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APRIL 15, 2014 at GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK --- GAME #13/14, ROAD #7/8 RHP GERRIT COLE (2-0, 3.46 ERA) Vs PITTSBURGH PIRATES (6-6) vs. CINCINNATI REDS (4-8) APRIL 15, 2014 AT GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK --- GAME #13/14, ROAD #7/8 RHP GERRIT COLE (2-0, 3.46 ERA) vs. RHP MIKE LEAKE (1-1, 2.45 ERA) THE PIRATES...have lost three straight games after winning two-of-three...Began the season with a 2-0 record for the first time since 2010...Also 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 6-7 after 13 games in 2013 (7-7 after 14). TO BE CONTINUED: The Pirates and Reds will complete last night’s suspended game at 5:30 prior to the start of tonight’s regularly BUCS WHEN... scheduled game...Pittsburgh’s last suspended game came on 5/1/07 vs. Chicago; completed at PNC Park on 5/2/07. Last five games ............ 1-4 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: With three innings left to play, the Pirates and Reds have already combined to hit 10 home runs in last Last ten games ............ 4-6 night’s scheduled game - a Great American Ball Park record...The Major League record of 12 homers in a game has been done twice - both times by the White Sox and the Tigers, on 5/28/95 (Chicago won 14-12) and 7/2/02 (Chicago won 17-9). Leading after 6 ............ 3-0 BACK TO BACK JACKS: For the first time in club history, the Pirates have had three sets of back-to-back home runs in the Tied after 6 ............... 2-1 same game...Only once before had the same two Pirates gone back-to-back twice in the same game; that was on 4/27/54 at Trailing after 6 ............ 1-5 Cincinnati’s Crosley Field when Toby Atwell and Jerry Lynch did so in the sixth and eighth innings of an 8-7 loss to the Reds. HOME RUN DERBY: The Pirates are one home run shy of tying the club record for most home runs (7) hit in one game...They Leading after 7 ............ 4-0 previously homered seven times on August 20, 2003 at St. Louis, August 16, 1947 vs. St. Louis and June 6, 1894 at Boston. Tied after 7 ............... 2-1 RIDING THE COLE TRAIN: Gerrit Cole has gone 6-0 with a 2.08 ERA over his last six starts, dating back to last season... Trailing after 7 ............ 0-5 According to the Elias Sports Bureau, only two other Pittsburgh pitchers since 1975 went 6-0 with an ERA that low over any six- start span: Doug Drabek in 1990 (6-0, 1.52) and A.J. Burnett in 2012 (6-0, 1.52). Leading after 8 ............ 5-0 42: Major League Baseball today is celebrating Jackie Robinson Day to commemorate the 67th anniversary of Robinson break- Tied after 8 ............... 1-0 ing the MLB color barrier in 1947...For the sixth consecutive year, all players and on-field personnel will wear uniform No. 42. Trailing after 8 ............ 0-6 DOING GREAT AT GABP: The Pirates have won four straight games in Cincinnati and have homered 22 times in their last eight games played at Great American Ball Park.....14 (and counting) in the last three games. Scoring first .............. 5-0 FINAL STOP - CINCINNATI: This nine-game road trip comes to a close with a scheduled three-game series against the Reds... Opp. score first. 1-6 The Pirates went 11-8 against the Reds during the regular season in 2013, including a 6-4 mark at Great American Ball Park, Scoring 4+ ............... 4-1 where the Bucs finished the season with a three-game sweep September 27-29. Scoring less than 4 ......... 2-5 LOVE OUR LEFTIES: Tony Watson and Justin Wilson have posted two of the lowest ERAs among National League left-handed relievers since the start of last season...Wilson ranks fourth with a 1.97 ERA (77.2ip/17er) and Watson ranks fifth with a 2.32 ERA Outhitting Opp. ............ 4-1 (77.2ip/20er) in that time...Dating back to August 6, Tony has been scored upon once in 27 appearances (26.1ip/1er). Being out-hit .............. 1-4 CATCH THIS: Bucco backstop Russell Martin has hit safely in 14 of his last 17 games played at Great American Ball Park and enters tonight’s action with a career average of .333 (35-for-105) in 27 games in Cincinnati...Martin brings a four-game hitting Hits are equal ............. 