PITTSBURGH PIRATES (12-13-1) vs. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (10-15-1) March 28, 2021 - Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, FL UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS DATE OPP. STARTING PITCHERS TIME RADIO / TV Pittsburgh: Mitch Keller (R), Michael Feliz 3/29 vs. Min RHP Matt Canterino vs. RHP Miguel Yajure 1:05 p.m. KDKA 100.1 FM-1020AM/AT&T (R), Sam Howard (L), Luis Oviedo (R), Edgar Santana (R) 3/30 at Min RHP JT Brubaker vs. RHP Matt Shoemaker 12:05 p.m. Pirates.com Matt Harvey (R), Shawn 3/31 OFF DAY IN CHICAGO Baltimore: Armstrong (R), Tanner Scott (L), César 4/1 at Chi TBA vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks 1:20 CDT 93.7 FM The Fan/AT&T Valdez (R) 4/2 OFF DAY IN CHICAGO TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Mitch Keller (24-year-old righthander) is making his fifth official start of the spring today...Made his last start on 3/22 vs. Orioles and gave up four runs (three earned) in 3.1ip...Allowed 10 hits and eight runs in 2.0ip and suffered a loss on 3/17 vs. Rays... Gave up two runs in 2.0+ innings of work on 3/11 vs. Orioles...Threw 39 pitches/2.0 innings in a live BP/sim game at LECOM Park on 3/6... Gave up two runs on three hits in his first start on 3/1 at Blue Jays...Went 1-1 with a 2.91 ERA (21.2ip/7er) in five starts during the abbreviated 2020 season...Finished the season by tossing 11.0 no-hit innings over two starts; the first N.L. pitcher to have back-to-back no-hit outings of 5+ innings since Johnny Vander Meer in 1938...Missed a little over a month of action with a left oblique injury...Entered 2020 campaign ranked as the Pirates No. 1 prospect by MLB.Com and Baseball America for the third straight year. 8 IS ENOUGH: The Pirates and Orioles are meeting today for the eighth and final time this spring...The Bucs won each of the first three games and four of the first seven games overall, outscoring the O’s 53-48 PIRATES GOLD: The Pirates lead all Grapefruit League teams in hits (220) and batting average (.267) while scoring the second-most runs(129) behind Boston (144)...The Bucs also rank second in the Grapefruit League with 362 total bases, trailing only the Red Sox (368)...Pittsburgh’s defense has turned 25 double plays this spring; tied for the second-highest total among all Major League teams behind Miami (28)...The Pirates have gone 8-6 at LECOM Park and 4-7-1 on the road...Wilmer Difo has reached base safely in 12 straight games, hitting safely in 10 of the 12... Phillip Evans has 10 hits in his last 16 plate appearances...Adam Frazier has reached base safely in all 11 of his games, hitting safely in each of his last eight...Erik González has reached base safely eight times in his last 21 plate appearances...Ke’Bryan Hayes has hit safely in eight of his last nine games and in 13 of his 15 games overall; Hayes is tied for second among Grapefruit League leaders 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 25 of his first 34 plate appearances, going 20-for-28 (.714) with five walks; he leads the Grapefruit League in hits...Gregory Polanco has reached base safely in eight of his last 10 games and in nine of his 12 games overall...Bryan Reynolds went 3-for-3 on Saturday and has reached base safely in 14 of his first 15 games. ROSTER BREAKDOWN STREAKS TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS 36 active players in camp (7 NRI): Pittsburgh: Miguel Yajure (R), Kyle Crick (R), Current Streak............................3 Losses Richard Rodriguez (R), Chasen Shreve (L), Chris 21 pitchers (4 NRI) Last 5 games ....................................2-3-0 Stratton (R), Tyler Bashlor (R) 3 catchers (1 NRI) Last 10 games ................................. 4-6-0 Minnesota: Matt Canterino (R), Josh Winder (R), 7 infielders (1 NRI) Cody Stashak (R), Brandon Waddell (L), Derek Law 5 outfielders (1 NRI) (R), Caleb Thielbar (L) 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 L 4-7 12-13-1 Kyle Hart/Geoff Hartlieb (0-1)/Matt Hall 1,716 23,357/1,668 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 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO #51 DAVID BEDNAR (RHP) 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/2 vs. Det --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 DATE OPP DEC.