2017 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2017  Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Record	75–87 (.463)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Robert Nutting
General managers	Neal Huntington
Managers	Clint Hurdle
Television	Root Sports Pittsburgh (April–July) AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh (July–October)
Radio	KDKA-FM Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network (Steve Blass, Joe Block, Greg Brown, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2017 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 136th season overall, 131st season as a member of the National League, and the 17th season at PNC Park. They failed to improve on their record from the previous season and finished fourth in the National League Central. The Pirates failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Offseason and spring training

Infielder Jung-ho Kang was found guilty by a South Korean court for his third offense of driving under the influence, and as a result, the initial request for a work visa to enter the United States for the 2017 season was denied. ^[2] He would miss the whole season with the Pirates. ^[3]

The Pirates recorded a 19–12 win–loss record in preseason spring training, the third best record in the Grapefruit League. In addition, two of their games finished tied and were therefore not included in the standings. ^[4]

Regular season

April

• April 3 – The Pirates lost on Opening Day to the Boston Red Sox 5–3.
• April 7 – In their home opener against the Atlanta Braves, the Pirates defeated the Braves 5–4. The Pirates would go on to win all three games of the series to sweep the Braves.
• April 9 – Starling Marte hit a walk-off home run in the tenth inning to propel the Pirates to a 5–4 win and series sweep over the Braves. ^[5]
• April 12 – The Pirates were swept by the Cincinnati Reds following a 9–2 loss. ^[6]
• April 16 – Following a four-game losing streak, the Pirates rally to beat the Chicago Cubs 6–1 to sweep the three-game series at Wrigley Field. ^[7]
• April 18 – Starling Marte was suspended 80 games after testing positive for nandrolone, a performance-enhancing substance; he will not be eligible to return until after the team's 93rd game on July 17 and is ineligible for postseason play if the team qualifies. ^[8]
• April 19 – The Pirates were swept following three straight 2–1 losses to the St. Louis Cardinals. ^[9] The Pirates have been swept in three of the five series to date and have swept their opponent in the other two series to date.
• April 22 – The Pirates lost to the New York Yankees 11–5 after beating them in the first game of the series. ^[10] The series marks the first series of the year where the Pirates did not sweep their opponent nor did they get swept.
• April 24 - the Pirates fielded the first baseball player to be born and raised in Lithuania, to reach the major leagues, Dovydas Neverauskas. In 1933, Joe Zapustas was the first Lithuanian-born player to play in MLB, as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics, however he grew up in Boston. ^[11]
• April 26 - The Pirates promoted South African Gift Ngoepe from the AAA Indianapolis Indians; making him the first African-born player in MLB history. ^[12]
• The Pirates finished the month with a win–loss record of 11–13, fourth in the NL Central at 2.0 games out of first.

May

• May 3 – Iván Nova was named NL Pitcher of the Month for April. ^[13]

June

• Andrew McCutchen is named the National League Player of the Month

July

• July 2 – Josh Harrison is elected to the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. ^[14]
• July 18 – Starling Marte is reactivated after performance-enhancing drug suspension ^[15]

August

• August 6 – Sean Rodriguez, in his first game since being re-acquired by the Pirates a day earlier, hits a walk-off home run in the twelfth inning to give the Pirates a 5–4 victory over the San Diego Padres. ^[16]
• August 20 – The Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 6–3, in the 2017 MLB Little League Classic held at Bowman Field, located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
• August 23 – Josh Harrison became the first player in MLB history to break up a no-hitter in extra innings with a walk-off home run. The home run was hit in the tenth inning, off of pitcher Rich Hill, to give the Pirates a 1–0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. ^[17]

September

• September 4 - Josh Bell broke the National League record for most home runs by a rookie switch hitter, hitting his 24th of the season off of Jake Arrieta, in a 12-0 Pirates' rout of the Chicago Cubs ^[18]
• September 5 - Longtime Pirates TV broadcaster Kent Tekulve announced his retirement, after the Pirates' 4–3 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs. ^[19]

Season standings

National League Central

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	92	70	0.568	—	48–33	44–37
Milwaukee Brewers	86	76	0.531	6	46–38	40–38
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	0.512	9	44–37	39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	0.463	17	44–37	31–50
Cincinnati Reds	68	94	0.420	24	39–42	29–52

National League playoff standings

v t e Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	104	58	0.642
Washington Nationals	97	65	0.599
Chicago Cubs	92	70	0.568

v t e Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Arizona Diamondbacks	93	69	0.574	+6
Colorado Rockies	87	75	0.537	—
Milwaukee Brewers	86	76	0.531	1
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	0.512	4
Miami Marlins	77	85	0.475	10
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	0.463	12
Atlanta Braves	72	90	0.444	15
San Diego Padres	71	91	0.438	16
New York Mets	70	92	0.432	17
Cincinnati Reds	68	94	0.420	19
Philadelphia Phillies	66	96	0.407	21
San Francisco Giants	64	98	0.395	23

