PITTSBURGH PIRATES vs. TAMPA BAY RAYS March 20, 2017 - Charlotte Sports Park in Port Charlotte, FL TODAY: The Pirates are scheduled to play the Rays in Port Charlotte at 1:05...Jameson Taillon is expected to start for the Bucs against Tampa Bay’s Blake Snell (LHP)... Edgar Santana, Dan Runzler and Wade LeBlanc are also scheduled to pitch for Pittsburgh. JAMESON TAILLON: The 25-year-old righthander is making his fourth start of the spring today...Has gone 0-0 with a 3.38 ERA in his first three outings (8.0ip/5h/3r/3er/2bb/6so)...Pitched 4.0 innings and allowed one run in his last start on 3/15 vs. Orioles...Threw 50 pitches in a 3.0-inning simulated game at LECOM Park on 3/10...Tossed 2.0 hitless innings on 3/5 at Yankees...Made his first Grapefruit League start on 2/26 at Orioles (2.0ip/3h/2r/2er/2bb/3so)...Pitched a professional career-high 165.2 innings in 2016 while splitting the season between Triple-A Indianapolis (61.2ip) and Pittsburgh (104.0ip)...Went 4-2 with a 2.04 ERA in 10 starts with Indy before being recalled by the Pirates on 6/8...Made Major League debut on 6/8 vs. New York (NL) and received a no-decision (6.0ip/3er) against Noah Syndergaard... Won his first big league game in his second start with the Bucs on 6/14 at New York...Posted a 5-4 record and 3.38 ERA in 18 starts with the Pirates...His 3.38 ERA ranked second among N.L. rookie pitchers behind Milwaukee’s Junior Guerra (2.81). TOMORROW: The Pirates are scheduled to play the Rays in Bradenton at 1:05...Chad Kuhl is expected to start for the Bucs against Tampa Bay’s Alex Cobb (RHP)...A.J. Schugel and Josh Lindblom are also scheduled to pitch for Pittsburgh. THE ROSTER: There are 47 players in Major League camp (22 pitchers, 5 catchers, 13 infielders and 7 outfielders), including 13 non-roster players. WE ARE THE WORLD: Infielder Josh Harrison (USA) and outfielder Andrew McCutchen (USA) are participating in the World Baseball Classic. PIRATES GOLD: Pittsburgh’s .297 team batting average is tops among all teams in the Grapefruit League and third-best among all Major League teams this spring behined Milwaukee (.306) and Seattle (.301)...Adam Frazier has reached base safely in seven straight games; he has produced 12 hits in his last 21 at bats while also reaching base safely 16 times in his last 25 plate appearances...David Freese has gone 8-for-18 (.444) in his last eight games and has reached base safely in 10 of his 11 games overall...Phil Gosselin hit a grand slam Wednesday afternoon and has produced eight hits in his last 19 at bats...Alen Hanson has 14 hits in his last 30 at bats (.467)... John Jaso homered Saturday afternoon and has reached base safely in five straight games and in six of his last seven...Austin Meadows has reached base safely eight times in his last 15 plate appearances and in 12 of his 14 Grapefruit League games overall...Max Moroff has reached base safely 10 times in his last 19 trips to the plate... Gift Ngoepe has hit safely in six of his last seven games (13-for-23, .565) and has 12 hits in his last 20 at bats...Danny Ortiz has hit safely in nine of his last 12 games. ...Jose Osuna leads the team in home runs (four) and shares the team lead in RBI (11); Osuna has also reached base safely in 13 of his 14 games, hitting safely in 11 of the 14...Eury Perez homered on Saturday and has now hit safely in four of his last five games (4-for-12, .333)...Joey Terdoslavich leads the team in games played (18)... The Pirates have gone 8-2-1 at home and 6-5 on the road this spring. DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHERS OF RECORD (W/L/S) ATTENDANCE HOME ATT./AVG. 2/25 vs. Orioles W 6-2 1-0 Daniel Hudson (1-0)/Jason Garcia 4,725 4,725 at Rays W 7-2 2-0 Josh Lindblom (1-0)/Dana Eveland 4,674 2/26 at Orioles L 3-8 2-1 Chris Lee/Jared Hughes (0-1) 6,976 2/27 at Blue Jays W 2-1 3-1 Wade LeBlanc (1-0)/Aaron Loup/Miguel Rosario (1) 3,538 2/28 vs. Blue Jays L 0-12 3-2 Lucas Harrell/Tony Watson (0-1) 4,804 9,529/4,765 3/1 at Twins W 3-1 4-2 Josh Lindblom (2-0)/Kyle Gibson/Montana DuRapau (1) 5,895 