vs. PIRATES February 28, 2017 - LECOM Park in Bradenton, FL TODAY: The Pirates are hosting the Blue Jays in a 1:05 affair...Ivan Nova is expected to start for the Bucs against Toronto’s Lucas Harrell (RHP)...Tony Watson, Daniel Hudson, Felipe Rivero, Juan Nicasio, Antonio Bastardo, Pat Light and A.J. Schugel are also expected to pitch for Pittsburgh. IVAN NOVA: The 30-year-old righthander went 12-8 with a 4.17 ERA in 32 total games (26 starts) between the Yankees and Pirates in 2016...Posted a 5-2 record, three complete games and a 3.06 ERA in 11 starts with Pittsburgh after being acquired in a trade with the Yanks on 8/1...Was re-signed to a three-year deal by the Pirates on 12/27...Ranked fifth among Major League with a 1.56 BB/9.0ip ratio in 2016, walking 28 batters (just three in 64.2ip with the Bucs) in 162.0 innings of work... Spent parts of seven years (2010-2016) pitching with New York...Made big league debut on 5/13/10 at Detroit. TOMORROW: The Pirates are scheduled to play the Twins in Fort Myers at 1:05...Josh Lindblom is expected to start for the Bucs against Minnesota’s Kyle Gibson (RHP)... Jared Hughes, Dovydas Neverauskas, Dan Runzler, Edgar Santana, Jared Lakind and Cody Dickson are also expected to pitch for Pittsburgh. THE ROSTER: There are 62 players in Major League camp (31 pitchers, 7 catchers, 16 infielders and 8 outfielders), including 23 non-roster players...Infielder Jung Ho Kang is currently in Korea for personal reasons. LECOM Park: On February 10, McKechnie Field’s name was changed to LECOM Park...LECOM is an acronym for Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, which has a branch campus in nearby Lakewood Ranch...The original stadium at the same location was known as City Park and opened in 1923, making it the oldest used for as well as the second-oldest in the State League (behind Ballpark, built in 1914)...In addition to being called LECOM Park and McKechnie Field (1962-2016), the field at the corner of 17th Avenue and 9th Street West was known as City Park (1923-1926), Ninth Street Park (1927-1947) and (1948-1961). GUIDING THE SHIP: Clint Hurdle is in his seventh season as Pittsburgh’s manager...In his first six seasons with the Pirates, Hurdle has posted a 509-462-1 record while leading the club to the postseason three times...He picked up career win #1000 last year on 6/24 and his 509 managerial victories in a Pirates uniform rank sixth on the club’s all-time list...In addition, Hurdle will enter the 2017 regular season ranked sixth in wins among active managers (1043). BUCS IN BRADENTON: The 2017 spring season is Pittsburgh’s 49th in Bradenton...Of the 30 clubs in the Majors, only the Tigers (81 years in Lakeland) and the Phillies (71 years in Clearwater) have been in their current spring training city longer than the Pirates. WE ARE THE WORLD: Among the Pittsburgh players in Major League camp, catcher Francisco Cervelli (Italy), Jared Lakind (Israel), outfielder (), outfielder Andrew McCutchen (USA), pitcher Ivan Nova (Dominican Republic), outfielder (Dominican Republic) and infielder Eric Wood (Canada) are expected to participate in the World Classic.

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHERS OF RECORD (W/L/S) ATTENDANCE HOME ATT./AVG. 2/25 vs. Orioles W 6-2 1-0 Daniel Hudson (1-0)/Jason Garcia 4,725 4,725 at Rays W 7-2 2-0 Josh Lindblom (1-0)/Dana Eveland 4,674 2/26 at Orioles L 3-8 2-1 Chris Lee/Jared Hughes (0-1) 6,976 2/27 at Blue Jays W 2-1 3-1 (1-0)/Aaron Loup/Miguel Rosario (1) 3,538 2/28 vs. Blue Jays 3/1 at Twins 3/2 at Tigers 3/3 vs. Orioles 3/4 vs. Red Sox 3/5 at Yankees 3/6 vs. Yankees 3/7 vs. Braves 3/8 vs. Dominican Republic 3/9 at Rays 3/10 vs. Rays 3/11 at Orioles 3/12 vs. Twins 3/13 at Braves 3/14 OFF DAY 3/15 vs. Orioles 3/16 at Red Sox (6:05) 3/17 vs. Orioles 3/18 at Phillies 3/19 vs. Blue Jays 3/20 at Rays 3/21 vs. Rays 3/22 OFF DAY 3/23 at Red Sox 3/24 vs. Rays 3/25 vs. Tigers 3/26 at Phillies 3/27 vs. Twins (6:05) 3/28 vs. Red Sox (6:05) 3/29 vs. Phillies 3/31 vs. Blue Jays in Montreal 4/1 vs. Blue Jays in Montreal

WORLD CHAMPIONS 1909 • 1925 • 1960 • 1971 • 1979 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)

ANTONIO BASTARDO FELIPE RIVERO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2/25 BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 DAN RUNZLER DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 * BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2/25 at TB ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 TYLER EPPLER EDGAR SANTANA DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 at TB ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2/25 at TB ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 TYLER GLASNOW A.J. SCHUGEL DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/26 at Bal ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 6 2/25 BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/27 at Tor ND 2.0 1 0 0 1 4 2/26 * at Bal ND 2.0 3 2 2 2 3 DANIEL HUDSON TONY WATSON DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 BAL W (1-0) 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 2/25 BAL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 JARED HUGHES TYLER WEBB DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/26 at Bal L (0-1) 0.1 3 5 4 2 1 2/26 at Bal ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 DREW HUTCHISON TREVOR WILLIAMS DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/26 at Bal ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 2/25 BAL ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 NICK KINGHAM DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/27 at Tor ND 1.2 3 1 1 0 2 CHAD KUHL DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/27 * at Tor W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 JARED LAKIND DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 at TB ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 WADE LeBLANC DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/27 at Tor ND 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 PAT LIGHT DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 BAL ND 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 JOSH LINDBLOM DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 * at TB W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 DOVYDAS NEVERAUSKAS DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 at TB ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 JUAN NICASIO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2

BATTING DAY BY DAYS (“A” games vs. other MLB teams only) 2/25 2/26 2/27 2/28 3/1 3/2 3/3 3/4 3/5 3/6 3/7 3/9 3/10 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/15 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/19 3/20 3/21 3/23 3/24 3/25 3/26 3/27 3/28 3/29 3/31 BARNES o1o o k BELL BOSTICK w4 kwk CERVELLI DIAZ oo oo2 FRAZIER 1o1 FREESE owo ok GOSSELIN d22 ooo HANSON of ow o HARRISON ooo JASO o1o kfo JHANG o4 oe KANG KELLEY o o MARTE kwo o2 McCUTCHEN 2o 2ko MEADOWS eo2 hk MERCER ew1 MOROFF do o ko NEWMAN o o1o 1 NGOEPE kw k 1d ORTIZ ok ok 11o OSUNA 1ow k4o PEREZ o k od1 POLANCO 111 kwk ROGERS oo o11 STALLINGS o4o 11 STEWART TERDOSLAVICH 2k2 1 o WEISS ww o WILLIAMS k WOOD kkwoh 4ok 2o

CODE: 1-single; 2-double; 3-triple; 4-; w-walk; c-fielders’s choice; e-reached on error; h- by pitch; f-sac fly; b-sac bunt; k-; o-groundout/flyout; d-doubleplay 2017 SPRING TRAINING TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION 2/10 Phil Gosselin (INF) acquired from ...Frank Duncan (RHP) traded to Arizona.