Pirates’ ship sinks against Phillies, 15-4

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Good news: Keller walked. Better news: he didn’t pitch that walk.In what’s becoming a distressing regularity, the Pirates not only failed to close out a sweep, they failed ... period.

Today, they crashed and burned against the Phillies, 15-4, at PNC Park.

Mitch Keller, in his first Bucs start since returning from Triple-A Indianapolis, seemed more confident on the mound than he had looked before his demotion. He also did not walk anyone or give up a home run.

That was about it for the pluses. Doubles are what dogged Keller today, starting in the first inning when Travis Jankowski hit one and came home on a J.T. Realmuto single. In the second, Jean Segura got…