BALTIMORE ORIOLES vs. @pirates March 24, 2013 - McKechnie Field in Bradenton, Florida TODAY...the Pirates are scheduled to play the Orioles in Bradenton at 1:05...Jeff Karstens (RH) is expected to start against Baltimore’s Chris Tillman (RH)...Jared Hughes (RH), (RH), Ryan Reid (RH) and Justin Wilson (LH) are also scheduled to pitch for the Bucs. YESTERDAY: The Pirates scored four times in the 8th inning to beat the Red Sox, 5-3, in Fort Myers...Vin Mazzaro struck out five of the six batters he faced and picked up the win in relief...Pedro Alvarez went 2-for-4 and his first home of the spring; a two-run, game-winning blast in the 8th...Garrett Jones also homered. JEFF KARSTENS: The 30-year-old righthander is making his first official appearance of the spring season this afternoon...Threw 50 pitches (4.0ip) in a minor league game on 3/18 and 38 pitches (2.0ip) in minor league action on 3/13...Missed some time early in camp due to biceps tendinitis...Was a member of the 2012 Opening Day starting rotation and went 5-4 with a 3.97 ERA (90.2ip/40er) in 19 games (15 starts), pitching fewer than 100 innings in the Major Leagues for the first time since 2008...Spent time on the D.L. due to right shoulder inflammation and a hip flexor injury...Led the Pirates with a 3.38 ERA while making a career-high 26 starts in 2011. TOMORROW: The Pirates are scheduled to play the Rays in Port Charlotte at 7:05...Kyle McPherson (RH) is expected to start against Tampa Bay’s Matt Moore (LH). J-MAC AT PC: RHP James McDonald is scheduled to throw 100 pitches in a minor league game at Pirate City tomorrow afternoon. THE ROSTER: There are 36 active players in Major League camp, including 8 non-roster players (4 pitchers, 2 , 1 infielder and 1 outfielder)...Among those 36 total players, there are 17 pitchers, 4 catchers, 9 infielders and 6 outfielders...INF Chase d’Arnaud (left thumb surgery), RHP Charlie Morton (Tommy John surgery on 6/14/12), LHP Francisco Liriano (right humeral fracture) and RHP Jose Contreras (right elbow surgery) are currently inactive...INF John McDonald was acquired from Arizona on Wednesday in exchange for a player to be named or cash. PIRATES GOLD: Pedro Alvarez has five hits in his last 14 at bats...Josh Harrison has eight hits (two doubles/six singles) in his last 17 at bats...Garrett Jones homered on Saturday and has hit safely in four of his six games since returning from an oblique injury on 3/15...Starling Marte has hit safely in five straight games and in nine of his last 11...Russell Martin has reached base safely in nine of his 11 games...Andrew McCutchen homered Wednesday in Orlando and has reached base safely in four of his last six games...Michael McKenry has four RBI in his last three games...Jordy Mercer has reached base safely in nine of his last 12 games...Felix Pie has seven hits in his last 15 at bats and has reached base safely in seven of his last eight games...Alex