In San Diego Friday Night, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Padres at Petco Park. Mitch Keller pitched six innings and allowed all three, earned runs in the loss. He is now 1-7 on the year. Keller did start strong by retiring the first 11 batters he faced, but then the Padres scored.
The Pirates did score and take the lead two innings later with run scoring singles by Bryan Reynolds and Spencer Horwitz.
San Diego responded and took the lead in the sixth. The Pirates loaded the bases in the top of the eighth, but MLB save leader Robert Suarez got Henry Davis looking on a controversial third strike. Pirates skipper Don Kelly was ejected immediately after the low call. This is the third time Kelly has been removed from a game in his 20 games as the Pirates’ manager.
Andrew McCutcheon moved into ninth place on the Pirates’ all-time hits list. His double to left center field in the top of eighth gives him 1,710 hits in the black and gold. He passes Hall of Famer Arky Vaughan on the list.
Baily Falter, 3-3 with a 3.47 ERA is scheduled to face Dylan Cease tonight at 9:40. The game will be on 1450 AM.