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Bart’s sixth-inning solo shot off Padres starter Martín Pérez -- his 11th big fly of the season -- represented Pittsburgh’s lone tally until the final frame when they were finally able to break through against reliever Adrian Morejon.

It was a second consecutive implosion for Keller after serving up seven runs over four innings last Friday against the Dodgers. He was once again burned by the long ball, coughing up a three-run homer to Jake Cronenworth in the opening frame to fall behind early. He wound up being shelled for a staggering eight hits, including an additional two-run shot by David Peralta in the third inning. He struck out two and also issued a pair of walks. The lone positive here was that he was somehow able to still complete five frames to mostly spare Pittsburgh’s bullpen as his ERA ballooned from 3.56 to 3.95 in the process. He’ll attempt to turn things around on Tuesday when he faces the defending World Series champion Rangers.

Holderman is eligible to come off the IL on Aug. 23 and might be ready then. He’ll probably go on a brief rehab assignment first.

Ortiz deserves some extra credit for limiting the Padres to just an unearned run in the first after Oneil Cruz turned an easy double play into no outs. Still, he wound up taking his first loss in eight starts this year, even though he performed better than he did in getting no-decisions in his previous three starts.

Olivares went unclaimed on waivers after being designated for assignment last week and will presumably stick around with the Pirates back at Triple-A as emergency depth. The 28-year-old outfielder batted just .224/.291/.333 with five homers, 23 RBI and one steal in 196 plate appearances over 55 games this season for Pittsburgh.

Walker has been cut loose a couple days after being removed from Pittsburgh’s 40-man roster. The 29-year-old lefty holds a 6.45 ERA, 1.66 WHIP and 23/12 K/BB ratio across 22 1/3 innings (24 appearances) in the big leagues since 2023.

Woodford has pitched well in both of his starts for the Pirates, and he’ll probably get a longer look in the rotation now with Marco Gonzales done. He isn’t someone to consider in mixed leagues at this point.

This is part of a constant string of forearm issues for Gonzales the last two years, and he’ll miss the rest of the regular season. Jake Woodford is in the rotation for now, and the Pirates may also want to take a look at Domingo Germán there. Trading away Martín Pérez, Quinn Priester and JT Brubaker has taken a toll on their pitching depth.

Ryan is rejoining the bullpen for now. He has a 5.29 ERA in 13 relief appearances for the Pirates this season.

Joe has rather violently alternated between being a short-side platoon player and an everyday guy for the Pirates this season, and the Bryan De La Cruz acquisition has put him back in the former role for now. It also certainly doesn’t help that he’s batting .200/.284/.250 in 67 plate appearances since the beginning of July. He didn’t even get one start during the three games that Andrew McCutchen was down last week.