Record vs. opponents

2017 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2017
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	2–4	3–3	3–3	11–8	11–8	3–4	4–3	6–1	6–1	4–3	11–8	12–7	3–4	2–4	12–8
Atlanta	4–2	—	1–6	3–3	3–4	3–4	11–8	4–2	7–12	6–13	2–5	5–2	4–3	1–5	9–10	9–11
Chicago	3–3	6–1	—	12–7	2–5	2–4	4–3	10–9	4–2	4–3	10–9	2–4	4–3	14–5	3–4	12–8
Cincinnati	3–3	3–3	7–12	—	3–4	0–6	2–5	8–11	3–4	4–2	13–6	3–4	4–3	9–10	1–6	5–15
Colorado	8–11	4–3	5–2	4–3	—	10–9	2–4	4–3	3–3	5–2	3–3	12–7	12–7	2–4	3–4	10–10
Los Angeles	8–11	4–3	4–2	6–0	9–10	—	6–1	3–3	7–0	4–3	6–1	13–6	11–8	4–3	3–3	16–4
Miami	4–3	8–11	3–4	5–2	4–2	1–6	—	2–4	12–7	8–11	3–4	5–1	5–1	2–5	6–13	9–11
Milwaukee	3–4	2–4	9–10	11–8	3–4	3–3	4–2	—	5–2	3–3	9–10	5–2	3–4	11–8	4–3	11–9
New York	1–6	12–7	2–4	4–3	3–3	0–7	7–12	2–5	—	12–7	3–3	3–4	5–1	3–4	6–13	7–13
Philadelphia	1–6	13–6	3–4	2–4	2–5	3–4	11–8	3–3	7–12	—	2–5	1–5	4–3	1–5	8–11	5–15
Pittsburgh	3–4	5–2	9–10	6–13	3–3	1–6	4–3	10–9	3–3	5–2	—	3–3	1–5	8–11	4–3	10–10
San Diego	8–11	2–5	4–2	4–3	7–12	6–13	1–5	2–5	4–3	5–1	3–3	—	12–7	3–4	2–5	8–12
San Francisco	7–12	3–4	3–4	3–4	7–12	8–11	1–5	4–3	1–5	3–4	5–1	7–12	—	3–4	1–5	8–12
St. Louis	4–3	5–1	5–14	10–9	4–2	3–4	5–2	8–11	4–3	5–1	11–8	4–3	4–3	—	3–3	8–12
Washington	4–2	10–9	4–3	6–1	4–3	3–3	13–6	3–4	13–6	11–8	3–4	5–2	5–1	3–3	—	10–10

Detailed records

National League Opponent W L WP RS RA NL East Atlanta Braves 5 2 0.714 45 33 Miami Marlins 4 3 0.571 37 38 New York Mets 3 3 0.500 33 31 Philadelphia Phillies 5 2 0.714 23 19 Washington Nationals 4 3 0.571 40 33 Total 21 13 0.618 178 154 NL Central Chicago Cubs 9 10 0.474 79 99 Cincinnati Reds 6 13 0.316 60 84 Milwaukee Brewers 10 9 0.526 67 59 Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals 8 11 0.421 78 84 Total 33 43 0.434 284 326 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks 3 4 0.429 24 32 Colorado Rockies 3 3 0.500 32 34 Los Angeles Dodgers 1 6 0.143 19 40 San Diego Padres 3 3 0.500 28 33 San Francisco Giants 1 5 0.167 23 36 Total 11 21 0.344 126 175 American League Baltimore Orioles 2 2 0.500 26 19 Boston Red Sox 0 3 0.000 6 12 Detroit Tigers 3 1 0.750 16 18 New York Yankees 2 1 0.667 13 15 Tampa Bay Rays 2 1 0.667 12 6 Toronto Blue Jays 1 2 0.333 7 16 Total 10 10 0.500 80 86 Season Total 75 87 0.463 668 731

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April 24 11 13 0.458 90 110 May 30 13 17 0.433 122 140 June 26 13 13 0.500 129 126 July 25 14 11 0.560 105 94 August 29 12 17 0.414 114 159 September 27 11 16 0.407 97 94 October 1 1 0 1.000 11 8 Total 162 75 87 0.463 668 731 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 80 43 37 0.543 329 352 Away 81 31 50 0.383 339 379 Total 162 75 87 0.463 668 731

