chad Kuhl (0-2) 6,197 3/11 at Blue Jays W 5-0 6-9-2 Clay Holmes (2-0)/Joe Biagini 4,752 3/12 vs. Orioles L 5-8 6-10-2 Dylan Bundy/Dovydas Neverauskas (0-1)/Mike Wright, Jr. 5,523 41,771/5,967 3/13 OFF DAY 3/14 vs. Rays L 3-9 6-11-2 Yonny Chirinos/Ivan Nova (0-2) 6,218 47,989/5,999 3/15 at Yankees L 5-9 6-12-2 Sonny Gray/Brett McKinney (0-1)/Benn Heller 10,146 3/16 vs. Braves W 12-9 7-12-2 Jameson Taillon (1-0)/Aaron Blair/Tyler Eppler (1) 5,841 53,830/5,981 3/17 vs. Twins 3/18 vs. Red Sox at Blue Jays 3/19 vs. Twins 3/20 at Red Sox 3/21 at Twins (6:05) 3/22 vs. Blue Jays (6:05) 3/23 vs. Phillies 3/24 vs. Rays 3/25 at Blue Jays 3/26 vs. Phillies 3/27 at Phillies 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) STEVEN BRAULT BRETT McKINNEY CASEY SADLER DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/27 * at Atl -- 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 2/23 at TB -- 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2/23 at TB -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/4 at Min W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 2/27 at Atl -- 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 2/25 at Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/9 * at Phi W 2-0) 2.2 5 3 2 0 1 3/3 vs. Phi SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 2/28 at Bos -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/12 THREW LIVE BP (20 pitches) 3/8 vs. Det -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/9 at Phi -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/11 at Tor -- 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 3/11 at Tor -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 KYLE CRICK 3/15 at NYY L (0-1) 0.1 1 2 2 1 1 3/14 vs. TB -- 1.1 3 1 0 0 1 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/24 vs. NYY -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 JORDAN MILBRATH EDGAR SANTANA 2/28 at Bos L (0-1) 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/3 vs. Phi -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/24 vs. NYY -- 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 2/25 at Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/8 vs. Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2/27 at Atl -- 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 3/10 vs. Atl -- 0.2 1 3 3 1 0 2/28 at Bos -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/2 at Bal -- 2.0 3 2 2 1 3 3/3 vs. Phi -- 1.2 4 2 2 0 0 3/12 vs. Bal -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/7 at Tor -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/15 at NYY -- 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 3/8 vs.