The Pittsburgh Pirates snagged their 2nd straight win adhering to one more treasure from starting pitcher Mitch Keller on Wednesday night, downing the San Diego Padres 7-1. Keller went six solid innings, offering up one work on just 4 hits with two walks and 5 strikeouts to move his document to 9-3 on the period and drop his ERA to 3.34. He's on the quick track to be Pittsburgh's representative in the MLB All-Star Video Game. Offensively, Carlos Santana got things started in the first with a two-run homer, his 8th dinger of the year, and afterwards Keller took it from there. Blake Snell had actually permitted 2 ER in his last 36 innings coming right into tonight. Carlos Santana gets 2 below prior to Snell also gets out of the very first. 2-0 lead currently on AT-T SportsNet! #LetsGoBucs The Pirates obtained some cushioning with a huge five-run 7th inning, including two-RBI singles from Connor Joe and Henry Davis. Davis went 2-for-4 with both RBIs and additionally racked up on the Santana homer earlier in the video game. He has actually increased his average to over.300 and has been playing rather well until now Reds Store, an intense spot in a period that's gone south quickly. The Bucs are still fives gmes rear of the Cincinnati Reds in the division at 37-42 but are simply a fifty percent video game back of the Chicago Cubs for 3rd location. They'll be back in action versus the Padres at 12:35 pm this mid-day.