Game log

2017 Game Log: 75–87 (Home: 44–37; Away: 31–50)
April: 11–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 3 @ Red Sox 3–5 Porcello (1–0) Cole (0–1) Kimbrel (1) 36,594 0–1 L1 2 April 5 @ Red Sox 0–3 (12) Kelly (1–0) Bastardo (0–1) — 36,137 0–2 L2 – April 6 @ Red Sox PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for April 13 3 April 7 Braves 5–4 Nova (1–0) Foltynewicz (0–1) Watson (1) 36,484 1–2 W1 4 April 8 Braves 6–4 Kuhl (1–0) Dickey (0–1) Watson (2) 33,004 2–2 W2 5 April 9 Braves 5–4 (10) Rivero (1–0) Ramírez (0–1) — 22,713 3–2 W3 6 April 10 Reds 1–7 Lorenzen (1–0) Glasnow (0–1) — 28,264 3–3 L1 7 April 11 Reds 2–6 Storen (1–0) Nicasio (0–1) Iglesias (3) 11,027 3–4 L2 8 April 12 Reds 2–9 Garrett (2–0) Nova (1–1) — 12,327 3–5 L3 9 April 13 @ Red Sox 3–4 Barnes (2–0) Nicasio (0–2) Kimbrel (3) 32,400 3–6 L4 10 April 14 @ Cubs 4–2 Cole (1–1) Hendricks (1–1) Watson (3) 40,430 4–6 W1 11 April 15 @ Cubs 8–7 Williams (1–0) Duensing (0–1) Watson (4) 41,814 5–6 W2 12 April 16 @ Cubs 6–1 Taillon (1–0) Uehara (0–1) — 39,422 6–6 W3 13 April 17 @ Cardinals 1–2 Lynn (1–1) Nova (1–2) Oh (1) 40,172 6–7 L1 14 April 18 @ Cardinals 1–2 Leake (2–1) Kuhl (1–1) Oh (2) 38,806 6–8 L2 15 April 19 @ Cardinals 1–2 Wacha (2–1) Cole (1–2) Rosenthal (1) 40,182 6–9 L3 16 April 21 Yankees 6–3 Nicasio (1–2) Sabathia (2–1) Watson (5) 30,565 7–9 W1 17 April 22 Yankees 5–11 Betances (2–1) Rivero (1–1) — 36,140 7–10 L1 18 April 23 Yankees 2–1 Nova (2–2) Montgomery (1–1) Watson (6) 27,840 8–10 W1 19 April 24 Cubs 3–14 Anderson (2–0) Kuhl (1–2) — 13,445 8–11 L1 20 April 25 Cubs 0–1 Hendricks (2–1) Cole (1–3) Davis (5) 15,326 8–12 L2 21 April 26 Cubs 6–5 LeBlanc (1–0) Lester (0–1) Watson (7) 16,904 9–12 W1 22 April 28 @ Marlins 12–2 Taillon (2–0) Conley (1–2) — 19,690 10–12 W2 23 April 29 @ Marlins 4–0 Nova (3–2) Straily (1–2) — 33,152 11–12 W3 24 April 30 @ Marlins 3–10 McGowan (1–0) Williams (1–1) — 26,245 11–13 L1
May: 13–17 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 25 May 1 @ Reds 3–4 (10) Lorenzen (2–0) Hudson (0–1) — 14,753 11–14 L2 26 May 2 @ Reds 12–3 Glasnow (1–1) Feldman (1–3) LeBlanc (1) 13,909 12–14 W1 27 May 3 @ Reds 2–7 Davis (1–1) Taillon (2–1) — 14,297 12–15 L1 28 May 4 @ Reds 2–4 Adleman (1–1) Nova (3–3) Iglesias (5) 17,896 12–16 L2 29 May 5 Brewers 4–0 LeBlanc (2–0) Scahill (0–1) — 21,129 13–16 W1 30 May 6 Brewers 2–1 (10) Watson (1–0) Torres (1–3) — 22,902 14–16 W2 31 May 7 Brewers 2–6 Davies (3–2) Glasnow (1–2) — 25,108 14–17 L1 32 May 8 @ Dodgers 1–12 Wood (3–0) Williams (1–2) — 37,314 14–18 L2 33 May 9 @ Dodgers 3–4 (10) Jansen (2–0) Hudson (0–2) — 47,720 14–19 L3 34 May 10 @ Dodgers 2–5 Maeda (3–2) Kuhl (1–3) — 40,719 14–20 L4 35 May 11 @ Diamondbacks 1–2 Greinke (4–2) Cole (1–4) Rodney (9) 17,527 14–21 L5 36 May 12 @ Diamondbacks 4–11 Corbin (3–4) Glasnow (1–3) — 21,911 14–22 L6 37 May 13 @ Diamondbacks 4–3 Williams (2–2) Walker (3–3) Watson (8) 31,673 15–22 W1 38 May 14 @ Diamondbacks 6–4 (10) Watson (2–0) Wilhelmsen (0–1) — 34,088 16–22 W2 39 May 16 Nationals 4–8 Strasburg (4–1) Kuhl (1–4) — 16,992 16–23 L1 40 May 17 Nationals 6–1 Cole (2–4) Turner (2–2) — 18,803 17–23 W1 41 May 18 Nationals 10–4 Glasnow (2–3) Roark (3–2) — 27,728 18–23 W2 42 May 19 Phillies 2–7 Hellickson (5–1) Williams (2–3) — 25,795 18–24 L1 43 May 20 Phillies 6–3 Nova (4–3) Velasquez (2–4) Watson (9) 32,572 19–24 W1 44 May 21 Phillies 1–0 LeBlanc (3–0) Nola (2–1) Watson (10) 24,445 20–24 W2 45 May 22 @ Braves 2–5 Foltynewicz (3–4) Cole (2–5) Johnson (9) 21,896 20–25 L1 46 May 23 @ Braves 5–6 Jackson (1–0) Watson (2–1) — 25,040 20–26 L2 47 May 24 @ Braves 12–5 (10) Rivero (2–1) Collmenter (0–2) — 25,981 21–26 W1 48 May 25 @ Braves 9–4 Nova (5–3) Colón (2–5) — 33,713 22–26 W2 49 May 26 Mets 1–8 deGrom (4–1) Kuhl (1–5) — 29,408 22–27 L1 50 May 27 Mets 5–4 (10) Watson (3–1) Pill (0–1) — 31,658 23–27 W1 51 May 28 Mets 2–7 Harvey (4–3) Glasnow (2–4) — 21,828 23–28 L1 52 May 29 Diamondbacks 4–3 Watson (4–1) Bradley (1–1) — 16,939 24–28 W1 53 May 30 Diamondbacks 0–3 Ray (5–3) Nova (5–4) — 14,996 24–29 L1 54 May 31 Diamondbacks 5–6 (14) McFarland (3–0) Mariñez (0–3) — 20,990 24–30 L2
June: 13–13 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 55 June 2 @ Mets 12–7 Cole (3–5) Sewald (0–1) — 33,047 25–30 W1 56 June 3 @ Mets 2–4 Gsellman (4–3) Glasnow (2–5) Reed (8) 34,035 25–31 L1 57 June 4 @ Mets 11–1 Williams (3–3) Pill (0–2) — 35,323 26–31 W1 58 June 6 @ Orioles 5–6 (10) Brach (1–1) LeBlanc (3–1) — 26,724 26–32 L1 59 June 7 @ Orioles 6–9 (11) Givens (6–0) LeBlanc (3–2) — 19,957 26–33 L2 60 June 8 Marlins 1–7 Vólquez (3–7) Cole (3–6) — 21,744 26–34 L3 61 June 9 Marlins 5–12 McGowan (4–0) Glasnow (2–6) — 23,950 26–35 L4 62 June 10 Marlins 7–6 Hudson (1–2) Phelps (2–3) Rivero (1) 27,275 27–35 W1 63 June 11 Marlins 3–1 Nova (6–4) Locke (0–2) Rivero (2) 22,925 28–35 W2 64 June 12 Rockies 7–2 Taillon (3–1) Freeland (7–4) — 16,320 29–35 W3 65 June 13 Rockies 5–2 Cole (4–6) Ottavino (0–1) — 16,764 30–35 W4 66 June 14 Rockies 1–5 Márquez (5–3) Kuhl (1–6) — 17,308 30–36 L1 67 June 16 Cubs 5–9 Uehara (2–3) Nicasio (1–3) — 25,420 30–37 L2 68 June 17 Cubs 4–3 Nova (7–4) Arrieta (6–5) Rivero (3) 34,383 31–37 W1 69 June 18 Cubs 1–7 Lackey (5–7) Taillon (3–2) — 34,539 31–38 L1 70 June 19 @ Brewers 8–1 Cole (5–6) Garza (3–3) — 25,489 32–38 W1 71 June 20 @ Brewers 7–3 Kuhl (2–6) Davies (7–4) — 23,982 33–38 W2 72 June 21 @ Brewers 3–4 Drake (3–2) Hudson (1–3) Knebel (11) 25,134 33–39 L1 73 June 22 @ Brewers 2–4 Anderson (6–2) Nova (7–5) Knebel (12) 28,428 33–40 L2 74 June 23 @ Cardinals 4–3 Rivero (3–1) Oh (1–4) — 47,112 34–40 W1 75 June 24 @ Cardinals 7–3 Cole (6–6) Lynn (5–5) — 46,735 35–40 W2 76 June 25 @ Cardinals 4–8 Rosenthal (2–3) Nicasio (1–4) — 43,719 35–41 L1 77 June 27 Rays 2–4 (10) Colomé (2–3) Rivero (3–2) Hunter (1) 20,424 35–42 L2 78 June 28 Rays 6–2 Nova (8–5) Snell (0–5) — 21,582 36–42 W1 79 June 29 Rays 4–0 Taillon (4–2) Archer (6–5) — 22,595 37–42 W2 80 June 30 Giants 5–13 Cueto (6–7) Cole (6–7) — 26,407 37–43 L1
