PITTSBURGH PIRATES (7-18) VS. CHICAGO WHITE SOX (18-12) August 26, 2020 at Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago, IL -- GAME #26/ROAD #12 RHP TREVOR WILLIAMS (1-4, 3.70 ERA) vs. LHP DALLAS KEUCHEL (4-2, 2.65 ERA) THE PIRATES...have won three of their last four games...Have gone 4-5 in their last nine games after dropping nine-of-ten...Lost a season-high seven consecutive games from 7/29 to 8/5...Were 12-12 after 24 games in 2019 (12-13 after 25). FREQUENT FLYERS: The Pirates are scheduled to play four games in three different cities over the next three days, starting BUCS WHEN... with today’s tilt in Chicago...They are scheduled to play a doubleheader in St. Louis tomorrow before beginning a four-game Last five games ................3-2 series in Milwaukee Friday night...For what it’s worth, there have been 13 players in Major League history who have played at least one game for the White Sox, Cardinals and Brewers (Royce Clayton, Bob Coluccio, Zach Duke, Cal Eldred, Tito Francona, Last ten games .................4-6 Mark Johnson, Dave LaPoint, Jerry McNertney, Bill Pulsipher, Jamie Quirk, Jerry Reuss, Bill Voss and Pete Vuckovich). Leading after 6 .................4-2 LOVING THE LEFTIES: As a team, the Bucs are hitting .301 (50-for-166) against left-handed pitchers this season; the fourth-highest mark among Major League teams behind the White Sox (.312), Nationals (.306) and Tigers (.302)...The Pirates Tied after 6 ....................1-4 also rank fifth among all teams in OPS vs left-handed pitching (.865); second in the N.L. behind Washington (.887)....On the Trailing after 6 ................2-12 individual front, Jacob Stallings (4-for-9; .444), Erik González (6-for-14; .429), Kevin Newman (6-for-14; .429) and Bryan Reynolds (6-for-16; .375) have all had early success against southpaws. Leading after 7 .................4-1 BUCS/SOX: The Pirates have won eight of their last nine games played against the White Sox, dating back to 2015...The Bucs Tied after 7 ....................1-4 have also won five of their last six played at Guaranteed Rate Field, having swept a two-game series here in 2018 and 2015... In the all-time interleague series, the Pirates have 9-4 in the last 13 games and are 17-18 in the 35 games overall. Trailing after 7 ................2-13 HEAVY WORKLOAD: The Pirates are 0-1 in a stretch that has them scheduled to play 15 games in 13 days through Sunday, Leading after 8 .................6-1 September 6...The stretch includes a pair of doubleheaders; Thursday in St. Louis and Friday, September 4, against the Reds... Tied after 8 ....................0-3 El COFFEE: Gregory Polanco has gone 5-for-13 with two homers and five RBI in his last four games...He won Sunday’s game Trailing after 8 ................1-14 against Milwaukee with a two-run homer off David Phelps in the eighth inning...In his big league career, the Pirates have posted a 57-22 record in games when Polanco hits a home run. Scoring first ...................4-5 THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK: In his 12 career interleague games, Jacob Stallings is hitting .486 (18-for-37) with two home Opp. score first ................3-13 runs and seven RBI...He has hit safely in six of his seven interleague games played this season (9-for-18, .500) and in 10 of the 12 overall...Stallings has started seven of the last eight games and has gone 8-for-19 (.421) at the plate. Scoring 4+ ...................7-5 THE ARMS RACE: With Nick Tropeano making his 2020 debut last night, the Pirates have now used 27 different pitchers in Scoring less than 4. 0-13 25 games this season; only the Marlins (34) have used more...The club record for most pitchers used in a season is 34 (set in 2019 during a 162-game season). Outhitting Opp.. 5-5 HOT ROD: Richard Rodríguez picked up his second Major League save on Sunday...Dating back to June 1 of last season, Being out-hit .................2-11 Richard’s 2.47 ERA (54.2ip/15er) is the lowest among all N.L. relief pitchers with at least 55 appearances in that time. Hits are equal ..................0-2 SWITCHING IT UP: Since the start of last season, Josh Bell leads all Major League switch hitters with 39 home runs...His 80 career home runs with the Bucs rank third among switch hitters in team history behind Bobby Bonilla (114) and Neil Walker Comeback wins ..................5 (93)...Bell’s 37 home runs in 2019 eclipsed Bonilla’s club record (32 in 1990) for most hit in one season by a switch hitter. Wins in final AB ..................3 LEADING THE WAY: Adam Frazier connected off Anthony DeSclafani for his eighth career leadoff home run on 8/12, tying him with Andrew McCutchen and Bob Bailey for third on the club’s all-time list...Only Barry Bonds (20) and Al Martin (10) Walkoff Wins ....................1 have hit more home runs leading off the first inning while wearing a Pittsburgh uniform. Losses in final AB. 5 SHELTY’S CREW: Derek Shelton is in his first year as Pirates manager, having spent the last two seasons as Minnesota’s Walkoff Losses ...................2 Bench Coach...He also served as Toronto’s Quality Control Coach in 2017 after seven seasons as Hitting Coach with Tampa Bay (2010-16) and five seasons as Hitting Coach with Cleveland (2005-09)...Tarrik Brock is in his first season as First Base Extra Inning Games .............0-4 Coach, Don Kelly is in his first season as Bench Coach, Oscar Marin is in his first season as Pitching Coach, Mike Rabelo is in his first season as Assistant Hitting Coach and Glenn Sherlock is in his first season with the Pirates as a Coach... Playing errorless ................3-5 Justin Meccage, who served as Assistant Pitching Coach in 2019, is in his first season as Bullpen Coach...Hitting Coach Rick Eckstein returns for his second season and Joey Cora is serving as Third Base Coach for the fourth straight year. Homered ......................7-8 BIG LEAGUE ROSTER: Pitchers (15) - Tyler Bashlor, Steven Brault (LH), JT Brubaker, Geoff Hartlieb, Derek Holland (LH), 2+ homers ...................3-3 Sam Howard (LH), Keone Kela, Chad Kuhl, Dovydas Neverauskas, Richard Rodríguez, Chris Stratton, Nick Tropeano, Nik Turley (LH), Brandon Waddell (LH), Trevor Williams...Catchers (2) - John Ryan Murphy, Jacob Stallings...Infielders (7) - Josh Bell, Series (W-L-T) ...............1-6-2 Adam Frazier, Erik González, Colin Moran, Kevin Newman, José Osuna, JT Riddle...Outfielders (4) - Jarrod Dyson, Gregory Series Sweeps ...................1 Polanco, Bryan Reynolds, Cole Tucker. Swept in a Series .................4 TAXI SQUAD: RHPs Blake Cederlind, Nick Mears and Cody Ponce, along with catcher Andrew Susac are on Pittsburgh’s Taxi Squad...Cederlind was the club’s fifth-round pick in the 2016 Draft and has yet to appear in a big league game...Mears Interleague ...................1-10 has seen action in three games with the Pirates this season (3.1ip/2er)...Ponce has made two appearances with the Bucs this season; having made his big league debut on 8/2 at Wrigley Field... Susac made his Major League debut with the Giants Before the break ................--- in 2014 and has also seen big league action with the Brewers (2016-17) and Orioles (2018). After the break .................--- ON THIS DATE IN PIRATES HISTORY Starter goes 6.0ip+. 0-1 August 26, 2017: Gerrit Cole tossed 7.0 scoreless innings while hitting his third career home run, accounting for the lone run in Pittsburgh’s 1-0 Starter goes less than 6.0ip ......7-17 win over the Reds. It marked the first time in team history that a Pittsburgh pitcher accounted for all the team’s runs with a home run in a shutout victory. He also became the first Pirates pitcher since Don Robinson in 1982 to win eight straight road decisions. Black Road Uniforms ............1-5 Gray Road Uniforms ..............1-4 UP-COMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Thursday at St. Louis (Game 1) 2:15 RHP Chad Kuhl (1-1, 2.84 ERA) vs. LHP Kwan Hyun Kim (1-0, 1.69 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Thursday at St. Louis (Game 2) TBA vs. RHP Johan Oviedo (0-0, 3.60 ERA) AT&T SportsNet Friday at Milwaukee 7:10 LHP Derek Holland (1-1, 6.17 ERA) vs. TBA AT&T SportsNet Saturday at Milwaukee 6:10 TBA vs. TBA AT&T SportsNet Sunday at Milwaukee 1:10 TBA vs. TBA AT&T SportsNet 34 - RHP TREVOR WILLIAMS YEAR W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO 2019 7-9 5.38 26 26 0 0 145.2 162 93 87 44 113 2020 1-4 3.70 5 5 0 0 24.1 25 11 10 8 23 M.L. CAREER 30-33 4.20 100 88 1 1 503.2 497 254 235 164 390 vs. CHICAGO-AL: 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in two career starts...Pitched 7.0 scoreless innings in a 7-0 win over Reynaldo Lopez on 5/15/18 at PNC Park and had a no -decision (5.0ip/4r) in the team’s 6-5 last at bat win on 5/9/18 at Guaranteed Rate Field...Has gone 6-4 with a 3.41 ERA (89.2ip/34er) in 15 career interleague starts...Is 0-2 with a 1.63 ERA in two starts in 2020; lost to the Twins at PNC Park on 8/5 (7.0ip/1er) and to the Indians on 8/20 at PNC Park (4.0ip/1er).