The Pittsburgh Pirates managed to escape their losing streak thanks to Mitch Keller’s shutout.
Pittsburgh won 2-0 in the 2023 major league game against the Colorado Rockies held at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on the 9th (Korean time). With this, Pittsburgh escaped from a 7-game losing streak and marked 21-15. Colorado is 14-22.
The game flowed as a pitcher’s match. Pittsburgh starting pitcher Mitch Keller. Colorado’s starting pitcher is Kyle Freeland. Both pitchers were close.
Still, Keller allowed fewer hits. After blocking well in the first and second innings, he allowed a double to Blackmon in the third inning with two outs, but it did not lead to a run. Keller, who also blocked well in the 4th inning, got a heavy hit from leading batter Moustakas in the 5th inning. Next, I cooked Toba with a double stroke and raised 2 outcounts. It ended with a ground ball to Castro. In the 6th inning, he faced a scoring crisis for the first time. With walks and hits, he became 2nd, 1st and 2nd base. However, he blocked McMahon with a ground ball to first base. Episodes 7 and 8 were also deleted due to a tripartite offense. 토토사이트
Freeland showed crisis management skills and did not concede. He ended the inning with two double hits in the 3rd and 6th innings. But he couldn’t get past the last hurdle.
The balance of the game was broken only in the 7th inning. Connor Joe created a chance with a right-handed hit against Freeland. Then, Rodolfo Castro hit Freeland’s second fast ball and passed it over the center fence.
It’s the last 9 episodes. With Bae Ji-hwan as center fielder, starter Keller still kept the mound.
The first hitter, Jurickson Profar, struck out with four balls. After catching Kyle Bryant with a fly ball to right field, Keller finished the game with his own hand by handling Ryan McMahon with a ground ball to second base. He recorded his first shutout in 9 innings, with 4 hits, 1 walk, 8 strikeouts and no runs.