The Pittsburgh Pirates wasted a pretty solid start from Mitch Keller, as the bullpen couldn’t shut down a St. Louis Cardinals rally, and the Buccos fell 7-5 for their seventh straight defeat.
A little over a week ago, the Buccos were flying high following a sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers and a series win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. At 24-28, there were even some minor whispers of the Bucs competing for a wild card spot, but those seem wildly off base now after this latest run of losing.
Keller tried to do his part, going five and a third innings, giving up two runs on seven hits with one walk and two strikeouts, and after he started to slip a bit in the fifth, Anthony Banda came in and the bottom fell out.