PITTSBURGH PIRATES Vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES March 8, 2016
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PITTSBURGH PIRATES vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES March 8, 2016 - Bright House Field in Clearwater, FL TODAY: The Pirates are scheduled to play the Phillies in Clearwater at 1:05... Jonathon Niese is expected to start for the Bucs against Philadelphia’s Adam Morgan (LH)... Neftali Feliz, Rob Scahill, Curtis Partch, Guido Knudson and Kelvin Marte are also scheduled to pitch for the Pirates. YESTERDAY: The Bucs lost a 1-0 decision to the Phillies in Bradenton...Jeff Locke started and pitched 3.0 scoreless innings...Starling Marte went 2-for-2 with a stolen base...Alen Hanson went 2-for-3 with a double...Tony Watson retired all three batters he faced. JONATHON NIESE: The 29-year-old lefthander is making his second start of the spring this afternoon...Suffered loss on 3/3 vs. Blue Jays (2.0ip/5h/4r/4er/1bb/2so)... Went 9-10 with a 4.13 ERA (176.2ip/81er) in 33 appearances (29 starts) with the National League champion Mets last season...Spent the last 11 years in the New York organization after being selected by the Mets in the seventh round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft...Won a career-high 13 games in 2012...Has gone 61-61 with a 3.91 ERA in 182 career games (177 starts) in the big leagues. TOMORROW: The Pirates are scheduled to play the Red Sox in Bradenton at 1:05...Ryan Vogelsong is expected to start for the Bucs against Boston’s Joe Kelly (RH)...Mark Melancon, Arquimedes Caminero and Jared Hughes are also scheduled to pitch for the Pirates. “B” GAME: The Pirates and Orioles have scheduled a “B” for 10:00 a.m. Thursday in Sarasota...Tyler Glasnow, Kyle Lobstein and Wilfredo Boscan are expected to pitch. THE ROSTER: There are 61 active players in Major League camp (30 pitchers, 6 catchers, 17 infielders and 8 outfielders)...RHP Nick Kingham and LHP Jesse Biddle had Tommy John surgery last year and both are expected to miss spring training action. GUIDING THE SHIP: Clint Hurdle is in his sixth season as manager of the Pirates...He has won 431 games in his first five seasons and will enter the 2016 campaign sixth among active managers in all-time wins (965)...Hurdle ranks seventh among Pittsburgh managers with his 431 victories, 26 behind Pie Traynor...In addition, Hurdle is just thre third manager in the franchise’s 129-year history to take his team to the postseason three consecutive years (also Fred Clarke from 1901-1903 and Jim Leyland from 1990-1992). BUCS IN BRADENTON: This marks the 48th year in which the Pirates are holding spring training in Bradenton...Constructed in 1923, McKechnie Field is currently the oldest stadium used for spring training and the third-oldest stadium currently used by a Major League team after Fenway Park, built in 1912, and Wrigley Field, built in 1914. PIRATES GOLD: Elias Diaz has three hits and a walk in his last four plate appearances and has reached base safely in all four of his games...Pedro Florimon has four hits in his last six at bats and five RBI in his last two games...Alen Hanson has four hits in his last seven at bats and leads the team with three stolen bases...John Jaso has reached base safely five times in his first seven plate appearances...Max Moroff has three hits in his last five at bats...Michael Morse has three straight hits and has hit safely in four straight games...Harold Ramirez has six hits in his last nine at bats...Sean Rodriguez has four hits in his first eight at bats. DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHERS OF RECORD (W/L/S) ATTENDANCE HOME ATT./AVG. 3/1 at Tigers W 4-2 1-0 Rob Scahill (1-0)/Logan Kensing/Kelvin Marte (1) 6,779 3/2 vs. Tigers (ss) L 3-10 1-1 Buck Farmer/Jeff Locke (0-1) 6,952 6,952/6,952 3/3 vs. Blue Jays L 8-10 1-2 Gavin Floyd/Jonathon Niese (0-1)/Brady Dragmire 6,491 13,443/6,722 3/4 vs. Twins T 2-2 1-2-1 ----------------------------------- 5,744 19,187/6,396 3/5 at Braves W 9-6 2-2-1 Steven Brault (1-0)/Ryan Weber/Trevor Williams (1) 6,287 3/6 vs. Astros (ss) L 8-11 2-3-1 Edwar Cabrera/Kelvin Marte (0-1)/Jandel Gustave 6,304 25,491/6,373 3/7 vs. Phillies L 0-1 2-4-1 Brett Oberholtzer/A.J. Schugel (0-1)/Hector Neris 6,460 31,951/6,390 3/8 at Phillies 3/9 vs. Red Sox 3/10 at Rays 3/11 vs. Rays 3/12 at Tigers 3/13 vs. Tigers 3/14 at Red Sox 3/15 OFF DAY 3/16 at Orioles 3/17 vs. Yankees 3/18 at Phillies 3/19 vs. Twins 3/20 at Blue Jays 3/21 vs. Braves at Twins 3/22 OFF DAY 3/23 vs. Orioles 3/24 at Orioles 3/25 at Red Sox (6:05) 3/26 at Twins (1:05) vs. Rays (6:05) 3/27 at Orioles (6:05) 3/28 vs. Twins 3/29 at Yankees (ss) 3/30 vs. Red Sox 3/31 at Rays 4/1 OFF DAY 4/2 vs. Reds in Indianapolis 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) WILFREDO BOSCAN JEFF LOCKE TONY WATSON 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 3/1 @Det -- 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 3/2 * vs. Det L (0-1) 2.0 4 4 4 1 0 3/3 vs. Tor -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/6 vs. Hou -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/7 * vs. Phi -- 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 3/7 vs. Phi -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 11 STEVEN BRAULT KELVIN MARTE TREVOR WILLIAMS 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 3/5 @Atl W (1-0) 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 3/1 @Det SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 3/5 @Atl SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 3/3 vs. Tor -- 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 ARQUIMEDES CAMINERO 3/6 vs. Hou L (0-1) 0.2 4 4 4 1 0 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 vs. Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 MARK MELANCON 3/6 vs. Hou -- 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 vs. Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 NEFTALI FELIZ 3/4 vs. Min -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 @Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 JUAN NICASIO 3/4 vs. Min -- 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 vs. Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 JIM FULLER 3/6 * vs. Hou -- 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/3 vs. Tor -- 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 JONATHON NIESE 3/5 @Atl -- 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/7 vs. Phi -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/3 * vs. Tor L (0-1) 2.0 5 4 4 1 2 TYLER GLASNOW ERIC O’FLAHERTY DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/5 * @Atl -- 1.2 2 2 2 3 0 3/2 vs. Det -- 1.0 3 5 1 1 0 3/7 vs. Phi -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 TREY HALEY DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO CURTIS PARTCH 3/1 @Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/4 vs. Min -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/1 @Det -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/7 vs. Phi -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/4 vs. Min -- 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 JOHN HOLDZKOM JORGE RONDON DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/3 vs. Tor -- 0.2 3 3 3 1 0 3/2 vs. Det -- 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 3/6 vs. Hou -- 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 3/4 vs. Min -- 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 3/7 vs. Phi -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 JARED HUGHES DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO ROB SCAHILL 3/2 vs. Det -- 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/6 vs. Hou -- 0.2 4 3 3 1 1 3/1 @Det W (1-0) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 3/4 vs.