PITTSBURGH PIRATES (12-10-1) vs. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (8-14-1) March 25, 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: Sean Poppen (R), Michael Feliz 3/26 vs. Det LHP Matthew Boyd vs. LHP Tyler Anderson 1:05 p.m. AT&T (R), Richard Rodríguez (R), Luis Oviedo (R), Chris Stratton (R), Edgar Santana (R) 3/27 vs. Bos LHP Eduardo Rodriguez vs. RHP Wil Crowe 1:05 p.m. 93.7 FM The Fan/AT&T Keegan Akin (L), Paul Fry (L), 3/28 at Bal vs. TBA 1:05 p.m. 93.7 FM The Fan Baltimore: TBA Shawn Armstrong (R), Tanner Scott (L), 3/29 vs. Min TBA vs. TBA 1:05 p.m. KDKA 100.1 FM-1020AM/AT&T Tyler Wells (R), Mac Sceroler (R) 3/30 at Min TBA vs. TBA 12:05 p.m. Pirates.com TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Sean Poppen (27-year-old righthander) is making his first start/seventh appearance of the spring tonight... Made his last appearance on Sunday and gave up one run in 2.0ip at Red Sox...Surrendered three runs in his first outing on 3/2 vs. Tigers before making four straight scoreless appearances (5.0ip) from 3/5 thru 3/16...Was claimed off waivers from Minnesota on 10/1 after making six appearances with the Twins in 2020 (7.2ip/4er)...Was originally selected by Minnesota in the 19th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft affter playing four seasons at Harvard University...Was a 2017 Midwest League All-Star while pitching with Cedar Rapids...Made his Major League debut with the Twins in 2019. THE HIT PARADE: Entering today’s action, Adam Frazier and Ke’Bryan Hayes led all Grapefruit League players with 18 hits apiece and Kevin Newman ranked third with 16...Collectively the threesome is hitting .553 (52-for-94) this spring...In addition, the Pirates have collected a Grapefruit League-leading 187 hits this spring. PIRATES GOLD: The Pirates have won four straight games after dropping six-of-seven...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 scored 114 runs; second only behind Boston (130) among Grapefruit League teams in that category entering today’s action...The Pirates have gone 8-4 at LECOM Park and 4-6-1 on the road...Wilmer Difo has reached base safely in 10 straight games, hitting safely in nine of the 10...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...Todd Frazier shares the team lead in home runs (three)...Erik González has produced five hits in his last nine at bats and has reached base safely seven times in his last 11 plate appearances...Ke’Bryan Hayes has a seven-game hitting streak and has hit safely in 12 of his 13 games overall...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: Tyler Anderson (L), Trevor Cahill (R), Current Streak...............................4 Wins Duane Underwood, Jr. (R), Kyle Crick (R), Sam 22 pitchers (4 NRI) Last 5 games .....................................4-1-0 Howard (L) 3 catchers (1 NRI) Last 10 games ..................................5-5-0 Detroit: Matthew Boyd (L), Kyle Funkhouser (R), Ian 8 infielders (2 NRI) Krol (L), Erasmo Ramirez (R) 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) 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) #39 CHAD KUHL (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 2/28 at Bal * W (1-0) 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 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 3/5 at Phi * L (1-1) 2.0 3 2 2 0 2 3/15 at Bal * --- 4.0 6 2 2 0 7 3/17 vs. TB --- 3.0 4 1 1 0 1 3/10 3.0ip (46 pitches) in Live BP AT LECOM 3/20 at Det * --- 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 3/23 vs. Min * --- 3.2 1 0 0 0 2 3/16 at Min * W (2-1) 3.0 2 0 0 2 4 #57 LUIS OVIEDO (RHP) #51 DAVID BEDNAR (RHP) #45 MICHAEL FELIZ (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 3/19 B GAME 1.0 23 pitches 3/1 at Tor --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/22 vs. Bal SV (1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 3/4 vs. Atl --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 3/14 vs. Phi --- 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 3/7 vs. Bal --- 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 3/17 vs. TB --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/10 at NYY --- 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 3/20 at Det --- 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 #44 CODY PONCE (RHP) 3/13 at NYY --- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/23 vs.