May 23—While the Pittsburgh Pirates were losing for the 14th time in 20 games this month, there were brief moments of encouragement Saturday.
—Michael Perez hit a home run to stop an 0-for-26 streak. It only raised his batting average to .096, but it was something.
—Relief pitcher Chris Stratton put together his eighth consecutive scoreless inning.
—Starting and losing pitcher Mitch Keller "felt really good with all my pitches."
But none of it was nearly enough to prevent the Braves from dominating the Pirates (18-27) for the second day in a row, this time 6-1 before a crowd of 40,078 at Truist Park.