Mitch Keller wasn’t his normal self on the mound and the Pirates got clobbered by the Oakland A’s knocking the Bucs out of first place in the NL Central Division. Joe Block has the recap.
With Milwaukee winning in 10 innings over the Orioles, the Brewers retake first place in the division by a half-game.
Pirates manger Derek Shelton says Mitch Keller struggled from the start.
Shelton says the Pirates didn’t do a good job of hitting with runners in scoring position.
Mitch Keller says he didn’t give himself a chance.
The series concludes this afternoon at PNC Park. Roansy Contreras [3-4, 4.82 ERA] tries to get back on track for the Bucs against A’s lefty Hogan Harris [0-0, 6.97 ERA], who will be making his first Major League start. It’s a 12:10 airtime, 12:35 first pitch on WCCS.
The Pirates entertained some special guests at PNC Park yesterday. Roberto Clemente III met his baseball idol, Andrew McCutchen. It was an early fifth birthday present for “Ro”, as he’s called by his family, and his younger brother, Leo.
Former Pirates top overall draft pick Henry Davis made his Triple-A debut last night for Indianapolis and went 0-for-2 in a 4-2 loss to Omaha. Davis played catcher and had a sacrifice bunt and a walk. Endy Rodriguez played first base and was 0-for-4.
ALTOONA CURVE
The Altoona Curve extended their winning streak to six games with a two-run 9th inning to beat Richmond, 6-4. Dylan Shockley’s single drove in the winning run and Liover Peguero followed with an RBI double. Matt Gorski had a double and a triple and drove in two. Matt Fraizer, Andres Alvarez, and Drew Maggi each had two hits. Travis McGregor threw three perfect innings in relief of Kyle Nicolas and Tyler Samaniego got the win with a scoreless eighth. Oliver Garcia got the save with a perfect ninth.
Brad Case starts for the Curve tonight.
