Team IPF: PSD Vs PSF Monthly Precition Contest - April

This is the first month of the monthly team prediction contest. I have opted to create two threads so it will be easy to tell who is supposed to answer which question but both teams are answering the same ones. For your team the monthly questions will be listed in four sections, hitting questions, pitching/defense questions, a category that changes monthly (base running this month) and team/misc questions. We will rotate who answers which section on a monthly basis. Three of you will also be asked to answer a free for all question in which the team average will be taken into account. The scoring for each question is outlined after the question itself. The first 7 questions are worth a maximum of 3 points a piece, question 8 is worth potentially 5 points and the free for all question is worth a total of 4 points. Feel free to either post your answers here or private message them to me. Good luck to all.
Hitting Questions - IPF
1. Which Pirate hitter will have the most strikeouts in the month of April and how many will they have? (1 point for the correct player, 1 point for being within 2, 1 point for the *best answer)
2. Which Pirate will hit the team’s first home run of the season? (3 points for the correct answer)
Pitching/Defense Questions - jleisele
3. Which relief pitcher will have the most strikeouts in April and how many will they have? (1 point for the correct player, 1 point for being within 2, 1 point for the *best answer)
4. Which Pirates starting pitcher will be the first to complete 7 full innings in a start? (3 points for the correct answer)
Base Running - exeNCite
5. How many stolen bases will the outfield trio of Marte, McCutchen and Polanco have in April? (1 point for being within 1, 1 additional point for an exact answer, 1 point for being the closest)
6. How many stolen bases will the Pirates allow in April? (1 point for being within 1, 1 additional point for an exact answer, 1 point for being the closest)
Team/Misc Questions - shaker100
7. Who will finish with more PA in April the Pirates pitchers or the combination of Sean Rodriguez and Chris Stewart and how many PA will the winning side have? (2 points for picking the right group, 1 point for being within 3 PA)
8. How many games will the Pirates win in the month of April? (1 point for being within 2, 2 additional points for being within 1, 1 additional point for an exact answer, 1 point for the closest answer)
Free For All - IPF, jleisele, exeNCite
9. How many times as a team will the Pirates strikeout in April? (3 points for the closest team average, 1 point for the closest individual answer)
*best answer - picking the correct player will be worth 2.5 strike outs. Meaning if you are only person to pick the correct player one of the others answering that question would have to be 3 strike outs closer than you to get the best answer point.