The Pirates certainly had their chances to win yesterday, but their pitching and defense let them down again. Joe Block has the story.
Mitch Keller started for the Pirates and threw 5 innings, giving up 4 earned runs on 6 hits, striking out 7 and walking two. Manager Derek Shelton says Keller was missing his spots.
Joey Bart continues to play well and may be pushing Henry Davis for more playing time at Catcher. Bart hit his third home run and is batting .304, and Shelton says he is in a groove.
For tonight’s series opener in San Francisco, right-hander Quinn Priester [0-1, 8.31 ERA] pitches for the Pirates against Giants lefty Kyle Harrison [2-1, 5.00 ERA]. It’s a 9:50 airtime, 10:15 first pitch on WCCS.
ALTOONA CURVE
Altoona fell to 5-12 on the season with a 4-0 loss to Akron. It was the Curve’s 6th straight loss as they managed only four hits. Sean Sullivan went five strong, giving up only one run on two hits, but took the loss.
Braxton Ashcraft starts for the Curve tonight in the series’ fourth game.
