Pirates Postgame: Keller Injured And Lack Of Offense Though Bucs Lose By Two

Today just was not a good day for the 2022 Pirates. Many questionable decisions were made, Mitch Keller leaves the game with shoulder fatigue, Bryan Reynolds gets ejected, Oneil Cruz again goes hitless, and Shelton still refuses to get tossed from a game.

However, the bullpen did an amazing job keeping this team in the game. Chase De Jong did a fabulous job with 4 scoreless innings which was backed up by scoreless appearances by Austin Brice and Manny Banuelos. Ben Gamel hit a clutch 3-run double to bring the game within 2 runs thanks to the bullpens efforts.

Unfortunately, none of this was enough for this team to come back from the 5-run deficit it encountered as they allowed Mitch Keller to continue to pitch while clearly looking to be dealing with something potentially injury related.