Keller (4-1) shut out the Rockies on four hits while striking out eight and walking one in a game that took just 1 hour, 55 minutes. Owings, an 11-year major league veteran, started at shortstop and went 1 for 3.PITTSBURGH (AP) - Mitch Keller pitched his first career complete game and Rodolfo Castro hit a two-run homer as the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped their seven-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. Pirates: INF/OF Chris Owings had his contract selected from Triple-A Indianapolis, and the team optioned INF/OF Mark Mathias to the same club. He was designated for assignment last Friday. Rockies: OF Yonathan Daza cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A Albuquerque. He broke into the big leagues with the Chicago Cubs in 2015 and was the National League MVP a year later. Keller lowered his career ERA against the Rockies to 0.39 in four games, three of which have been starts.īryant got his 1,000th career hit in the first inning with a single. Colorado fell to 5-2 in May after going 7-20 in April. The Rockies put runners in scoring position just twice against Keller, and he induced groundouts to end both threats. “I’m just grateful to be the guy who could help the team win after a rough seven games,” Castro said. Castro followed with his fourth home run of the season. Colorado, last in the NL West, had won six of seven.Ĭonnor Joe led off the seventh with a single for Pittsburgh. The Rockies got two hits from Kris Bryant. Ke’Bryan Hayes had two hits in his third straight multi-hit game for the Pirates, who hold a slim but surprising lead in the NL Central. Pittsburgh swept that three-game series, outscoring the Rockies 33-9. On April 17, Freeland was tagged for nine runs over 2 2/3 innings in a loss to the Pirates at Coors Field. He’s always working his butt off behind the plate for me.” “I can’t thank him enough,” Freeland said of Díaz. The last Rockies catcher to complete two double plays with caught stealings in one game was Yorvit Torrealba in 2006 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. “(Keller) was throwing really well and Kyle was, too,” Colorado manager Bud Black said. The left-hander got some defensive help as catcher Elias Díaz twice completed inning-ending double plays by throwing out runners attempting to steal. I told Mitch, ‘Dude, it’s like 8:30 right now.’“Ĭastro’s homer off Kyle Freeland in the seventh carried into the bullpens in center field and broke a scoreless tie.įreeland (3-4) also had a strong start, giving up two runs and seven hits in seven innings with four strikeouts and three walks. “I crouched for, like, 12 minutes today,” Hedges said with a smile. Pirates catcher Austin Hedges was impressed by how effortless Keller made things look. Keller threw 77 of his 103 pitches for strikes. It was the first nine-inning shutout by a Pirates pitcher since Jameson Taillon on April 8, 2018, against Cincinnati and just the eighth since 2000. Other than that, it was just going out and executing and letting the defense work. “We used the fastball a lot - two-seam, four-seam, cutter - and they were working. “It’s really special, a really cool thing, especially to do it with these guys because we’ve been struggling,” Keller said. The fifth-year veteran had never pitched into the eighth inning before. PITTSBURGH (AP) - Mitch Keller pitched his first career complete game and Rodolfo Castro hit a two-run homer as the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped their seven-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.
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