PITTSBURGH PIRATES (50-54) vs. SAN DIEGO PADRES (47-57) JULY 30, 2017 at Petco Park, San Diego, CA --- GAME #105/ROAD #55 RHP GERRIT COLE (8-7, 4.12 ERA) vs. LHP CLAYTON RICHARD (5-11, 5.37 ERA) THE PIRATES...have lost six of their last seven games after winning a season-high six in a row between 7/16-21...Have won 10 of their last 17 games and 13 of their last 21...Have gone 24-19 in their last 43 games and 36-32 in their last 68 contests, dating back to 5/13...Scored a season-high 14 runs in their final game before the break (7/9 at Chicago)...Had a 52-51 record after 103 games last season (53-51 after 104). BUCS WHEN... A PIRATE LOOKS AT 60: Special birthday greetings go out to Bucco manager Clint Hurdle, who was born on this date in 1957 in Big Rapids, Michigan...In his seven seasons with the Pirates, Hurdle has won 559 games, good for fifth place on the club’s Last five games ................ 1-4 all-time managerial win list...Hurdle’s 1093 all-time victories rank sixth among all current big league managers. Last ten games .................4-6 CLOSING THE BOOKS ON JULY: With one game left to play, the Pirates have posted a 13-11 record so far this month...They began July in fourth place, trailing the first-place Brewers by 5.0 games (they enter today’s action in fourth place and 5.5 Leading after 6 ................ 37-7 games behind the first-place Cubs)...The Bucs have posted a 3.80 ERA (211.0ip/89er) during the month - good for seventh- Tied after 6 ....................8-6 best in the N.L. - while they have hit .254 (209-for-882) with 98 runs (only the Giants and Reds have scored fewer runs in July). Trailing after 6 .................5-41 ROAD, SWEET ROAD: Dating back to his start against the Mets in New York on June 2, Gerrit Cole has won each of his last five road starts, producing a 2.16 ERA (25.0ip/6er) in the last four...The last Pirates pitcher to win five consecutive starts on Leading after 7 ................40-4 the road was Kevin Correia in 2011...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last Pittsburgh pitcher to win more than five Tied after 7 .................... 5-3 straight road starts was Don Robinson, who won seven consecutive during the 1982 season. Trailing after 7 ................ 5-47 CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’: Southern California native Gerrit Cole has gone 7-2 with a 2.96 ERA (54.2ip/18er) in nine career starts with the Pirates in the Golden State...His first loss came in his first start on 8/21/13 in San Diego; since then he has Leading after 8 ................ 41-4 won seven of his last eight starts in California, inlcuding Monday night in San Francisco. Tied after 8 ....................4-3 COLE - CALM & COLLECTED: Gerrit Cole has gone 5-1 with a 3.04 ERA (50.1ip/17er) in his last eight starts...Aside from the game against the Giants on 6/30 in which he gave up seven runs in 5.1ip, Cole has posted a 2.20 ERA (41.0ip/10er) in Trailing after 8 ................ 5-47 the other seven outings...In 24 career starts against N.L. West teams, Cole has gone 15-6 with a 3.05 ERA (150.1ip/51er). Scoring first ..................31-18 WANNA BE STARTING SOMETHING: Among all Major League teams this season, the Pirates have used the fewest amount of starting pitchers (six)...In addition to the current five-man rotation, RHP Tyler Glasnow made 12 starts with the team before Opp. score first ................19-36 being sent to the minors on June 10...The Bucs used a total of 14 different starting pitchers last season...The club record for fewest starting pitchers used in one season is seven (1902, 1972 and 1997). Scoring 4+ ...................44-11 POPS AND CUTCH: Andrew McCutchen is one home run shy of hitting 20 or more in seven consecutive seasons...The only Scoring less than 4 .............6-43 Pittsburgh player to accomplish this feat is Hall-of-Famer Willie Stargell, who did so in 13 straight campaigns between 1964 and 1976...McCutchen’s 194 career home runs rank fourth on the club’s all-time list behind Stargell (475), Ralph Kiner (301) Outhitting Opp. ................33-7 and Roberto Clemente (240); he passed Barry Bonds (fifth with 176) earlier this season. Being out-hit .................15-45 BUCS/PADS: The Pirates and Padres are meeting this weekend for the first time since doing so last year at PNC Park between Hits are equal .................. 2-2 August 9-11...The two teams split the six games played in 2016, with the Bucs winning two-of-three in Pittsburgh and losing two-of-three in San Diego between April 19-21...Since taking two-of-three here in 2014, the Pirates have gone 3-6 in their Comeback wins .................28 last nine games played at Petco Park...The clubs meet again in Pittsburgh next weekend. Wins in final AB ................. 