This makes it back-to-back shutout losses to the Mariners, as they dropped a 6-0 contest in the series opener on July 4. It also makes it four straight road series that they Pirates have lost.

Ben Cherington wasted no time to address the Pittsburgh Pirates after a failure of a first half in which they fired the manager, tied a dubious major league record and endured the pendulum swing of successive sweeps that involved back-to-back series with shutout wins and losses.

PITTSBIRGH (AP) — Mitch Keller pitched seven innings, Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a two-run single in a four-run eighth and the Pittsburgh Pirates shut out St. Louis over a three-game series…

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He struck out Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez on three straight curveballs, got a great defensive play from Pirates left fielder Tommy Pham for the second out and then struck out pinch hitter Adrian Del Castillo, throwing five curveballs out of the seven pitches in the at-bat, securing the save.

The Mariners came close to taking a 1-0 lead in the first on a single by Jorge Polanco, but Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz made a 105.2 mph throw to nab Seattle’s J.P. Crawford at the plate.

This makes it back-to-back shutout losses to the Mariners, as they dropped a 6-0 contest in the series opener on July 4. It also makes it four straight road series that they Pirates have lost.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have had great performances and awful outings during this recent homestand at PNC Park. They suffered a sweep vs. the Chicag

STL Cardinals Pirates complete series shutout sweep of Cardinals, win 5-0 The Cardinals hadn’t been shut out over three games in the same series since the final three games in 2015 in Atlanta.