Game thread CXLIX - Royals at Pirates

It’s a Saturday day game in Pittsburgh, and the Royals have a chance to keep the good times rolling quickly today after beating down their first sub-.500 foe in weeks last night.

Things will not be as easy today as the Pirates will send Mitch Keller to the mound. Keller has been a steady presence on the Pirates’ mound for several years now and was considered the team ace before young phenom Paul Skenes earned his promotion earlier this season.

Keller has never walked a ton, but recently he’s taken that to a whole new level has he has walked none in three of his past four appearances. That kind of approach can favor the free-swinging Royals, however, as a pitcher who is around the strike zone…