The San Diego Padres defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 Thursday to earn a split in the four-game series. Mitch Keller continued to struggle, allowing seven earned runs on nine hits in 3-1/3rd innings. He walked three and struck out one. His record fell to 1-2 and his ERA climbed to 8.74 this season. Colin Moran had two hits in the game, his average is now .311.
The Pirates open a weekend series in Milwaukee tonight. First pitch is 8:10pm. Hear the game on WISR beginning at 7:45pm. J.T. Brubaker will start for the Bucs.