July: 14–11 (Home: 6–3; Away: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 81 July 1 Giants 1–2 (11) Osich (2–1) Hudson (1–4) Dyson (1) 27,247 37–44 L2 82 July 2 Giants 3–5 Samardzija (4–9) Watson (4–2) Dyson (2) 32,144 37–45 L3 83 July 3 @ Phillies 0–4 Nola (6–5) Nova (8–6) — 26,498 37–46 L4 84 July 4 @ Phillies 3–0 Taillon (5–1) Leiter (1–1) Rivero (4) 24,087 38–46 W1 85 July 5 @ Phillies 5–2 Cole (7–7) Lively (1–4) Rivero (5) 19,099 39–46 W2 86 July 6 @ Phillies 6–3 Kuhl (3–6) Benoit (1–3) Nicasio (1) 33,059 40–46 W3 87 July 7 @ Cubs 1–6 Edwards Jr. (3–1) Williams (3–4) — 41,294 40–47 L1 88 July 8 @ Cubs 4–2 Nova (9–6) Arrieta (8–7) Rivero (6) 41,865 41–47 W1 89 July 9 @ Cubs 14–3 Schugel (1–0) Lester (5–6) — 41,604 42–47 W2 88th All-Star Game in Miami, Florida 90 July 14 Cardinals 5–2 Rivero (4–2) Oh (1–5) — 24,988 43–47 W3 91 July 15 Cardinals 0–4 Lynn (8–6) Taillon (5–3) — 35,658 43–48 L1 92 July 16 Cardinals 4–3 LeBlanc (4–2) Cecil (1–3) — 29,247 44–48 W1 93 July 17 Brewers 4–2 Hudson (2–4) Hader (1–1) Rivero (7) 18,506 45–48 W2 94 July 18 Brewers 4–3 Nova (10–6) Drake (3–3) Rivero (8) 20,462 46–48 W3 95 July 19 Brewers 3–2 (10) Watson (5–2) Hughes (3–2) — 24,401 47–48 W4 96 July 20 Brewers 4–2 Taillon (6–3) Nelson (8–5) Rivero (9) 33,493 48–48 W5 97 July 21 @ Rockies 13–5 Williams (4–4) Hoffman (6–2) — 41,192 49–48 W6 98 July 22 @ Rockies 3–7 Márquez (8–4) Kuhl (3–7) Holland (31) 48,235 49–49 L1 99 July 23 @ Rockies 3–13 Freeland (10–7) Nova (10–7) — 40,118 49–50 L2 100 July 24 @ Giants 10–3 Cole (8–7) Cain (3–9) — 40,030 50–50 W1 101 July 25 @ Giants 3–11 Bumgarner (1–4) Taillon (6–4) Stratton (1) 41,232 50–51 L1 102 July 26 @ Giants 1–2 Samardzija (5–11) Watson (5–3) Dyson (6) 41,038 50–52 L2 103 July 28 @ Padres 2–3 Wood (2–3) Hudson (2–5) Hand (6) 24,215 50–53 L3 104 July 29 @ Padres 2–4 Lamet (5–4) Nova (10–8) Yates (1) 37,286 50–54 L4 105 July 30 @ Padres 7–1 Cole (9–7) Richard (5–12) — 30,267 51–54 W1
August: 12–17 (Home: 8–8; Away: 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 106 August 1 Reds 1–9 Bailey (3–5) Taillon (6–5) — 22,403 51–55 L1 107 August 2 Reds 2–5 Lorenzen (6–2) Benoit (1–5) Iglesias (18) 22,367 51–56 L2 108 August 3 Reds 6–0 Kuhl (4–7) Romano (2–3) — 25,955 52–56 W1 109 August 4 Padres 10–6 Schugel (2–0) Yates (2–2) — 32,243 53–56 W2 110 August 5 Padres 2–5 Lamet (6–4) Cole (9–8) Hand (8) 31,817 53–57 L1 111 August 6 Padres 5–4 (12) Neverauskas (1–0) Baumann (0–1) — 34,175 54–57 W1 112 August 7 Tigers 3–0 Williams (5–4) Zimmermann (7–9) Nicasio (2) 21,651 55–57 W2 113 August 8 Tigers 6–3 Kuhl (5–7) Boyd (5–6) Rivero (10) 25,112 56–57 W3 114 August 9 @ Tigers 0–10 Verlander (8–7) Nova (10–9) — 28,902 56–58 L1 115 August 10 @ Tigers 7–5 Cole (10–8) VerHagen (0–2) Rivero (11) 33,490 57–58 W1 116 August 11 @ Blue Jays 4–2 Taillon (7–5) Stroman (10–6) Rivero (12) 35,965 58–58 W2 117 August 12 @ Blue Jays 2–7 Rowley (1–0) Williams (5–5) — 46,179 58–59 L1 118 August 13 @ Blue Jays 1–7 Happ (6–8) Kuhl (5–8) — 43,618 58–60 L2 119 August 15 @ Brewers 1–3 Davies (14–6) Nova (10–10) Knebel (23) 32,605 58–61 L3 120 August 16 @ Brewers 6–7 Swarzak (5–3) Nicasio (1–5) Knebel (24) 32,439 58–62 L4 121 August 17 Cardinals 7–11 Tuivailala (3–1) Benoit (1–6) — 31,499 58–63 L5 122 August 18 Cardinals 10–11 Martinez (10–9) Williams (5–6) Oh (19) 29,906 58–64 L6 123 August 19 Cardinals 6–4 Kuhl (6–8) Wacha (9–6) Rivero (13) 34,660 59–64 W1 124** August 20 Cardinals 6–3 Nova (11–10) Leake (7–12) Rivero (14) 2,596 60–64 W2 125 August 21 Dodgers 5–6 (12) Avilan (2–1) Neverauskas (1–1) Stripling (2) 19,094 60–65 L1 126 August 22 Dodgers 5–8 Watson (7–4) Barbato (0–1) Jansen (34) 17,288 60–66 L2 127 August 23 Dodgers 1–0 (10) Nicasio (2–5) Hill (9–5) — 19,859 61–66 W1 128 August 24 Dodgers 2–5 Ryu (5–6) Kuhl (6–9) Morrow (1) 22,115 61–67 L1 129 August 25 @ Reds 5–9 Stephenson (2–4) Nova (11–11) — 20,561 61–68 L2 130 August 26 @ Reds 1–0 Cole (11–8) Castillo (2–7) Rivero (15) 35,259 62–68 W1 131 August 27 @ Reds 5–2 Schugel (3–0) Mahle (0–1) Rivero (16) 26,155 63–68 W2 132 August 28 @ Cubs 1–6 Montgomery (5–6) Williams (5–7) — 38,453 63–69 L1 133 August 29 @ Cubs 1–4 Arrieta (14–8) Kuhl (6–10) Davis (27) 37,370 63–70 L2 134 August 30 @ Cubs 3–17 Quintana (9–11) Nova (11–12) — 36,628 63–71 L3
September/October: 12–16 (Home: 9–6; Away: 3–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 135 September 1 Reds 3–7 Wojciechowski (4–3) Cole (11–9) — 23,569 63–72 L4 136 September 2 Reds 5–0 Schugel (4–0) Lorenzen (8–3) — 23,529 64–72 W1 137 September 3 Reds 3–1 Williams (6–7) Romano (4–6) Rivero (17) 24,474 65–72 W2 138 September 4 Cubs 12–0 Kuhl (7–10) Arrieta (14–7) — 21,068 66–72 W3 139 September 5 Cubs 4–3 LeBlanc (5–2) Edwards Jr. (3–4) Rivero (18) 14,079 67–72 W4 140 September 6 Cubs 0–1 Strop (4–4) Hudson (2–6) Davis (29) 17,067 67–73 L1 141 September 7 Cubs 2–8 Lester (10–7) Taillon (7–6) — 19,201 67–74 L2 142 September 8 @ Cardinals 1–4 Weaver (5–1) Williams (6–8) Nicasio (3) 40,966 67–75 L3 143 September 9 @ Cardinals 3–4 Lyons (4–0) Kontos (2–6) Nicasio (4) 44,378 67–76 L4 144 September 10 @ Cardinals 0–7 Wacha (12–7) Nova (11–13) — 44,683 67–77 L5 145 September 11 @ Brewers 7–0 Brault (1–0) Woodruff (1–2) — 27,422 68–77 W1 146 September 12 @ Brewers 2–5 Jeffress (4–2) Cole (11–10) Knebel (35) 30,331 68–78 L1 147 September 13 @ Brewers 2–8 Anderson (10–3) Glasnow (2–7) — 27,436 68–79 L2 148 September 15 @ Reds 2–4 Bailey (5–8) Kuhl (7–11) Iglesias (27) 17,625 68–80 L3 149 September 16 @ Reds 1–2 Romano (5–6) Nova (11–14) Reed (1) 25,685 68–81 L4 150 September 17 @ Reds 2–5 Stephenson (5–5) Cole (11–11) Lorenzen (2) 22,228 68–82 L5 151 September 18 Brewers 0–3 Suter (3–2) Taillon (7–7) Knebel (36) 16,283 68–83 L6 152 September 19 Brewers 0–1 Anderson (11–3) Williams (6–9) Knebel (37) 13,929 68–84 L7 153 September 20 Brewers 6–4 Rivero (5–2) Knebel (1–3) — 15,747 69–84 W1 154 September 22 Cardinals 3–4 Nicasio (5–5) Rivero (5–3) — 23,942 69–85 L1 155 September 23 Cardinals 11–6 Cole (12–11) Lynn (11–8) — 29,672 70–85 W1 156 September 24 Cardinals 4–1 Taillon (8–7) Oh (1–6) Rivero (19) 28,550 71–85 W2 157 September 26 Orioles 10–1 Williams (7–9) Gausman (11–11) Brault (1) 19,318 72–85 W3 158 September 27 Orioles 5–3 Kuhl (8–11) Ynoa (2–3) Rivero (20) 24,779 73–85 W4 159 September 28 @ Nationals 4–5 Doolittle (2–0) Hudson (2–7) – 26,380 73–86 L1 160 September 29 @ Nationals 1–6 Strasburg (15–4) Cole (12–12) – 36,339 73–87 L2 161 September 30 @ Nationals 4–1 Kontos (3–6) Kintzler (4–3) Rivero (21) 32,240 74–87 W1 162 October 1 @ Nationals 11–8 Sánchez (1–0) González (15–9) Kontos (1) 35,652 75–87 W2
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Pirates team member

