{"id":239512,"date":"2026-07-09T17:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239512\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:35:08","slug":"atlanta-braves-vs-pittsburgh-pirates-bryce-elder-vs-mitch-keller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239512\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Braves vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Bryce Elder vs. Mitch Keller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Pittsburgh Pirates are facing off against the Atlanta Braves in the finale of a three-game weekday set at PNC Park<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Pirates are handing the ball off to Mitch Keller to close out the series. Keller pitched six innings in his last start against the Washington Nationals on July 3, giving up five earned runs and a 9-5 defeat in the nation\u2019s capital. Keller has gone six innings in each of his last three starts, which is a good sign for his longevity in the game. It\u2019s likely his final start of the first half, so the coaching staff might ask him to go a little further in this game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Braves are going with Bryce Elder, who was an All-Star in 2023 but has not lived up to the hype since then. This year has been his best since that campaign, but not by much. Elder has a 4.01 ERA in his 17 starts so far this season. In his last appearance on June 27, he gave up five earned runs in just four innings during a 5-0 loss to the San Francisco Giants on the road. After getting skipped in the rotation last time around, the Braves hope Elder\u2019s time off can get him back on track against the Pirates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Location: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Broadcast: KDKA AM\/FM, Sportsnet Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Pitching Matchup: Bryce Elder (5-6, 4.01 ERA) vs. Mitch Keller (6-6, 5.02 ERA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">BD community, chime off in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Pirates are facing off against the Atlanta Braves in the finale of a three-game weekday set&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[66345,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-239512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pirates-discussion","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}