Pittsburgh Pirates

Keller’s inconsistencies baffling for Pirates

PITTSBURGH — Jacob Stallings tapped his mit on the ground. As Mitch Keller began his motion to the plate, he sprung out of his crouch and put his target high and inside.

He was calling for high heat. He got it, but Keller missed the target. It hung over the outside part of the plate to the lefty swinging Tucker Barnhart, and the Reds catcher went with the pitch and put it in the notch in left-center:

Stallings’ reaction says it all.

Two batters later, after missing on a 3-2 pitch to his mound opponent, Tyler Mahle, Keller’s night was done. By that point, the Pirates were well on their way to a 14-1 loss to the Reds Monday night at PNC Park.

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