Overview

• Each team has posted a 3-0 shutout through the first two games of the three-game series in Pittsburgh
• Keller owns a 3.73 ERA over seven starts but has received just six runs of support across his last five outings
• Valdez struck out nine and allowed one run on three hits and a walk in his May 30 complete game against the Rays
• He went 4-1 with a 2.36 ERA and five quality starts in six May appearances, recording 42 strikeouts over 42 innings
• Given Houston’s rotation injuries, both pitchers are under trade consideration, with Valdez in the final year of his contract and Keller in the second year of his five-year, $77 million deal