PITTSBURGH — Mitch Keller pitched his first career complete game and Rodolfo Castro hit a two-run homer as the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped their seven-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.

Keller (4-1) shut out the Rockies on four hits, striking out eight and walking one in a game that took just 1 hour, 55 minutes. The fifth-year veteran had never pitched into the eighth inning before.

Castro’s homer off Kyle Freeland in the seventh carried into the bullpens in center field and broke a scoreless tie.

Freeland (3-4) also had a strong start, giving up two runs and seven hits in seven innings with four strikeouts and three walks. The left-hander got some defensive help as catcher Elias Díaz twice completed inning-ending double plays by throwing out runners attempting to steal.

On April 17, Freeland was tagged for nine runs over 2 2/3 innings in a loss to the Pirates at Coors Field. Pittsburgh swept that three-game series, outscoring the Rockies 33-9.

Ke’Bryan Hayes had two hits for the Pirates, who hold a slim but surprising lead in the NL Central. The Rockies got two hits from Kris Bryant.

Colorado, last in the NL West, had won 6 of 7.

Connor Joe led off the seventh with a single for Pittsburgh. Castro followed with his fourth home run of the season.

The Rockies put runners in scoring position just twice against Keller, and he induced groundouts to end both threats. Colorado fell to 5-2 in May after going 7-20 in April.

BREWERS 9, DODGERS 3: Joey Wiemer and Willy Adames hit three-run homers to back Freddy Peralta’s strong pitching and Milwaukee defeated visiting Los Angeles.

The Brewers have won their last two games after losing six straight. Milwaukee ended its longest skid of the young season Sunday with a 7-3 victory at San Francisco.

Chris Taylor hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the Dodgers, who lost for just the second time in 10 games.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RAYS 3, ORIOLES 0: Shane McClanahan pitched six impressive innings to become this season’s first seven-game winner, and Josh Lowe and Luke Raley homered to lift Tampa Bay to a win at Baltimore.

In a matchup between the teams with the two best records in the American League, the Rays extended their AL East lead to 6 1/2 games. McClanahan (7-0) allowed four hits and four walks and struck out seven.

YANKEES 7, ATHLETICS 2: Aaron Hicks broke out of his season-long slump with a two-run homer and New York went deep four times to beat visiting Oakland.

Gleyber Torres hit a tie-breaking solo drive in the sixth inning against former Yankees lefty JP Sears (0-3). Oswaldo Cabrera and DJ LeMahieu launched two-run shots off Sears as New York (19-17) avoiding falling back to .500 for the second time in a week.

Hicks doubled his season RBI total when he homered in the seventh for the first time since Sept. 23 against Boston — his second extra-base hit this year. He began the night batting .143 overall and was 0 for 19 at Yankee Stadium this season before connecting, making him the frequent target of boos.

Batting from the left side of the plate, the switch-hitting Hicks lifted the first pitch from Austin Pruitt into the second deck in right field. He dropped his bat and watched the ball soar into the stands before rounding the bases.

After crossing home plate, Hicks let out a yell and was swarmed by teammates in the dugout.

The Yankees won for the fourth time in 10 games without slugger Aaron Judge, who is expected back Tuesday from a stint on the injured list due to a strained right hip.

TIGERS 6, GUARDIANS 2: Joey Wentz shrugged off giving up a couple quick hits for his first win and Andy Ibañez homered and scored three runs, leading Detroit to a win at Cleveland.

Wentz (1-3) allowed a double and single to start the game. The left-hander then retired 13 of 14 before giving up a pair of walks in the sixth. He got two outs and was pulled for Will Vest, who worked out of the jam.

NOTES

BRAVES: The Atlanta Braves activated catcher Travis d’Arnaud from the injured list, one month after he sustained a concussion in a collision at home plate.

D’Arnaud played three games on a rehab assignment at Triple-A Gwinnett, going hitless in eight at-bats with two walks. That was good enough for the Braves to bring him back ahead of a two-game series against the Boston Red Sox.

Catcher Chadwick Tromp was optioned to Gwinnett.

A first-time All-Star last season, d’Arnaud was injured April 8 when he was hit in the head by San Diego’s Rougned Odor, who crossed the plate standing on a throw home.

The catcher stayed in that game for a couple of more innings before he was replaced. Initially placed on the seven-day injured list, d’Arnaud’s recovery took far longer than expected.

D’Arnaud was off to a good start at the time of his injury, hitting .333 with five RBI over eight games.. He rejoins Sean Murphy to give the Braves one of the best catching duos in the big leagues.

Murphy is hitting .282 with nine homers, 28 RBI and an NL-leading OPS of 1.048.

DRAFT: The Major League Baseball amateur draft will be held inside Lumen Field as part of All-Star Game week activities in Seattle this summer.

The amateur draft will take place on Sunday, July 9 and be held at the home stadium of the Seattle Seahawks, MLB announced. Lumen Field sits across the street from T-Mobile Park, which will host the All-Star Game for the second time since opening in 1999.

Lumen Field sits on the site of the former Kingdome, which was the original home for the Mariners and hosted the All-Star Game in 1979.

The area in and around Lumen Field will be the focal point for most of the activities related to the All-Star Game taking place outside of T-Mobile Park.

“Play Ball Park,” and the “All-Star Village,” featuring more than 50 attractions for kids and families and autograph sessions with past Seattle baseball greats will be held in the Lumen Field Events Center and in areas around the two stadiums.

INDIANS: The Tampa Bay Rays put left-handed reliever Garrett Cleavinger on the 15-day injured list with what Manager Kevin Cash said appears to be a right ACL injury.

Cleavinger could miss the rest of the season after hurting his knee during a rundown in Sunday’s victory over the New York Yankees.

ROYALS: Left-handed pitcher LHP Ryan Yarbrough was placed on the 15-day injured list with what was classified as “head fractures” after taking a 106-mph line drive off the right side of his face Sunday. Manager Matt Quatraro said Yarbrough has three nondisplaced fractures in different spots around his right eye.