PITTSBURGH — Mitch Keller pitched eight innings of two-hit ball, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 2-0 on Thursday.

Keller (12-9) struck out seven and walked one. The 27-year-old right-hander improved to 3-1 with a 3.07 ERA in his final seven begins.

David Bednar pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his thirty fifth save.

Pittsburgh received the ultimate three video games of the four-game set in opposition to last-place Washington. The Pirates have received 11 of 16 general.

The Nationals wasted a strong efficiency by Josiah Gray (7-12), who struck out 10 in 6 1/3 innings. The right-hander was charged with two runs and 5 hits.

Pittsburgh jumped in entrance when Jack Suwinski led off the second together with his team-high twenty fifth homer on a drive to proper. Alfonso Rivas linked with two out within the fifth, hitting a 411-foot shot to heart for his third homer.

Washington put two runners on within the first when CJ Abrams hit a leadoff single and Lane Thomas reached on an error by shortstop Liover Peguero. But Keller retired Keibert Ruiz on a fly ball to left, picked off Abrams at second and struck out Joey Meneses.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Nationals: RHP Thaddeus Ward was reinstated from the 15-day injured checklist. He had a 7.12 ERA in 22 reduction appearances this season earlier than being positioned on the IL with proper shoulder irritation on July 3. LHP Joe La Sorsa was optioned to Triple-A Rochester.

UP NEXT

Nationals: A starter has not been introduced for Friday, the opener of a three-game sequence in Milwaukee.

Pirates: RHP Johan Oviedo (8-14, 4.34 ERA) will take the mound Friday, opening a three-game sequence reverse New York Yankees ace and former Pittsburgh right-hander Gerrit Cole (13-4, 2.79 ERA).

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