If you’re looking for something postive from this disappointing season of baseball from the Pittsburgh Pirates, Mitch Keller may be it. Despite struggling in his previous two starts, Keller’s shown some overall marked improvement this season, and that improvement continued in a big way Tuesday night against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Keller had a career-high 10 strikeouts, and even though he did give up a two-run homer in the fourth inning to Kolten Wong, he mostly impressive, going five innings, giving up just those two runs on four hits with two walks to go along with the 10-pack of Ks.