PITTSBURGH PIRATES vs. BOSTON RED SOX March 14, 2016 - JetBlue Park at Fenway South in Fort Myers, FL TODAY: The Pirates are scheduled to play the Red Sox in Fort Myers at 1:05...Ryan Vogelsong is expected to start for the Bucs against Boston’s Joe Kelly (RH)...John Holdzkom, Kyle Lobstein, Eric O’Flaherty and Trey Haley are also scheduled to pitch for the Pirates. YESTERDAY: The Bucs beat the Tigers, 9-5, in Bradenton...A.J. Schugel picked up the win in relief of Gerrit Cole, who made his first start of the spring (2.0ip/2er)...Starling Marte went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI...Elias Diaz went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBI...Josh Harrison had a pair of hits. RYAN VOGELSONG: The 38-year-old righthander is making his third appearance/second start of the spring this afternoon...Suffered a loss as a starter on 3/9 vs. Boston (3.0ip/4h/3r/3er/2bb/0so)...Pitched 2.0 scoreless innings of relief on 3/3 vs. Blue Jays...Was signed as a free agent on 12/18 after spending the last five years with San Francisco...Went 9-11 with a 4.67 ERA (135.0ip/70er) in 33 games (22 starts) with the Giants last season...Won a career-high 14 games in 2012...Was named to the 2011 National League All-Star team...Spent six seasons in the Pittsburgh organization (2001-2006) and was a member of the starting rotation in 2003 and 2004. TOMORROW: The Pirates are off...The action is scheduled to resume Wednesday as the Bucs play the Orioles in Sarasota at 1:05...Juan Nicasio is expected to start for the Bucs against Baltimore’s Kevin Gausman (RH)...Jared Hughes, Arquimedes Caminero and Curtis Partch are also scheduled to pitch for the Pirates. THE ROSTER: There are 54 active players in Major League camp (24 pitchers, 5 catchers, 18 infielders and 7 outfielders)...The Pirates signed free agent infielder David Freese to a one-year contract Friday; he will wear uniform #7. THE ROSTER: Outfielder Harold Ramirez, who went 11-for-19 (.579) in 11 spring training games, has left the team to play for team Colombia in the World Baseball Classic qualifiers, being held in Panama. GUIDING THE SHIP: Clint Hurdle is in his sixth season as manager of the Pirates...He has won 431 games in his first five seasons and will enter the 2016 campaign sixth among active managers in all-time wins (965)...Hurdle ranks seventh among Pittsburgh managers with his 431 victories, 26 behind Pie Traynor...In addition, Hurdle is just thre third manager in the franchise’s 129-year history to take his team to the postseason three consecutive years (also Fred Clarke from 1901-1903 and Jim Leyland from 1990-1992). OPENING DAY NOD: Manager Clint Hurdle announced Friday that lefty Francisco Liriano will start Opening Day against the Cardinals at PNC Park on April 3...It will be Liriano’s third straight Opening Day start - the first Bucco pitcher to do so since Doug Drabek in 1990-1992. PIRATES GOLD: Francisco Cervelli has reached base safely in four of his first five games...Elias Diaz has hit safely in six of his eight games and has reached base safely in seven-of-eight...Cole Figueroa has three hits in his last four at bats...Alen Hanson has five hits in his last 11 at bats and leads the team with three stolen bases... Starling Marte has six hits in his last eight at bats and has hit safely in six of his first seven games...Michael Morse has reached base safely in six of his last seven games...Sean Rodriguez has reached base safely in five of his first seven games. DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHERS OF RECORD (W/L/S) ATTENDANCE HOME ATT./AVG. 3/1 at Tigers W 4-2 1-0 Rob Scahill (1-0)/Logan Kensing/Kelvin Marte (1) 6,779 3/2 vs. Tigers (ss) L 3-10 1-1 Buck Farmer/Jeff Locke (0-1) 6,952 6,952/6,952 3/3 vs. Blue Jays