SS Jordy Mercer saw his 11-game hitting streak come to an end Thursday with an 0-for-3 showing in the Pirates' 4-2 loss at Milwaukee. Mercer batted .385 during his streak with two doubles, two triples, a home run and six RBIs. It was the third time Mercer had hit in 11 straight games.

SS Jordy Mercer extended his hitting streak to 11 games Wednesday, matching his career high for a third time. During his streak, Mercer is 15-for-39 at the plate with two doubles, two triples, a home run and six RBIs. Over his last 27 games, Mercer is batting .387 (41-for-106) with eight doubles, three triples and four home runs.

SS Jordy Mercer extended his hitting streak to 10 games Tuesday, finishing with two hits including his third triple of the season. Mercer is batting .389 during his streak with two doubles, two triples, a home run and six RBIs. Over his last 26 games overall, Mercer is batting .388 (40-for-103) with eight doubles, four triples and four home runs.

SS Jody Mercer extended his hitting streak to nine games Monday, going 1-for-4 against the Brewers in an 8-1 Pittsburgh victory at Miller Park. Mercer is 12-for-32 during his streak with two doubles and a triple and is batting .384 (38-for-99) in his last 25 games with eight doubles, four home runs and 14 RBIs.

SS Jordy Mercer was 1-for-3 with his sixth homer, a solo shot that he lined into the left-field seats for Pittsburgh's only run. "He hung that ball -- a slider or a curveball or whatever it was," Mercer said of Chicago starter John Lackey. "Those are good to backspin. Those balls can go a long ways at times. I was able to just get underneath it. I hit it on a line but I didn't think it was going to go out."

SS Jordy Mercer was 2-for-5 with two RBIs on Friday night to raise his average to .267. In his past 17 games, he is 28-for-72 (.389) with 10 RBIs.

SS Jordy Mercer hit a two-out, solo homer during a rain-drenched 11th inning to tie the game for the Pirates for a second time in their last at-bat. In his last 10 games, Mercer is 17-for-40 with three home runs and seven RBIs. "It's pretty tough when it's raining that hard," he said. "There's water all over your helmet and you're trying to get it off. There's just a lot of stuff running through your mind at that point.''

SS Jordy Mercer had three hits on Wednesday and is now batting .397 (31-for-78) against Atlanta. He has hit safely in 18 of the last 20 games against the Braves. Since 2015, Mercer has 30 hits against the Braves, the most by any player outside the National League East.

SS Jordy Mercer was back in the lineup Tuesday after leaving the Monday game early with right hand soreness from taking a ground ball off the base of his thumb. He responded with a solo homer that just cleared the right field wall. It was his first career opposite-field homer. He went 2-for-5 with three RBIs. His two-out single in the ninth drove home a pair and gave the Pirates a temporary lead.

SS Jordy Mercer was 2-for-3 on Monday and has hit safely in 16 of 18 games against the Braves. During that time he is batting .448 (26-for-58) with three doubles and eight RBIs. Mercer took a hard-hit ground ball off the base of his right thumb and left the game with hand discomfort in the eighth inning. He will be evaluated on Tuesday and is listed as day-to-day.

SS Jordy Mercer, who homered on Friday, has 408 starts at shortstop since 2014, and that's the third most in the majors for that position. Mercer has hit two solo first-inning homers this season, and they have come on consecutive Friday nights.

SS Jordy Mercer hit a leadoff home run. Mercer has been batting leadoff against left-handed pitch all season, but is hitting just .174 in that role. Manager Clint Hurdle said Mercer has been hitting the ball hard all year without results to show for it and continues to show confidence in him in that role.

SS Jordy Mercer (right forearm) is unlikely to play any more this season.Mercer tied a career high Thursday night by playing in his 149th game, but was barely able to throw the ball across the diamond on two chances. If Mercer sits out the weekend, he'll finish the year by batting .256 with 11 homers, one off his career high, and a career-best 59 RBIs.

SS Jordy Mercer (right forearm strain) started Thursday and went 0-for-1 with a strikeout and a walk, but he likely won't play in St. Louis during the final series of the season. "There's a good chance Mercer might not be able to go. You saw a couple of throws he made across the diamond ..." manager Clint Hurdle said.

SS Jordy Mercer returned to the starting lineup after being available only for pinch-hitting duty the previous two games. He was 1-for-4.

SS Jordy Mercer was scratched from the starting lineup with soreness in his right forearm two hours before Thursday's game. Mercer entered as a pinch-hitter in the fifth inning and grounded out against Brewers RHP Chase Anderson.

SS Jordy Mercer hit his first career grand slam on Friday, giving him two home runs in his last three games. Mercer has hit 10 home runs this season; six of them have come on the road.

SS Jordy Mercer led off the third with his ninth homer, a shot to left, to help erase what's been a slow month. He was 2-for-4 Wednesday after hitting .159 (10-for-63) in his first 18 games this month. "Early in the game, (Houston's Collin McHugh) was throwing that big curveball -- he threw one to me first pitch," Mercer said. "I was able to see one the first time. It wasn't what I was looking for, but he left it up and out over the plate. It's one of those things where you just kind of flick and get good wood on it and the rest is history."

SS Jordy Mercer hit his eighth home run of the season on Sunday, an estimated 414 foot shot by MLB.com. Mercer homered three times in seven games against Los Angeles this season. He has hit safely in 19 of his last 24 games since the All-Star break.

SS Jordy Mercer homered and drove in two runs on Friday night. It was the first home run for Mercer since July 9. He has seven this season.