Philadelphia Phillies' J.T. Realmuto smiles as he walks to the field during spring training baseball Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, in Clearwater, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

BRADENTON, Fla. — Mitch Keller gave up just one run in three innings of work for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals Thursday in Grapefruit League action.

The run came off a Nolan Gorman home run for St. Louis (7-4). It is the only run Keller has given up in seven innings of work this spring.

Ryan O’Hearn had two hits for the Pirates (9-3) and is 6-for-13 this spring with his new team. The Pirates also got a home run from Alika Williams.

Pittsburgh will play a split-squad twinbill today, against the Phillies at 1:05 p.m. and against the Blue Jays at 1:07 p.m. Braxton Ashcraft will start against Philadelphia while Bubba Chandler will work the Toronto game.

Realmuto helping

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto has a pretty good eye behind the plate. He got two strikeouts without Jesús Luzardo having to throw extra pitches, or face another batter in the first inning of his spring debut.

Luzardo struck out three in a row in the first against Boston after a bunt single on his first pitch Thursday. The second and third outs were called third strikes, both of them initially balls before All-Star catcher Realmuto challenged through the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS), or so called robot umpires, that will be used in the regular season for the first time this year.

Red Sox catcher Matt Thaiss had a 1-2 count with one out when he took an 89.1 mph sweeper called a ball before the challenge that showed the low and inside pitch was within the strike zone. Connor Wong then took a higher full-count pitch that umpire Felix Neon called ball four, but Realmuto signaled for a review of the 88.3 mph changeup that became an inning-ending strike.

Luzardo, who had a career-high 15 wins last season, allowed two singles and finished with five strikeouts over three innings. He faced 11 hitters while throwing 27 of his 38 pitches for strikes.