The Pirates’ six-game winning streak at the start of their road trip is a distant memory, after they suffered their eighth consecutive loss on Saturday. Joe Block has a recap.
The Bucs will limp into the All-Star break after today’s game in Minnesota. Mitch Keller (3-10, 3.58 ERA), who has been spectacular lately for the Pirates, will take the mound against the Twins’ Simeon Woods Richardson (5-4, 4.08 ERA). Coverage starts with The Ben Cherington Show on WCCS at 1:10.
The Pirates’ Paul Skenes has been named the starter for the National League in Tuesday’s All-Star game in Atlanta. It will be the second straight All-Star start for the second-year pitcher, as be becomes only the fifth player ever – and the first pitcher – to start an All-Star game in his first two seasons. The others are all Hall of Famers: Joe DiMaggio, Ichiro Suzuki, Rod Carew, and Frank Robinson.
