PITTSBURGH PIRATES Vs. BOSTON RED
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PITTSBURGH PIRATES vs. BOSTON RED SOX March 20, 2018 - JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, FL TODAY: The Pirates are scheduled to play the Red Sox in Fort Myers at 1:05...Joe Musgrove is expected to start for Pittsburgh against Boston’s David Price (RHP)...Kevin Siegrist, Edgar Santana and Tyler Jones are also scheduled to pitch for the Bucs. JOE MUSGROVE: The 25-year-old righthander is making his second official Grapefruit League appearance today...Made his last start on 3/15 at Yankees (2.2ip/1h/2r/2er/3bb/5so)...Threw 31 pitches in 2.0 innings of a minor league game at Pirate City on 3/9...Was acquired from Houston on 1/13, alsong with Michael Feliz, Colin Moran and Jason Martin, in exchange for Gerrit Cole...Went 7-8 with a 4.77 ERA (109.1ip/58er) in 38 games (15 starts) for the World Champion Astros in 2017...Was the winning pitcher in Game Five of the World Series against the Dodgers; pitched a scoreless 10th inning in Houston’s 13-12 victory...Was originally selected by Toronto in the first round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft (46th selection overall). TOMORROW: The Pirates are scheduled to play the Twins in Fort Myers at 6:05...Trevor Williams is expected to start for Pittsburgh against Minnesota’s José Berrios (RHP)...Richard Rodríguez and Kyle Crick are also scheduled to pitch for the Bucs. THE ROSTER: There are currently 37 active players in Major League camp (20 pitchers, 4 catchers, 8 infielders and 5 outfielders), including 5 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. BUCS IN BRADENTON: The Pirates are celebrating their 50th season of play in Bradenton, having first held spring training in the “Friendly City” in 1969...Only the Tigers (in Lakeland since 1934) and the Phillies (in Clearwater since 1947) have held spring training in their respective cities longer than the Pirates. PIRATES GOLD: The Pirates have hit 38 home runs this spring, that total is tops among all Grapefruit League teams and is the highest output for the club since 2009 (39)... Josh Bell has homered twice in his last three games and has hit safely in five of his last seven...Francisco Cervelli has homered in two of his last three games and has nine hits in his last 16 at bats...Elias Díaz has reached base safely in five straight games and has homered three times in his last 16 at bats...Corey Dickerson has 10 hits in his last 24 at bats...Adam Frazier has collected 13 hits in his last 26 at bats...Josh Harrison has reached base safely in five straight games and in six of his last seven...Jordan Luplow has four hits in his last six at bats...Starling Marte homered on Sunday and has reached base safely in 11 of his 12 games this spring; he has 15 hits in his last 36 at bats (.417)...Colin Moran is hitting .367 (11-for-30) over his last nine games...José Osuna homered on Monday and is hitting .324 (12-for-37) in 18 games this spring; Osuna and leads the team in RBI (13) and shares the team lead in home runs (4)...Gregory Polanco went 3-for-4 on Monday and has reached base safely in nine of his last 10 games while producing 10 hits in his last 21 at bats...Sean Rodríguez shares the team in home runs and has reached base safely in 10 of his 12 games overall. 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 W 13-5 8-12-2 Chad Kuhl (1-2)/Phil Hughes 5,868 59,698/5,970 3/18 at Blue Jays L 2-5 8-13-2 Roberto Osuna/Casey Sadler (0-1)/Tyler Clippard 5,057 vs. Red Sox L 1-2 8-14-2 Brian Johnson/Tyler Glasnow (0-2)/Ryan Braiser 7,035 66,733/6,067 3/19 vs. Twins W 11-8 9-14-2 Bret Helton (1-0)/Tyler Duffey 5,107 71,840/5,987 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 CHAD KUHL RICHARD RODRIGUEZ 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 2/28 * at Bos -- 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2/24 vs. NYY L (0-1) 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 3/4 at Min W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/5 * at Atl L (0-1) 2.1 5 3 3 2 3 2/27 at Atl -- 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 3/9 * at Phi W 2-0) 2.2 5 3 2 0 1 3/10 * at Bal L (0-2) 2.1 7 8 8 3 3 3/2 at Bal -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/12 THREW LIVE BP (20 pitches) 3/17 * vs. Min W (1-2) 4.1 5 3 3 1 2 3/4 at Min -- 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 3/18 * at Tor -- 4.0 1 0 0 1 1 3/9 at Phi -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/18 at Tor -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 JORDAN MILBRATH KYLE CRICK DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/24 vs. NYY -- 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 EDGAR SANTANA 2/24 vs. NYY -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2/27 at Atl -- 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/28 at Bos L (0-1) 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 3/2 at Bal -- 2.0 3 2 2 1 3 2/25 at Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/3 vs. Phi -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/7 at Tor -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2/28 at Bos -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/8 vs. Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/10 vs.