DETROIT TIGERS (10-11-3) vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (12-11-1) March 26, 2021 - LECOM Park in Bradenton, FL UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS DATE OPP. STARTING PITCHERS TIME RADIO / TV Pittsburgh: Tyler Anderson (L), Trevor 3/27 vs. Bos TBA vs. RHP Chad Kuhl 1:05 p.m. 93.7 FM The Fan/AT&T Cahill (R), Duane Underwood, Jr. (R), Kyle Crick (R), Sam Howard (L), Tyler Bashlor (R) 3/28 at Bal RHP Mitch Keller vs. TBA 1:05 p.m. 93.7 FM The Fan 3/29 vs. Min RHP Matt Canterino vs. RHP Miguel Yajure 1:05 p.m. KDKA 100.1 FM-1020AM/AT&T Detroit: Matthew Boyd (L), Kyle Funkhouser 3/30 at Min RHP JT Brubaker vs. RHP Matt Shoemaker 12:05 p.m. Pirates.com (R), Ian Krol (L), Erasmo Ramirez (R) 3/31 OFF DAY IN CHICAGO TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Tyler Anderson (31-year-old lefthander) is making his fifth start of the spring today...Pitched 5.0 ininngs and surrendered one run in his last start on 3/20 at Tigers...Gave up two runs and struck out seven batters in 4.0ip on 3/15 at Orioles...Gave up five runs in 3.0ip on 3/10 at Yankees...Allowed one run in 2.0ip in his first start on 3/4 vs. Braves...Was signed as a free agent on 2/17...Spent 2020 season with San Francisco and went 4-3 with a 4.37 ERA (59.2ip/29er) in 13 appearances (11 starts)...Spent four seasons (2016-19) pitching with the Rockies prior to being claimed off waivers by the Giants on 10/30/19...Established career highs in wins, starts (32), innings pitched (176.0) and strikeouts (164) while pitching wth the Rockies in 2018. PIRATES GOLD: The Pirates have won four of their last five games after dropping six-of-seven...The Pirates lead all Grapefruit League teams in hits (203) and rank fifth among all Major League teams...Pittsburgh also boasts the top batting average (.267) in the Grapefruit League...The Bucs have scored 123 runs; second only behind Boston (134) among Grapefruit League teams in that category...Only the Blue Jays (14), Red Sox (13) and Yankees (13) have won more games than the Pirates (12) this spring among the teams playing in Florida...The Pirates have gone 8-4 at LECOM Park and 4-7-1 on the road...Kyle Crick has been scored upon once in his first seven appearances (6.2ip/1er) and has whiffed at least one batter in all seven games (10 Ks total)...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 homered in back-to-back games and has reached base safely in all 10 of his games, hitting safely in each of his last seven; Frazier shares the Grapefruit lead in hits (18)...Todd Frazier shares the team lead in home runs (three)...Dustin Fowler has reached base safely in five of his last 13 plate appearances...Erik González has reached base safely eight times in his last 16 plate appearances...Ke’Bryan Hayes has a seven-game hitting streak and has hit safely in 12 of his 13 games overall; Hayes also shares the Grapefruit lead in hits...Colin Moran has hit safely in four of his last five games...Kevin Newman has reached base safely in 21 of his first 28 plate appearances, going 16-for-22 (.727) with five walks...Gregory Polanco has reached base safely in seven of his last eight games and in eight of his 10 games overall...Bryan Reynolds homered on Sunday and has reached base safely in 12 of his first 13 games. ROSTER BREAKDOWN STREAKS TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS 38 active players in camp (8 NRI): Pittsburgh: Chad Kuhl (R), Wil Crowe (R), Chase Current Streak.................................1 Loss Shreve (L), David Bednar (R), Geoff Hartlieb (R), 22 pitchers (4 NRI) Last 5 games .....................................4-1-0 Clay Holmes (R) 3 catchers (1 NRI) Boston: TBD 8 infielders (2 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 (0-1)/Paul Fry 1,746 3/26 vs. Tigers 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 #45 MICHAEL FELIZ (RHP) #44 CODY PONCE (RHP) #51 DAVID BEDNAR (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 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/2 vs. Det --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3/1 at Tor --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/14 vs. Phi --- 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 3/6 vs. NYY * --- 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 3/4 vs. Atl --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 3/17 vs. TB --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/7 vs.