Presley has reached base safely in nine of his 16 plate appearances...Ryan Reid has not been scored upon in his six appearances (7.0ip)...Gaby Sanchez leads the team with four home runs... has reached base safely in five of his last six games and in nine of his last 11... has hit safely in six of his last eight games (8-for-24, .333)...The Pirates are averaging a record 6,136 fans to their home games this spring and have drawn a total of 79,763 in 13 games - a record 88,003 fans came out to McKechnie in spring 2011 for 16 dates (5,500 per game average). DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHERS OF RECORD (W/L/S) ATTENDANCE HOME ATT./AVG. 2/23 at Rays W 3-2 1-0 Jeff Locke (1-0)/J.D. Martin/Brooks Brown (1) 4,436 2/24 vs. Braves W 9-2 2-0 (1-0)/Jonny Venters 5,626 5,626/5,626 2/25 at Twins L 4-5 2-1 Cole De Vries/ (0-1)/Pedro Hernandez 5,048 2/26 vs. Orioles RAINED OUT 2/27 vs. Rays L 2-8 2-2 Jeremy Hellickson/A.J. Burnett (0-1) 4,266 9,892/4,946 2/28 vs. Red Sox L 6-16 2-3 John Lackey/Jonathan Sanchez (0-1) 5,212 15,104/5,035 3/1 at Orioles L 5-6 2-4 Jason Hammel/James McDonald (0-1) 4,256 at Red Sox (7:05) L 2-5 2-5 Jon Lester/Jeff Locke (1-1)/Alex Wilson 9,383 3/2 at Tigers L 1-4 2-6 Drew Smyly/Jeanmar Gomez (0-1)/Luis Marte 6,032 3/3 vs. Astros W 8-6 3-6 (1-0)/Jordan Lyles/Brooks Brown (2) 4,112 19,216/4,804 3/4 vs. Phillies L 0-5 3-7 John Lannan/A.J. Burnett (0-2) 6,281 25,497/5,099 3/5 vs. SPAIN W 10-0 /Rhiner Cruz 2,500 3/6 at Red Sox W 9-3 4-7 Jeff Locke (2-1)/Steven Wright 9,716 3/7 vs. Rays L 2-4 4-8 Chris Archer/Jeanmar Gomez (0-2) 5,716 31,213/5,202 3/8 vs. Orioles (7:05) L 3-6 4-9 Wei-Yin Chen/Kyle McPherson (0-1)/Troy Patton 6,353 37,566/5,367 3/9 vs. Twins L 4-5 4-10 Alex Meyer/Vin Mazzaro (0-1)/Virgil Vazquez 5,877 43,443/5,430 3/10 at Orioles W 5-2 5-10 Gerrit Cole (1-0)/Miguel Gonzalez/Ryan Reid (1) 6,410 at Twins W 7-4 6-10 Roman Colon (1-0)/Alex Burnett/ (1) 7,364 3/11 vs. Orioles W 4-3 7-10 Kris Johnson (1-0)/Adam Russell 5,431 48,874/5,430 3/12 OFF DAY 3/13 vs. Blue Jays W 5-4 8-10 Kyle Waldrop (1-0)/Tommy Hottovy (sellout) 8,439 57,313/5,731 3/14 at Phillies L 1-2 8-11 Jake Diekman/Mike Zagurski (0-1) 9,525 3/15 at Astros W 3-2 9-11 Jonathan Sanchez (1-1)/Brad Peacock/Brooks Brown (3) 3,091 3/16 at Twins L 1-2 9-12 P.J. Walters/Kris Johnson (1-2)/Luis Perdomo 6,012 3/17 vs. Yankees L 9-11 9-13 Ivan Nova/Phil Irwin (0-1)/Chase Whitley (sellout) 8,541 65,854/5,987 3/18 vs. Red Sox W 4-3 10-13 (1-0)/Chris Carpenter/Bryan Morris (1) (sellout) 7,804 73,658/6,138 3/19 OFF DAY 3/20 at Braves L 9-18 10-14 /Kyle McPherson (0-2) 6,414 3/21 at Orioles (7:05) T 0-0 10-14-1 ------6,000 3/22 vs. Rays W 6-4 11-14-1 Jared Hughes (1-0)/Dane De La Rosa/Tim Alderson (1) 6,105 79,763/6,136 3/23 at Red Sox (1:35) W 5-3 12-14-1 Vin Mazzaro (1-1)/Anthony Carter/Nate Baker (1) 9,750 3/24 vs. Orioles 3/25 at Rays (7:05) 3/26 at Blue Jays 3/27 vs. Twins 3/28 at Yankees

