BOSTON RED SOX (13-10-1) Vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (12-12-1
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BOSTON RED SOX (13-10-1) vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (12-12-1) March 27, 2021 - LECOM Park in Bradenton, FL UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS DATE OPP. STARTING PITCHERS TIME RADIO / TV Pittsburgh: Chad Kuhl (R), Wil Crowe (R), 3/28 at Bal RHP Mitch Keller vs. RHP Matt Harvey 1:05 p.m. 93.7 FM The Fan Chase Shreve (L), David Bednar (R), Geoff Hartlieb (R), Clay Holmes (R) 3/29 vs. Min RHP Matt Canterino vs. RHP Miguel Yajure 1:05 p.m. KDKA 100.1 FM-1020AM/AT&T Matt Andriese (R), Phillips Valdez 3/30 at Min vs. RHP Matt Shoemaker 12:05 p.m. Pirates.com Boston: RHP JT Brubaker (R), Hirokazu Sawamura (R), Kevin McCarthy 3/31 OFF DAY IN CHICAGO (R), AJ Politi (R) 4/1 at Chi TBA vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks 1:20 CDT 93.7 FM The Fan/AT&T TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Chad Kuhl (28-year-old righthander) is making his fourth start of the spring today...Has not pitched in a game since tossing 2.0 scoreless innings on 3/16 at Twins - was away from the team for the birth of his first child; son Hudson on 3/19...Threw 46 pitches/3.0 innings in a live BP/sim game at LECOM Park on 3/10...Gave up two runs in 2.0ip and suffered a loss on 3/5 at Phillies...Struck out three batters in 1.0 inning of work in his first start on 2/28 at Orioles...Went 2-3 with a 4.27 ERA (46.1ip/22er) in 11 games (nine starts) during the abbreviated 2020 season; gave up nine of those runs in one start (9/13 at Kansas City)...Posted a 2.95 ERA (21.1ip/7er) in August and took a no-hitter into the sixth inning in his final start of 2020 on 9/24 vs. Chicago (NL)...Missed entire 2019 season after having “Tommy John” surgery on 9/20/18...Was Pittsburgh’s ninth round selection in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft. THE TOP DOGS: The Pirates lead all Grapefruit League teams in hits (209) and batting average (.264) with the Red Sox ranking second with 196 hits and a .262 average...The Pirates have scored 125 runs this spring; second only behind Boston (137) among Grapefruit League teams... The Bucs also rank second in the Grapefruit League with 349 total bases, trailing only the Red Sox (358). PIRATES GOLD: Pittsburgh’s defense has turned 25 double plays this spring; tied for the second-highest total among all Major League teams behind Miami (26)...The Pirates have gone 8-5 at LECOM Park and 4-7-1 on the road...Wilmer Difo has reached base safely in 11 straight games, hitting safely in 10 of the 11...Phillip Evans has eight hits in his last 12 plate appearances...Adam Frazier has reached base safely in all 11 of his games, hitting safely in each of his last eight; Frazier shares the Grapefruit lead in hits (19)...Dustin Fowler has reached base safely in six of his last 16 plate appearances...Erik González has reached base safely eight times in his last 18 plate appearances...Ke’Bryan Hayes has an eight-game hitting streak and has hit safely in 13 of his 14 games overall; Hayes also shares the Grapefruit lead in hits...Colin Moran homered on Friday and has hit safely in five of his last six games...Kevin Newman has reached base safely in 22 of his first 30 plate appearances, going 17-for-24 (.708) with five walks...Gregory Polanco has reached base safely in seven of his last nine games and in eight of his 11 games overall... Bryan Reynolds homered last Sunday and has reached base safely in 13 of his first 14 games. ROSTER BREAKDOWN STREAKS TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS 36 active players in camp (7 NRI): Pittsburgh: Mitch Keller (R), Michael Feliz (R), Sam Current Streak............................2 Losses Howard (L), Luis Oviedo (R), Edgar Santana (R) 21 pitchers (4 NRI) Last 5 games ....................................3-2-0 Baltimore: Matt Harvery (R) 3 catchers (1 NRI) 7 infielders (1 NRI) Last 10 games ..................................5-5-0 5 outfielders (1 NRI) DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHERS OF RECORD (W/L/S) ATTENDANCE HOME ATT./AVG. 2/28 at Orioles W 6-4 1-0-0 Chad Kuhl (1-0)/Thomas Eshelman/Shea Spitzbarth (1) 1,705 3/1 at Blue Jays T 2-2 1-0-1 -------------------------- N/A 3/2 vs. Tigers L 1-6 1-1-1 Casey Mize/JT Brubaker (0-1) 1,507 1,507/1,507 3/3 at Rays L 1-3 1-2-1 Josh Fleming/Miguel Yajure (0-1) 1,127 3/4 vs. Braves W 6-1 2-2-1 Chasen Shreve (1-0)/Chad Sobotka 1,575 3,082/1,541 3/5 at Phillies L 0-3 2-3-1 Chase Anderson/Chad Kuhl (1-1)/Jo Jo Romero 2,045 3/6 vs. Yankees W 3-2 3-3-1 Carson Fulmer (1-0)/Jhoulys Chacin/Shea Spitzbarth (2) 1,622 4,704/1,568 3/7 vs. Orioles W 13-1 4-3-1 JT Brubaker (1-1)/John Means 1,749 6,453/1,613 3/8 OFF DAY 3/9 at Braves W 10-1 5-3-1 Steven Brault (1-0)/Drew Smyly 1,756 3/10 at Yankees (6:35) L 5-6 5-4-1 Mike King/Blake Cederlind (0-1) 2,428 3/11 vs. Orioles W 7-5 6-4-1 Roansy Contreras (1-0)/Evan Phillips/Clay Holmes (1) 1,623 8,076/1,615 3/12 vs. Blue Jays W 2-1 7-4-1 Chase De Jong (1-0)/Thomas Hatch/James Marvel (1) 1,706 9,782/1,630 3/13 at Yankees L 5-7 7-5-1 Corey Kluber/JT Brubaker (1-2)/Luis Cessa 2,491 3/14 vs. Phillies L 5-6 7-6-1 Matt Moore/Steven Brault (1-1)/Jo Jo Romero 1,763 11,545/1,649 3/15 at Orioles L 3-12 7-7-1 Shawn Armstrong/Quinn Priester (0-1)/Keegan Akin 1,741 3/16 at Twins W 4-2 8-7-1 Chad Kuhl (2-1)/Jose Berrios 2,594 3/17 vs. Rays L 9-10 8-8-1 Tyler Glasnow/Mitch Keller (0-1)/Chris Mazza 1,743 13,288/1,661 3/18 OFF DAY 3/19 vs. Orioles (6:05) L 9-11 8-9-1 Wade LeBlanc/Sam Howard (0-1)/Eric Hanhold 1,759 15,047/1,672 3/20 at Tigers L 1-3 8-10-1 Tyler Alexander/Richard Rodríguez (0-1)/Bryan Garcia 2,136 3/21 at Red Sox W 9-3 9-10-1 Wil Crowe (1-0)/Nick Pivetta 1,910 3/22 vs. Orioles W 6-5 10-10-1 Trevor Cahill (1-0)/Isaac Mattson/Luis Oviedo (1) 1,599 16,646/1,665 3/23 vs. Twins W 1-0 11-10-1 Michael Feliz (1-0)/Josh Winder/Roansy Contreras (1) 1,618 18,264/1,660 3/24 vs. Braves W 6-3 12-10-1 Max Kranick (1-0)/Ian Anderson/Chasen Shreve (1) 1,648 19,912/1,659 3/25 at Orioles (6:05) L 9-10 12-11-1 Mac Sceroler/Michael Feliz (1-1)/Paul Fry 1,746 3/26 vs. Tigers L 2-5 12-12-1 Matthew Boyd/Trevor Cahill (1-1)/Kyle Funkhouser 1,729 21,641/1,665 3/27 vs. Red Sox 3/28 at Orioles 3/29 vs. Twins 3/30 at Twins 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) #31 TYLER ANDERSON (LHP) #76 CHASE DE JONG (RHP) #57 LUIS OVIEDO (RHP) 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 3/4 vs. Atl * --- 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 3/7 vs. Bal --- 2.0 1 0 0 2 1 3/19 B GAME 1.0 23 pitches 3/10 at NYY * --- 3.0 8 5 5 0 2 3/12 vs. Tor * W (1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 1 1 3/22 vs. Bal SV (1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 3/15 at Bal * --- 4.0 6 2 2 0 7 3/17 vs. TB --- 3.0 4 1 1 0 1 3/25 at Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 3/20 at Det * --- 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 3/23 vs. Min * --- 3.2 1 0 0 0 2 3/26 vs. Det * --- 4.0 3 1 1 2 2 #45 MICHAEL FELIZ (RHP) #44 CODY PONCE (RHP) DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO #38 TYLER BASHLOR (RHP) DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 vs. Det --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/6 vs. NYY * --- 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 3/26 vs. Det --- 1.0 3 1 1 0 2 3/14 vs.