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Mitch Keller started strong but faltered in the fifth inning, leading to the Pittsburgh Pirates' 10-4 loss against the Colorado Rockies at PNC Park.
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PITTSBURGH â Mitch Keller could not have gotten off to a better start, but the right-hander was hit hard in the fifth inning and the Colorado Rockies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-4 on Wednesday night at PNC Park.
Bottom 2nd, 2-0 PIT: With the bases loaded and two outs, Henry Davis hit a grounder to third base, where Kyle Karros made a diving play and threw to second. Brandon Lowe barely beat the throw and kept running through the bag, causing Nick Gonzales to get caught in a run down. After one run already scored on the original fielderâs choice, Gonzales was awarded home on interference by pitcher Jose Quintana.
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Bottom 3rd, 3-0 PIT: Konnor Griffin led off the inning with a hustle double and scored on a Bryan Reynolds single to right field off Quintana.
Top 5th, 6-3 COL: The Rockies (17-26) opened with five straight hits against Mitch Keller (4-2) to tie the game. With two outs, Mickey Moniak hammered a three-run home run to right to cap off a six-run inning.
The Pirates lost due to a rocky fifth inning from Mitch Keller, who was hit hard, contributing to a 10-4 defeat.
Henry Davis and Nick Gonzales contributed to the Pirates' scoring, with Gonzales awarded home on interference.
The final score was 10-4 in favor of the Colorado Rockies.
The game was played at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

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Bottom 6th, 6-4 COL: Ryan OâHearn got a run back for the Pirates (23-20) with a 392-foot solo shot to right-center field off Antonio Senzatela (3-0).
Top 8th, 7-4 COL: TJ Rumfield hammered a solo shot to right field off Brandan Bidois to pad Coloradoâs lead.
Top 9th, 10-4 COL: With two on and one out, Justin Lawrence fielded a comebacker off the batt of Brett Sullivan for what shouldâve been a double-play ball but delivered an errant throw to second base, allowing Brenton Doyle to score from second. Later in the inning, Moniak tripled home two more.
Mitch Keller retired the first 12 batters he faced before the Rockies ambushed him with five straight hits to open the fifth inning.
Mickey Moniak hit a three-rum home run, finished a single shy of the cycle and drove in five runs.
Mitch Keller allowed as many earned runs on Wednesday night (6er/5.2ip) as he did combined between his five previous appearances against the Rockies (6er/28.1ip).
RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (2-3, 4.50 ERA) starts the series finale for the Pirates on Thursday. The Rockies will send out RHP Chase Dollander (3-2, 3.35 ERA). First pitch: 12:35 p.m. ET on SportsNet Pittsburgh, MLB Network/100.1 FM & AM 1020.
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