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P2Live: Mitch Keller Takes the Mound in Game Two Against the Diamondbacks

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The Pittsburgh Pirates (24-20) take on the Arizona Diamondbacks (25-20) in game two of a three-game series at PNC Park on Saturday afternoon. First pitch is at 4:05 PM.

Mitch Keller (5-1, 2.38) will be on the mound, in his first start since being named as the National League Player of the Week. He has thrown shutout ball in each of his last two starts, including a complete game to start that mini-stretch.

The Diamondbacks will be going with 24-year-old right-hander Brandon Pfaadt (0-1, 8.59) in his fourth career start.

Here are some links for today:

**Pirates won big over the Diamondbacks last night

**Pirates had some bullpen activity before yesterday’s game. Anthony Murphy looked at that bullpen earlier in the day.

**Some top prospects on the mound last night, while Altoona couldn’t find any hits. A bright spot was Henry Davis still reaching base twice.

**A closer look at Thomas Harrington’s success

**Colin Selby heads to the IL. Potentially bad timing for him with Underwood Jr being injured. Pirates also released a lower level lefty

**Pirates gave an update on Underwood before the game. He is doing better today, so he will be reevaluated tomorrow. He may not miss any time, but he’s not available today.

**A new mock draft, same old names at the top. There are some big games coming up on the college baseball schedule.

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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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