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Live Discussion: Pirates at Braves, 7:20 PM; The Return of Mitch Keller

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The Pittsburgh Pirates (30-36) are in Atlanta (38-29) for a four-game series against the Braves. The Pirates will send out Mitch Keller for his second start. His only big league start consisted of six runs in the first inning, followed by three shutout innings against the Cincinnati Reds on May 27th. He had seven strikeouts that night. His last minor league game was 13 strikeouts over five shutout innings on Friday. The Braves will counter with 21-year-old right-hander Mike Soroka, who has a 1.38 ERA in 65.1 innings, with 57 strikeouts and an 0.97 WHIP. He has thrown shutout ball twice in ten starts. Given up one earned run in seven of his starts, and he allowed three earned runs over 6.2 innings against the Detroit Tigers on June 1st.

Mitch Keller was recalled prior to the game, with Montana DuRapau being sent down to make room on the 25-man roster.

Here are the lineups:

Good Guys

bad guys

Game will return soon…

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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