L 8-10 1-2 Gavin Floyd/Jonathon Niese (0-1)/Brady Dragmire 6,491 13,443/6,722 3/4 vs. Twins T 2-2 1-2-1 ----------------------------------- 5,744 19,187/6,396 3/5 at Braves W 9-6 2-2-1 Steven Brault (1-0)/Ryan Weber/Trevor Williams (1) 6,287 3/6 vs. Astros (ss) L 8-11 2-3-1 Edwar Cabrera/Kelvin Marte (0-1)/Jandel Gustave 6,304 25,491/6,373 3/7 vs. Phillies L 0-1 2-4-1 Brett Oberholtzer/A.J. Schugel (0-1)/Hector Neris 6,460 31,951/6,390 3/8 at Phillies L 2-4 2-5-1 Adam Morgan/Jonathon Niese (0-2)/Dalier Hinojosa 6,456 3/9 vs. Red Sox L 2-6 2-6-1 Joe Kelly/Ryan Vogelsong (0-1) (sellout) 7,791 39,742/6,624 3/10 at Rays L 1-5 2-7-1 Drew Smyly/Francisco Liriano (0-1) 4,115 3/11 vs. Rays W 4-3 3-7-1 Trevor Williams (1-0)/Steve Geltz/A.J. Schugel (1) 7,330 47,072/6,725 3/12 at Tigers L 0-3 3-8-1 Mike Pelfrey/Jeff Locke (0-2)/Buck Farmer 8,926 3/13 vs. Tigers W 9-5 4-8-1 A.J. Schugel (1-1)/Blaine Hardy (sellout) 8,771 55,843/6,980 3/14 at Red Sox 3/15 OFF DAY 3/16 at Orioles 3/17 vs. Yankees 3/18 at Phillies 3/19 vs. Twins 3/20 at Blue Jays 3/21 vs. Braves at Twins 3/22 OFF DAY 3/23 vs. Orioles 3/24 at Orioles 3/25 at Red Sox (6:05) 3/26 at Twins (1:05) vs. Rays (6:05) 3/27 at Orioles (6:05) 3/28 vs. Twins 3/29 at Yankees (ss) 3/30 vs. Red Sox 3/31 at Rays 4/1 OFF DAY 4/2 vs. Reds in Indianapolis 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) WILFREDO BOSCAN GUIDO KNUDSON CURTIS PARTCH DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 @Det -- 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 3/3 vs. Tor -- 1.1 2 3 3 1 0 3/1 @Det -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/6 vs. Hou -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/6 vs. Hou -- 1.1 3 1 1 0 2 3/4 vs. Min -- 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 3/8 @Phi -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/8 @Phi -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 STEVEN BRAULT 3/13 vs. Det -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/10 @TB -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/12 @Det -- 1.0 2 1 1 2 1 3/5 @Atl W (1-0) 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 CHAD KUHL 3/11 vs. TB -- 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO JORGE RONDON 3/5 @Atl -- 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO ARQUIMEDES CAMINERO 3/11 vs. TB -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/2 vs. Det -- 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/4 vs. Min -- 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 3/2 vs. Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 FRANCISCO LIRIANO 3/7 vs. Phi -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/6 vs. Hou -- 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/10 @TB -- 1.0 3 2 2 1 1 3/9 vs. Bos -- 1.0 3 2 2 1 1 3/4 * vs. Min -- 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 3/12 @Det -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/10 * @TB L (0-1) 3.0 5 2 2 1 3 GERRIT COLE ROB SCAHILL DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO KYLE LOBSTEIN DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/13 * vs. Det -- 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 @Det W (1-0) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 3/1 * @Det -- 2.0 1 0 0 2 1 3/4 vs. Min -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 NEFTALI FELIZ 3/6 vs. Hou -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/8 @Phi -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/13 vs. Det -- 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 3/1 @Det -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 JEFF LOCKE 3/4 vs. Min -- 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO A.J. SCHUGEL 3/8 @Phi -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/2 * vs.