 • August 20 game vs St. Louis Cardinals to be played at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pennsylvania as part of the 2017 MLB Little League Classic.

Roster

2017 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 51 Johnny Barbato 59 Antonio Bastardo 53 Joaquín Benoit 43 Steven Brault 45 Gerrit Cole 24 Tyler Glasnow 41 Daniel Hudson 70 George Kontos 39 Chad Kuhl 52 Jack Leathersich 38 Wade LeBlanc 47 Josh Lindblom 52 Jhan Mariñez 66 Dovydas Neverauskas 12 Juan Nicasio 46 Iván Nova 48 Dan Runzler 59 Ángel Sánchez 37 Edgar Santana 31 A. J. Schugel 50 Jameson Taillon 73 Felipe Vázquez 44 Tony Watson 57 Trevor Williams		Catchers 29 Francisco Cervelli 32 Elías Díaz 58 Jacob Stallings 19 Chris Stewart Infielders 55 Josh Bell 63 Chris Bostick 23 David Freese 17 Phil Gosselin 37 Alen Hanson  5 Josh Harrison 10 Jordy Mercer 62 Max Moroff 61 Gift Ngoepe  3 Sean Rodriguez		Outfielders 26 Adam Frazier 28 John Jaso 47 Jordan Luplow  6 Starling Marté 22 Andrew McCutchen 69 Daniel Ortiz 36,64 José Osuna 25 Gregory Polanco Other batters 64 John Bormann		Manager 13 Clint Hurdle Coaches 86 Heberto Andrade (bullpen catcher) 18 Kimera Bartee (first base)  2 Jeff Branson (hitting) 89 Jordan Comadena (bullpen catcher) 15,3 Joey Cora (third base) 85 Dave Jauss (coach) 75 Jeff Livesey (assistant hitting) 14 Tom Prince (bench) 56 Euclides Rojas (bullpen) 54 Ray Searage (pitching)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Andrew McCutchen	156	570	94	159	30	2	28	88	1	73	.279	.486
Josh Bell	159	549	75	140	26	6	26	90	2	66	.255	.466
Jordy Mercer	145	502	52	128	24	5	14	58	0	51	.255	.406
Josh Harrison	128	486	66	132	26	2	16	47	12	28	.272	.432
David Freese	130	426	44	112	16	0	10	52	0	58	.263	.371
Adam Frazier	121	406	55	112	20	6	6	53	9	36	.276	.399
Gregory Polanco	108	379	39	95	20	0	11	35	8	27	.251	.391
Starling Marte	77	309	48	85	7	2	7	31	21	20	.275	.379
Francisco Cervelli	81	265	31	66	13	2	5	31	0	32	.249	.370
John Jaso	126	256	28	54	19	0	10	35	1	40	.211	.402
José Osuna	104	215	31	50	13	4	7	30	0	9	.233	.428
Elías Díaz	64	188	18	42	14	0	1	19	1	11	.223	.314
Chris Stewart	51	131	8	24	1	2	0	4	0	9	.183	.221
Max Moroff	56	120	19	24	4	1	3	21	0	16	.200	.325
Sean Rodriguez	39	95	12	16	1	0	3	5	0	8	.168	.274
Jordan Luplow	27	78	6	16	3	1	3	11	0	6	.205	.385
Alen Hanson	37	57	8	11	0	2	0	1	2	2	.193	.263
Gift Ngoepe	28	54	10	12	2	1	0	6	0	8	.222	.296
Phil Gosselin	28	40	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	2	.150	.175
Christopher Bostick	20	27	6	8	2	0	0	1	0	4	.296	.370
Jacob Stallings	5	14	3	5	2	0	0	3	0	2	.357	.500
Danny Ortiz	9	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.083	.083
John Bormann	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	278	11	33	5	0	1	12	0	10	.119	.147
Team Totals	162	5458	668	1331	249	36	151	635	67	519	.244	.386