10 THE HIT PARADE: With his two hits Friday night, Andrew McCutchen tied Jason Kendall for 16th place on Pittsburgh’s all- time hit list with 1409 (Bill Virdon is 15th with 1431)...Since his first season in the big leagues in 2009, McCutchen’s 1409 Walkoff Wins ....................7 hits rank first among all National League players and seventh in all of Major League Baseball. Losses in final AB .................11 BUMPS IN THE ROAD: The Pirates are 2-6 on this nine-game, 10-day road trip to Colorado (1-2), San Francisco (1-2) and Walkoff Losses ...................6 San Diego (0-2)...The trip concludes today...Beginning Tuesday, the Pirates are scheduled to play 16-of-23 games at home. SAVING SOUTHPAWS: Lefty Felipe Rivero is one save shy of matching fellow southpaw Tony Watson with a team-high 10 Extra Inning Games .............6-8 saves this season...It would mark the first time in club history that the Pirates have had two left-handed pitchers earn 10 or more saves in the same season (since saves became official in 1969)...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this has Playing errorless ............. 26-28 happened only three times in MLB history; John Rocker (24) and Mike Remlinger (12) with the Braves in 2000, Mitch Williams (16) Committing at least 1 Error ...... 24-26 and Paul Assenmacher (10) with the Cubs in 1990 and Dave Righetti (25) and Lee Guetterman (13) with the Yankees in 1989. Homered ................... 39-28 4 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER: The Pirates have won each of their last 11 games when scoring at least four runs and have gone 17-2 in their last 19 when doing so...Overall this season, the Bucs are 44-11 when plating four or more runs in a game. 2+ homers ....................19-3 RAVING ABOUT RIVERO: Felipe Rivero has made 10 straight scoreless outings (11.2ip) and has been scored upon just twice Series (W-L-T) ..............15-14-4 in his last 29 games (32.0ip/3r/2er) while being charged with an earned run in just four of his 49 appearances overall...He recorded his nine save of the season on Thursday and has produced five multi-innings saves...The last Pirates pitcher to earn Series Sweeps ....................3 at least five saves of more than 1.0ip in a season was RHP Julian Tavarez, who had seven such saves in 2003. Swept in a Series .................6 OUCH!: Pittsburgh batters have been hit by a pitch three times in this series and lead the Majors with 58 plunkings overall this season...Since the start of the 2011 campaign, the Pirates have been hit by a pitch a Major League leading 479 times. Interleague ...................4-7 Before the break ............. 42-47 ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY After the break .................8-7 July 30, 1975: The Pirates beat the Phillies and Hall-of-Fame lefthander Steve Carlton in front of 43,260 fans at Three Rivers Stadium. The start of the game was delayed 18 minutes to let 12,435 ladies in as part of a ladies night promotion. Jerry Reuss tossed a complete game to Starter goes 6.0ip+ ........... 30-24 improve to 12-6 and Manny Sanguillen went 5-for-5 with a home run. Starter goes less than 6.0ip .......20-30 UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Monday OFF DAY IN PITTSBURGH Tuesday vs. Cincinnati 7:05 EDT RHP Homer Bailey (2-5, 8.37 ERA) vs. RHP Jameson Taillon (6-4, 4.03 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Wednesday vs. Cincinnati 7:05 EDT RHP Robert Stephenson (0-4, 7.86 ERA) vs. RHP Trevor Williams (4-4, 4.53 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Thursday vs. Cincinnati 7:05 EDT RHP Sal Romano (2-2, 4.57 ERA) vs. RHP Chad Kuhl (3-7, 4.84 ERA) AT&T SportsNet 45 - RHP GERRIT COLE YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO 2016 7-10 3.88 21 21 1 0 116.0 131 57 50 36 98 2017 8-7 4.12 21 21 0 0 126.2 129 60 58 31 112 M.L. CAREER 55-37 3.39 115 115 1 0 706.0 679 289 266 179 650 vs. SAN DIEGO: 3-1 with a 1.52 ERA (23.2ip/4er) in four career starts...Won an 11-1 decision at Petco Park last year on 4/21 (6.0ip/0r)...Went 1-0 with a 1.59 ERA in one start in 2015, winning a 4-1 decision at Petco Park on 6/3...Also allowed two runs in 6.0 innings, but was outdueled by Ian Kennedy in a 2-1 loss at Petco Park on 8/21/13 and struck out a career-high tying 12 batters while winning a 10-1 decision (6.0ip/1er) against Kennedy at PNC Park on 9/19/13.