3/2 at Tigers W 11-1 5-2 Steven Brault (1-0)/Justin Verlander 6,247 3/3 vs. Orioles W 5-2 6-2 Gerrit Cole (1-0)/Wade Miley/Jared Lakind (1) 5,011 14,540/4,847 3/4 vs. Red Sox W 3-2 7-2 Wade LeBlanc (2-0)/Hector Velazquez/Pat Light (1) (sellout) 7,893 22,433/5,608 3/5 at Yankees L 2-3 7-3 Chance Adams/Antonio Bastardo (0-1)/Luis Cessa 9,604 3/6 vs. Yankees W 13-1 8-3 Ivan Nova (1-0)/Bryan Mitchell 7,017 29,450/5,890 3/7 vs. Braves W 6-3 9-3 Steven Brault (2-0)/Matt Wisler/Tyler Webb (1) 5,216 34,666/5,778 3/8 vs. Dominican Republic L 6-10 Cody Dickson/Tyler Glasnow 4,204 3/9 at Rays W 10-8 10-3 Wade LeBlanc (3-0)/Kevin Gadea/Tate Scioneaux (1) 3,645 3/10 vs. Rays W 4-1 11-3 Dovydas Neverauskas (1-0)/Ryne Stanek 5,804 40,470/5,781 3/11 at Orioles L 6-7 11-4 Oliver Drake/Miguel Rosario (0-1) 7,487 3/12 vs. Twins W 4-3 12-4 Trevor Williams (1-0)/Ryan Vogelsong/Tyler Webb (2) 6,922 47,392/5,924 3/13 at Braves L 6-7 12-5 John Danks/Dovydas Neverauskas (1-1) 6,522 3/14 OFF DAY 3/15 vs. Orioles W 6-5 13-5 Antonio Bastardo (1-1)/Ubaldo Jimenez/Jason Creasy (1) 6,825 54,217/6,024 3/16 at Red Sox (6:05) L 3-4 13-6 Jamie Callahan/Dan Runzler (0-1) 9,922 3/17 vs. Orioles L 6-8 13-7 Gabriel Ynoa/Drew Hutchison (0-1)/Scott McGough 6,839 61,056/6,106 3/18 at Phillies W 13-8 14-7 Tyler Glasnow (1-0)/Jeremy Hellickson 9,261 3/19 vs. Blue Jays T 11-11 14-7-1 ------------------------------- (sellout) 7,562 68,618/6,238 3/20 at Rays 3/21 vs. Rays 3/22 OFF DAY 3/23 at Red Sox 3/24 vs. Rays 3/25 vs. Tigers 3/26 at Phillies 3/27 vs. Twins (6:05) 3/28 vs. Red Sox (6:05) 3/29 vs. Phillies 3/31 vs. Blue Jays in Montreal 4/1 vs. Blue Jays in Montreal 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) ANTONIO BASTARDO WADE LeBLANC A.J. SCHUGEL 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 2/25 BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2/27 at Tor W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 2/25 BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 2/28 TOR ND 1.0 3 3 3 0 2 3/4 BOS W (2-0) 3.0 3 2 2 1 2 2/28 TOR ND 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 3/5 at NYY L (0-1) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 3/9 at TB W (3-0) 2.2 5 4 4 0 0 3/5 at NYY ND 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 3/7 ATL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 3/17 BAL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/9 at TB ND 1.2 2 1 1 2 1 3/11 at Bal ND 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 3/13 at Atl ND 2.0 2 1 0 0 3 3/15 BAL W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 JOSH LINDBLOM 3/16 at Bos ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 3/19 TOR ND 0.1 3 4 4 2 1 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 * at TB W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 JAMESON TAILLON STEVEN BRAULT 3/1 * at Min W (2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/6 NYY ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2/26 * at Bal ND 2.0 3 2 2 2 3 2/25 * BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/11 at Bal ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 3/5 * at NYY ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/2 * at Det W (1-0) 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 3/15 * BAL ND 4.0 2 1 1 0 2 3/7 ATL W (2-0) 3.0 3 0 0 1 3 JUAN NICASIO 3/12 MIN ND 3.0 2 0 0 1 0 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO TONY WATSON 3/18 at Phi ND 2.2 4 4 4 2 1 2/25 BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 2/28 TOR ND 1.0 2 2 0 0 2 2/25 BAL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 GERRIT COLE 3/6 NYY ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 2/28 TOR L (0-1) 0.2 4 3 3 1 1 DATE OPP DECISION IP H R ER BB SO 3/10 TB ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 3/4 BOS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/3 * BAL W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 3/15 BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/10 TB ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/8 * D.R.