Final Score: Pirates 3 Reds 8
Why The Pirates Lost: Mitch Keller had no command, no velocity, and no movement on his pitches. Other than that it was a pretty good performance. Going 3 and 1/3 innings, he gave up 8 runs, 8 hits, walked 5 and only struck out 1. He did all of this while throwing only 84 pitches. Shelton just sat there and let him take the beating when he should have been removed after the 3rd inning. The Pirates struck out 11 times to ensure a losing season in style.
Key Moment Of The Game: The top of the 3rd when Keller started the inning by walking the first two batters. Two 100 MPH+ line drives later and the score was 4-0. The Reds added another run on a sacrifice fly and this game was over. They let Keller come out for the 4th and he was pummeled for 3 more runs while getting one more out. They woke Derek The Fox up and he finally took him out.
Next Game: This afternoon, Reds in Cincinnati. Jared Jones goes for the Pirates today so there may be some hope. It certainly looks now that this team will not reach 66 wins to match last year’s total. What a disappointment. This regime has certainly let Pirates fans down with this horrible season.
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