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Gerrit Cole	12	12	4.26	33	33	0	203.0	199	98	96	55	196
Iván Nova	11	14	4.14	31	31	0	187.0	203	96	86	36	131
Chad Kuhl	8	11	4.35	31	31	0	157.1	159	81	76	72	142
Trevor Williams	7	9	4.07	31	25	0	150.1	145	73	68	52	117
Jameson Taillon	8	7	4.44	25	25	0	133.2	152	69	66	46	125
Felipe Vázquez	5	3	1.67	73	0	21	75.1	47	19	14	20	88
Wade LeBlanc	5	2	4.50	50	0	1	68.0	64	35	34	17	54
Tyler Glasnow	2	7	7.69	15	13	0	62.0	81	61	53	44	56
Daniel Hudson	2	7	4.38	71	0	0	61.2	57	34	30	33	66
Juan Nicasio	2	5	2.85	65	0	2	60.0	49	20	19	18	60
Tony Watson	5	3	3.66	47	0	10	46.2	57	20	19	14	35
Steven Brault	1	0	4.67	11	4	1	34.2	41	21	18	14	23
Jhan Mariñez	0	1	3.18	24	0	0	34.0	34	12	12	12	26
A. J. Schugel	4	0	1.97	32	0	0	32.0	31	8	7	14	27
Johnny Barbato	0	1	4.08	24	0	0	28.2	25	13	13	18	23
Dovydas Neverauskas	1	1	3.91	24	0	0	25.1	24	11	11	8	17
Edgar Santana	0	0	3.50	19	0	0	18.0	16	8	7	12	20
George Kontos	1	1	1.84	15	0	1	14.2	9	3	3	3	15
Ángel Sánchez	1	0	8.76	8	0	0	12.1	16	12	12	1	10
Josh Lindblom	0	0	7.84	4	0	0	10.1	18	9	9	3	10
Antonio Bastardo	0	1	15.00	9	0	0	9.0	16	15	15	9	8
Joaquín Benoit	0	2	7.56	8	0	0	8.1	11	9	7	6	3
Jack Leathersich	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	4.1	3	0	0	2	6
Dan Runzler	0	0	4.50	8	0	0	4.0	7	4	2	2	4
Team Totals	75	87	4.22	162	162	36	1440.2	1464	731	676	511	1262

Source:

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Adam Frazier	LF
Starling Marte	CF
Andrew McCutchen	RF
Gregory Polanco	DH
David Freese	3B
Francisco Cervelli	C
Josh Bell	1B
Josh Harrison	2B
Jordy Mercer	SS
Gerrit Cole	SP

Disabled lists

7-day disabled list

Player	Injury	Placed	Activated
Francisco Cervelli	Concussion	June 7, 2017	June 14, 2017
Francisco Cervelli	Concussion	June 22, 2017	July 3, 2017

10-day disabled list

Player	Injury	Placed	Activated
Adam Frazier	Left Hamstring Strain	April 23, 2017	May 12, 2017
Antonio Bastardo	Left Quad Strain	April 25, 2017	June 27, 2017
David Freese	Right Hamstring Strain	April 26, 2017	May 12, 2017
Jameson Taillon	Groin Discomfort	May 4, 2017	June 12, 2017
Gregory Polanco	Left Hamstring Strain	May 17, 2017	May 25, 2017
Josh Lindblom	Left Side Discomfort	May 20, 2017	June 24, 2017
Chris Stewart	Left Hamstring Strain	May 30, 2017	June 18, 2017
Gregory Polanco	Left Hamstring Strain	July 22, 2017	August 2, 2017
Gregory Polanco	Left Hamstring Strain	August 13, 2017	September 8, 2017
Francisco Cervelli	Left Wrist Inflammation	August 14, 2017	August 25, 2017
Wade LeBlanc	Strained Left Quadriceps	August 18, 2017	September 1, 2017
George Kontos	Right Groin Strain	August 22, 2017	September 7, 2017
Joaquín Benoit	Left Knee Inflammation	August 22, 2017	September 1, 2017
Francisco Cervelli	Strained Left Quadriceps	August 26, 2017	October 2, 2017
Adam Frazier	Right Hamstring Strain	August 28, 2017	September 8, 2017
Josh Harrison	Fractured Left Hand	September 3, 2017	September 10, 2017

60-day disabled list

Player	Injury	Placed	Activated
Josh Harrison	Fractured Left Hand	September 10, 2017	November 6, 2017

Notable achievements

Awards

National League Pitcher of the Month

• Iván Nova (April)

National League Player of the Month

• Andrew McCutchen (June)

2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Josh Harrison, INF, Reserve

National League Player of the Week

• Andrew McCutchen (September 25-October 1)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Andy Barkett
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	Michael Ryan
A	Bradenton Marauders	Florida State League	Gera Alvarez
A	West Virginia Power	South Atlantic League	Wyatt Toregas
Short-Season A	West Virginia Black Bears	New York–Penn League	Brian Esposito
Rookie	Bristol Pirates	Appalachian League	Kory DeHaan
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Bob Herold
Rookie	DSL Pirates	Dominican Summer League	Kieran Mattison

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Altoona

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External links

• 2017 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• Pittsburgh Pirates official site