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PITTSBURGH PIRATES (16-14) vs. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (16-15) MAY 8, 2016 at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO --- GAME #31/ROAD #17 RHP GERRIT COLE (2-3, 3.95 ERA) vs. RHP MICHAEL WACHA (2-2, 2.65 ERA) THE PIRATES...are 1-1 after the first two games of their 10-day, nine-game road trip to St. Louis, Cincinnati and Chicago...Snapped their four game losing streak with Friday night’s 4-2 win at Busch...Have gone 11-8 in their last 19 games after losing four in a row...Began the season with a 4-0 record for the first time since the 2003 campaign...Were 14-16 after 30 games in 2015 (15-16 after 31). BUCS WHEN... RIDING THE COLE TRAIN: Gerrit Cole gets the start this afternoon in the finale of this three game series...Since the beginning Last five games ................ 1-4 of 2014, Cole has posted the fifth-lowest ERA (2.91) among all pitcher against St. Louis, trailing only Mike Fiers (1.84), Jake Arrieta (1.86), Jon Lester (2.59) and Johnny Cueto (2.65). Last ten games ................. 5-5 MOTHER’S DAY UNIFORMS: For the first time MLB clubs will celebrate Mother’s Day with new Mother’s Day uniforms and Leading after 6 ................ 14-0 caps...The gray jersey incorporates pink into Pirates’ regular logos, with the cap highlighted by a dark gray crown and brim... Players have swung pink bats, worn pink ribbons & sported pink wristbands on Mother’s Day to raise funds and awareness to Tied after 6 .....................1-1 fight breast cancer since 2006...MLB will again donate its licensed uniform royalties that are connected to charitable initiatives Trailing after 6 .................1-13 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation ON DECK: Pittsburgh continues its road trip tomorrow night with the beginning of a three game series in Cincinnati...The Bucs Leading after 7 ................ 14-0 are 3-3 against the RedLegs this year, including a series win last weekend at PNC Park. Tied after 7 .....................1-3 DOWN ON THE FARM: Last night Triple-A Indianapolis’ Tyler Glasnow tossed 7.0 scoreless innings while striking out 11 Trailing after 7 .................1-11 batters while extending his scoreless streak to 18.0 innings over his last three starts...Glasnow, who is rated by Baseball America as Pittsburgh’s No. 1 prospect, is now 2-1 with a 1.64 ERA (33.0ip/6er) and 48 strikeouts in six starts this year. Leading after 8 ................ 14-0 THE KANG SHOW: Jung Ho Kang has knocked in a run in each of his first two games since coming off the disabled list after Tied after 8 .................... 2-2 recording an RBI in the first inning on a sacrifice fly in yesterday’s game that followed his two homer game Friday night...That marks the 13th time in his career that he has a streak of consecutive games with an RBI. Trailing after 8 .................0-12 START ME UP: Since the beginning of last season, Pittsburgh’s starting pitchers have posted a 2.34 ERA (69.1ip/18er) in 11 Scoring first ...................14-7 games here at Busch Stadium. Opp. score first ................. 2-7 CENTRAL PARK: The Bucs are 3-5 in a stretch that has the team playing 15 straight games within the National League Central...Pittsburgh’s next game against a team outside the Central will come on May 16 when the team opens a homestand Scoring 4+ ....................16-5 with a four game series against Atlanta. Scoring less than 4 ..............0-9 THE LINEUP CARD: Josh Harrison has collected 14 RBI from the seventh spot of the lineup this season...That’s tied for the second-most in the Majors from that spot of the batting order along with Kansas City’s Salvador Perez....Boston’s Brock Holt Outhitting Opp. ................14-5 leads the Majors with 16 RBI from the seventh spot of the lineup. Being out-hit ..................2-9 STARLING’S PERFORMANCE: Starling Marte recorded his second straight multi-hit game yesterday, which was also the Hits are equal ..................0-0 500th game of his big league career...Marte now has 14 multi-hit games this year, which is tied for the most in the NL along with Washington’s Daniel Murphy...He also has seven multi-hit games in his last 10 contests here at Busch, going 16-for-40 Comeback wins ..................3 (.400) during that stretch. Wins in final AB ..................3 MILESTONE WATCH: Pirates reliever Tony Watson enters today one strikeout shy of 300 in his career...He ranks fourth in Pirates history in strikeouts among left-handed pitchers used exclusively in relief behind John Grabow (326), Scott Walkoff Wins .................... 