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PITTSBURGH — For the better part of this season, Mitch Keller has performed like an ace. Entering Saturday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at PNC Park, he had put together back-to-back starts totaling 16 scoreless innings, with one walk and 21 strikeouts during the stretch.

PITTSBURGH — As the Pirates plotted ways to dig themselves out of a sizable funk, with losses in 11 of 12 games entering Sunday’s series finale in Baltimore, this likely wasn’t a course they charted. Facing opening day starters in three of the four subsequent contests, it looked like a…

PHOENIX — The dreadlocks and the smile.

Remember when people actually thought the Cardinals trading for Madison Bumgarner before last season's trade deadline could be a good idea?

Bumgarner, who was the 2014 World Series MVP, had a 10.26 ERA through four starts this season.

ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals offense exploded for a season-high 14 runs on 13 hits as they scored three runs or more in four separate innings to avoid being swept at home for the second time in this young season.

ST. LOUIS — Left-hander Jordan Montgomery had been the most consistent member of the Cardinals’ starting rotation, but the fourth inning became a frame he’d like to forget as the Arizona Diamondbacks scored six runs and turned the slimmest of Cardinals leads into a significant deficit for the home club.

ST. LOUIS — Cardinals pitchers Jack Flaherty and Andrew Pallante combined to give up a five-run seventh inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks broke open what had been a tie game as the Cardinals lost their seventh of 11 home games this season.

MIAMI — Sandy Alcantara was good for five innings on Sunday before running into trouble in the sixth. Zac Gallen was nearly unhittable from start to finish.