WORLD CHAMPIONS 1909 1925 1960 1971 1979 N.L. CHAMPIONS 1901 1902 1903 1927 DIVISION CHAMPIONS 1970 1972 1974 1975 1990 1991 1992 PITCHING DAY BY DAYS (players still in camp - * denotes game started)

A.J. BURNETT JAMES McDONALD JUSTIN WILSON 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 2/27 * vs. TB L 2.0 3 4 1 0 1 2/24 * vs. Atl --- 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 2/24 vs. Atl --- 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 3/4 * vs. Phi L 1.1 4 4 4 2 2 3/1 * at Bal L 3.0 6 4 4 0 1 2/28 vs. Bos --- 1.2 0 0 0 2 3 3/9 vs. Min --- 4.2 2 2 2 2 3 3/7 * vs. TB --- 4.0 1 0 0 3 1 3/3 vs. Hou --- 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 3/13 * vs. Tor --- 5.1 5 3 3 2 5 3/7 vs. TB --- 1.1 1 0 0 2 2 JEANMAR GOMEZ 3/18 * vs. Bos --- 5.0 4 2 2 3 6 3/10 at Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/16 at Min --- 3.0 2 0 0 0 5 2/25 at Min --- 1.1 3 4 4 2 1 KYLE McPHERSON 3/21 at Bal --- 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 3/2 * at Det L 3.0 3 4 4 3 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/7 vs. TB L 1.2 4 4 0 0 1 2/25 * at Min --- 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 MIKE ZAGURSKI 3/15 at Hou --- 3.0 1 0 0 1 3 3/3 * vs. Hou --- 2.2 2 4 4 3 2 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/22 * vs. TB --- 4.0 3 1 1 1 1 3/8 * vs. Bal L 3.0 6 4 4 1 3 2/23 at TB --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/14 * at Phi --- 5.0 4 0 0 0 1 3/2 at Det --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 JASON GRILLI 3/20 * at Atl L 4.2 10 9 8 0 3 3/5 SPAIN --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/8 vs. Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 2/24 vs. Atl W 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 MARK MELANCON 3/10 at Min --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2/27 vs. TB --- 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/14 at Phi L 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 3/3 vs. Hou --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2/24 vs. Atl --- 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 3/17 vs. NYY --- 1.2 1 2 2 2 1 3/18 vs. Bos --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2/27 vs. TB --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/22 vs. TB --- 1.0 4 3 3 1 0 3/22 vs. TB --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/2 at Det --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/7 vs. TB --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 JARED HUGHES 3/10 at Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/13 vs. Tor --- 1.0 2 1 0 2 2 2/24 vs. Atl --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 3/18 vs. Bos W 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 2/27 vs. TB --- 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 3/22 vs. TB --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 3/2 at Det --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/23 at Bos --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/6 at Bos --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/9 vs. Min --- 1.1 2 0 0 1 2 RYAN REID 3/13 vs. Tor --- 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/17 vs. NYY --- 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 2/25 at Min --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/20 at Atl --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/2 at Det --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/22 vs. TB W 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/5 SPAIN --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 CHRIS LEROUX 3/8 vs. Bal --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/10 at Bal SV 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 2/23 at TB --- 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 3/14 at Phi --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2/25 at Min --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/21 at Bal --- 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 3/1 at Bal --- 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 WANDY RODRIGUEZ 3/15 at Hous --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/18 vs. Bos --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2/27 vs. TB --- 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 3/21 at Bal --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/4 vs. Phi --- 3.0 2 1 0 2 2

JEFF LOCKE JONATHAN SANCHEZ DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/23 * at TB W 3.0 0 0 0 1 1 2/24 vs. Atl --- 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 3/1 * at Bos L 3.0 4 3 3 2 3 2/28 vs. Bos L 0.2 3 4 4 4 0 3/6 * at Bos W 4.0 3 1 1 2 3 3/6 at Bos --- 0.2 2 1 1 2 0 3/11 * vs. Bal --- 3.1 8 2 2 1 3 3/10 * at Min --- 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 3/17 vs. NYY --- 4.0 0 2 0 1 2 3/15 * at Hou W 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 3/23 * at Bos --- 4.0 7 3 2 1 0 3/21 * at Bal --- 5.0 2 0 0 1 4

VIN MAZZARO TONY WATSON DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/23 at TB --- 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 2/24 vs. Atl --- 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 3/2 at Det --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2/28 vs. Bos --- 0.2 5 4 4 0 1 3/6 at Bos --- 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 3/20 at Atl --- 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 3/9 vs. Min L 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 3/23 at Bos --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/13 vs. Tor --- 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 3/20 at Atl --- 1.0 8 6 6 0 2 3/23 at Bos W 2.0 0 0 0 0 5

BATTING DAY BY DAYS (“A” games vs. other MLB teams only)

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