MINNESOTA TWINS (9-10-1) vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (10-10-1) March 23, 2021 - LECOM Park in Bradenton, FL UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS DATE OPP. STARTING PITCHERS TIME RADIO / TV Pittsburgh: Chase De Jong (R), Miguel 3/24 vs. Atl RHP Ian Anderson vs. RHP JT Brubaker 1:05 p.m. AT&T Yajure (R), Kyle Crick (R), Michael Feliz (R), Sam Howard (L), Roansy Contreras (R) 3/25 at Bal TBA vs. TBA 6:05 p.m. KDKA 100.1 FM-1020AM Griffin Jax (R), Josh Winder (R), 3/26 vs. Det TBA vs. 1:05 p.m. AT&T Minnesota: TBA Matt Canterino (R), Luke Farrell (R), Derek 3/27 vs. Bos TBA vs. TBA 1:05 p.m. 93.7 FM The Fan/AT&T Law (R), Charlie Barnes (L) 3/28 at Bal TBA vs. TBA 1:05 p.m. 93.7 FM The Fan TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Chase De Jong (27-year-old righthander) is making his second start/third appearance of the spring this afternoon...Gave up one run in 3.0 innings of relief on 3/17 vs. Rays...Pitched 3.0 scoreless frames and won his first start on 3/12 vs. Blue Jays... Also tossed 2.0 scoreless innings of relief on 3/7 vs. Orioles...Was signed as a minor league free agent on 12/15 after pitching with the Astros in 2020...Began the 2020 campaign with the Sugar Land Skeeters in the independent Atlantic League before being signed by Houston on 8/23...Made his Major League debut with Seattle in 2017...He and his wife, Christina, welcomed the birth of their first child (Clayton Bernhard) on 2/23; named after each of his grandfathers...His father-in-law is Bernhard Langer, a two-time Masters Champion (1985 and 1993) and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. GETTING CLOSER: One week from today, the Pirates are scheduled to play their final spring training game before heading to Chicago, where they are expected to begin the 2021 regular season against the Cubs at Wrigley Field on Thursday, April 1. PIRATES GOLD: The Pirates have 167 hits this spring, ranking second among all Grapefruit League teams behind Boston (168)...The Pirates have recorded 15 stolen bases and rank tied for fifth among Grapefruit League teams in that department...The Bucs share the Major League lead in triples (seven)...The Pirates have gone 6-4 at LECOM Park and 4-6-1 on the road...Wilmer Difo has reached base safely in eight straight games, hitting safley in seven-of-eight...Dustin Fowler has reached base safely in six of his first eight games...Adam Frazier has reached base safely in all eight of his games, going 15-for-26 (.577) with a walk...Todd Frazier shares the team lead in home runs (three)...Erik Gonzalez has produced four hits in his last eight at bats and has reached base safely six times in his last 10 plate appearances...Ke’Bryan Hayes leads all MLB players in doubles (six) and shares the lead in extra-base hits (nine)...Colin Moran homered last Wednesday and has reached base safely in seven of his last eight games...Kevin Newman has reached base safely in 19 of his first 25 plate appearances, going 14-for-20 (.700) with five walks...Gregory Polanco has tallied six hits in his last 16 at bats; he has two home runs and a team-high eight RBI in his first eight games... Bryan Reynolds homered on Sunday and has reached base safely in each of his first 11 games. ROSTER BREAKDOWN STREAKS TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS 48 active players in camp (15 NRI): Pittsburgh: JT Brubaker (R), Clay Holmes (R), Current Streak.................................. 1 Win Chasen Shreve (L), Nick Mears (R), Braeden Ogle (L) 26 pitchers (6 NRI) Last 5 games ....................................2-3-0 Atlanta: Ian Anderson (R), Nate Jones (R), A.J. 5 catchers (3 NRI) Minter (L), Tyler Matzek (L), Jacob Webb (R) 10 infielders (3 NRI) Last 10 games ................................. 4-6-0 7 outfielders (3 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 3/24 vs. Braves 3/25 at Orioles (6:05) 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) #45 MICHAEL FELIZ (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 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/19 B GAME 1.0 23 pitches 3/10 at NYY * --- 3.0 8 5 5 0 2 3/14 vs. Phi --- 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 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 --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/20 at Det * --- 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 3/20 at Det --- 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 #44 CODY PONCE (RHP) DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO #51 DAVID BEDNAR (RHP) #32 GEOFF HARTLIEB (RHP) 3/2 vs. Det --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/6 vs. NYY * --- 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 3/1 at Tor --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/6 vs. NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/4 vs. Atl --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 #62 SEAN POPPEN (RHP) DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/7 vs. Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 3/13 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/2 vs. Det --- 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 3/16 at Min --- 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 3/5 at Phi --- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/13 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/19 vs. Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 3/9 at Atl --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3/16 at Min --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/22 vs.