1 Sauerbeck (319) and Rod Scurry (311). Losses in final AB .................3 MARK THE SHARK: Mark Melancon converted his eighth save in nine opportunities in Friday night’s win...Since the beginning Walkoff Losses ...................2 of last season, Melancon’s 59 saves are the most in the Majors...St. Louis’ Trevor Rosenthal ranks second in that time (53). GIVING ST. LOUIS THE BLUES: Gregory Polanco went 1-for-5 Saturday while batting third in the lineup for the second Extra Inning Games ..............3-1 straight game...In his last 23 games against St. Louis, Polanco is also hitting at a .376 clip, going 32-for-85 with seven doubles, two triples, 11 RBI and 14 runs scored. Playing errorless ...............8-6 HOMECOMING OF SORTS: This weekend Wildwood, MO, native and Lafayette High School graduate David Freese returns to Homered .....................10-7 Busch Stadium for his first time as a visiting player...Freese ranks among the top 10 in Busch Stadium history in RBI (124), hits 2+ homers .................... 6-1 (226) and runs scored (103)...He also hit .372 (29-for-78) with 10 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 16 RBI in 23 games played at Busch Stadium in his postseason career. Series (W-L-T) ................5-4-1 POWERING UP: The Pirates have homered in nine of their last 11 games, hitting a total of 17 long balls in that time...The Bucs Series Sweeps ....................2 have hit 21 home runs in their last 14 games after hitting seven in their first 16 contests. Swept in a Series .................2 JHAY ALL DAY: Josh Harrison has hit safely in 13 of his last 14 games, going 19-for-52 (.365) with four doubles and nine RBI in that time...Harrison’s .324 batting average as a second baseman ranks third among National League players at that Interleague ....................1-3 position, trailing only Washington’s Daniel Murphy (.402) and Arizona’s Jean Segura (.330). Before the break ..............16-14 ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY After the break .................0-0 May 8, 1994: Andy Van Slyke went 8-for-9 on Mother’s Day while raising his average 56 points as the Pirates swept Chicago in a doubleheader Starter goes 6.0ip+ .............12-4 at Three Rivers Stadium. Van Slyke’s eight hits was one shy of the Major League record for a doubleheader. Starter goes less than 6.0ip ........4-10 UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Monday at Cincinnati 7:10 LHP Jonathon Niese (3-1, 5.94 ERA) vs. RHP Dan Straily (1-1, 3.56 ERA) ROOT Tuesday at Cincinnati 7:10 RHP Juan Nicasio (3-3, 3.16 ERA) vs. RHP Alfredo Simon (1-3, 9.86 ERA) ROOT Wednesday at Cincinnati 7:10 LHP Francisco Liriano (3-1, 3.60 ERA) vs. RHP Tim Adleman (1-0, 2.45 ERA) ROOT Thursday OFF DAY IN CHICAGO Friday at Chicago 1:20 LHP Jeff Locke (1-2, 4.68 ERA) vs. RHP Jason Hammel (4-0, 1.85 ERA) ROOT 45 - RHP GERRIT COLE YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO 2015 19-8 2.60 32 32 0 0 208.0 183 71 60 44 202 2016 2-3 3.95 5 5 0 0 27.1 27 15 12 10 25 M.L. CAREER 42-23 3.12 78 78 0 0 490.2 446 187 170 122 465 vs. ST. LOUIS: 4-3 with a 2.91 ERA (52.2ip/17er) in eight career regular season starts...Went 3-1 with a 2.39 ERA in four starts last year; won a 5-2 decision over Lance Lynn on 7/10 at PNC Park (7.0ip/2er), lost a 4-2 decision (5.1ip/4r/3er) to Michael Wacha on 8/12 at Busch Stadium, tossed 7.0 shutout innings in a 7-1 win over John Lackey at Busch on 9/6 and won an 8-2 decision at PNC Pak on 9/30 (7.0ip/2er). 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 4/9 at Cincinnati L 4.2 5 3 3 3 4 100 5.79 1-5 L 4/14 vs. Detroit L 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 83 4.22 4-7 L 4/21 at San Diego W 6.0 4 0 0 0 7 97 2.70 11-1 W 4/26 at Colorado W 6.0 8 4 2 2 3 103 2.78 9-4 W APRIL (2-2, 2.78 ERA) 22.2 21 9 7 6 19 383 5/2 vs. Chicago L 4.2 6 6 5 4 6 105 3.95 2-7 L MAY (0-1, 9.64 ERA) 4.2 6 6 5 4 6 105 1st Half (2-3, 3.95 ERA) 27.1 27 15 12 10 25 488 SPRING TRAINING CAREER BATTING: .166 (25-for-151) 0 2B 0 3B 1 HR 9 RBI 14 SACS 2016 BATTING: .100 (1-for-10) 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 SACS CAREER HOMERS (1): 9/7/14 at Chicago (NL) - off Blake Parker CATCHERS THROWING TOMORROW’S STARTER JONATHON NIESE: The 29-year-old lefthander will be making his seventh start of the season tomorrow CS/ATT PICKOFFS PB ERA night in Cincinnati...Lost for the first time this season in his last start after allowing six runs in 5.0 innings Cervelli 6/16 38% 0 2 (223.1ip/92er) 3.71 vs.