{"id":121721,"date":"2025-06-22T01:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T01:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/121721\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T01:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T01:55:10","slug":"pittsburgh-pirates-beat-by-rangers-as-mitch-keller-falls-to-1-10-offense-cant-score-for-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/121721\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Pirates beat by Rangers as Mitch Keller falls to 1-10; offense can\u2019t score for him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PGHBaseballNOW.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PGHBaseballNOW.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates\u2019 offense has been bad for much of the season, but it\u2019s been particularly dormant when Mitch Keller pitches.<\/p>\n<p>That trend continued on Saturday at PNC Park as the Pirates have now dropped six of their last seven following a 3-2 loss to the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>For the second game in a row, the Rangers (38-39) took advantage of a Pirates\u2019 outfield miscue. After Ezequiel Duran walked to begin the third, Kyle Higashioka singled to left, but the ball skipped past Adam Frazier which allowed Duran to score from first.<\/p>\n<p>The Pirates (30-48) tied the game in the bottom of the fifth on an Oneil Cruz sac fly, only to give the Rangers the lead right back.<\/p>\n<p>Corey Seager singled home a run off Keller in the top of the sixth, and Marcus Semien put Texas ahead 3-1 with a sac fly to center. Keller (1-10) took yet another loss after allowing three runs (two earned) in 5.2 innings pitched.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/pirates-beat-by-rangers-as-mitch-keller-falls-to-1-10-offense-cant-score-for-him\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here to read more from PGHBaseballNOW.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click here to read more from PGHBaseballNOW.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This article originally appeared on PGHBaseballNOW.com. 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