1-1 streak into the game tonight (6-for-15, .400) and he has reached base safely in all eight of his games this season. Comeback wins. .2 KEEPING THEM CLOSE: The Pirates and Reds have played the most one-run games in the Majors this season, with the Pirates going 5-2 and the Reds going 2-5...Overall, nine of Pittsburgh’s first 12 games have been decided by two runs or less...Last year Wins in final AB. 2 the Bucs went 29-23 in one-run games and 54-39 in games decided by one or two runs. Walkoff Wins ................2 HOMER HAPPY: The Pirates have homered eight times in their last five games after hitting a total of four long balls in their first Losses in final AB ............1 seven games...Over the course of the last five games, Pedro Alvarez, Russell Martin and Travis Snider have all hit two home runs, with Alvarez and Snider going deep in each game (Alvarez and Martin homered twice each on Wednesday). Extra Inning Games ......... 2-0 ROAD TEST: The Pirates are 2-4 on their first road trip of the season after winning two-of-three in Chicago and losing three Playing errorless .......... 2-4 straight in Milwaukee...The nine-game road trip concludes with these three games in Cincinnati...The Bucs went 44-37 on the road in 2013, their first winning season on the road since 1992. Homered ................. 3-2 REHABBING BUCCO: Catcher Chris Stewart, who underwent right knee surgery on 3/19, is currently on a rehab assignment with 2+ homers ............... 2-1 Triple-A Indianapolis and has gone 2-for-8 with a double and a walk in two games with the Indians...He also went 2-for-7 with a walk and a run scored in three rehab games with High-A Bradenton. Series (W-L-T) ...........3-1-0 REMEMBERING RALPH: The Pirates will honor Hall-of-Famer Ralph Kiner with a #4 patch on their uniform sleeves during the Series Sweeps ...............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 Swept in a Series ............1 home run list with 301, died this past February 6 at his home in Rancho Mirage, CA. Interleague ............... 0-0 LIMITING THE LONG BALL: Bucco reliever Mark Melancon has the longest current streak of innings pitched without allowing a home run (69.0ip) among all Major League pitchers...He surrendered his only home run last season on April 14.; a solo shot to Before the break. 6-6 Cincinnati’s Joey Votto at PNC Park. After the break ............ 0-0 ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY Starter goes 6.0ip+ ........ 5-5 April 15, 1952: The Pirates opened up the regular season with a 3-2 loss to the Cardinals at Sportsman’s Park in St. Starter goes less than 6.0ip ...1-1 Louis. Bucco Hall-of-Fame slugger Ralph Kiner homered off Gerry Staley in the seventh inning. It was the 3,000th home run in the history of the Pirates franchise. DAY/OPPONENET/TIME UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Wednesday at Cincinnati 12:35 LHP Francisco Liriano (0-2, 4.00 ERA) vs. RHP Johnny Cueto (0-2, 2.14 ERA) ROOT Thursday vs. Milwaukee 7:05 RHP Yovani Gallardo (2-0, 0.96 ERA) vs. RHP Edinson Volquez (0-0, 1.29 ERA) ROOT Friday vs. Milwaukee 7:05 RHP Kyle Lohse (2-1, 3.05 ERA) vs. RHP Charlie Morton (0-1, 3.32 ERA) ROOT Saturday vs. Milwaukee 7:05 RHP Matt Garza (0-2, 3.43 ERA) vs. LHP Wandy Rodriguez (0-2, 7.31 ERA) NO TV Sunday vs. Milwaukee 1:35 RHP Marco Estrada (1-0, 2.31 ERA+tonight) vs. RHP Gerrit Cole (2-0, 3.46 ERA+tonight) 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 2-0 3.46 2 2 0 0 13.0 11 6 5 4 13 M.L. CAREER 12-7 3.25 21 21 0 0 130.1 120 49 47 32 113 vs. CINCINNATI: Cole is making his first career appearance against the Reds tonight. 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 4/10 at Chi W 6.0 5 4 3 2 10 100 3.46 5-4 W APRIL (2-0, 3.46 ERA) 13.0 11 6 5 4 13 208 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 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.
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