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. 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. 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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