The Pirates could only get one baserunner on in the ninth and they eventually faltered by the final score of 4-1. “I came in and did as much as I could.”.
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Pirates manager Clint Hurdle rattled off what made the 6-foot-2 Fiers so effective.
For example: Pittsburgh’s scheduled starter, left-hander Francisco Liriano, was scratched just moments before the game, leaving reliever Vance Worely to take over on short notice.
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Jonathan Lucroy, Aramis Ramirez and Khris Davis homered as the Milwaukee Brewers took full advantage of a late lineup change to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-5 on Saturday night.
But the Brewers struck for a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the inning. I was trying to throw and I couldn’t throw, ” Liriano said. The run came thanks to an RBI groundout by the Brewers’ Ryan Braun that scored Gerardo Parra. He had some walks that did eventually cost him, but he seemed to just tire out in the seventh inning and could not get an out before being yanked.
Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson (7-9) fell into a 3-0 hole before recording an out, but sparked Milwaukee’s rally with a two-run single in the second.
Brewers: RHP Wily Peralta will make one more rehab start next week before the team expects him to return.
Francisco Rodriguez converted his 21st save in as many tries.
Nelson trailed 2-0 after three pitches following consecutive singles, the second featuring a two-base error on a misplay by center fielder Carlos Gomez, and a wild pitch.
The Pirates spotted Worley a 3-0 lead after one inning. He threw 80 pitches, allowed seven hits and a walk, and struck out four. We were down three, nobody out.
The Pirates are 10-4 in their last 14 road games and 36-15 in their last 51as a favorite.
Hurdle said to Brandon Curry and Tom Singer on MLB.com after the game, “”If we play a little better on the (defensive) side of the ball in the seventh inning, who knows how that inning plays out””.
The teams wore throwback jerseys as part of Milwaukee’s annual Negro League tribute game.
The Milwaukee Brewers shoot for the sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon.
Pirates: A.J. Burnett and Gerrit Cole were moved to the back of the rotation coming out of the All-Star break to give both pitchers extra rest. Pittsburgh won 11 of 13 prior to the break, including three straight over first-place St. Louis last weekend, to pull itself back into the race in the National League Central but is running into some of its old problems on the road right now.
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Peralta has been the 15-day disabled list (strained left oblique) since May 25. It will not be easy for Jeff Locke and the Pirates to salvage a game tomorrow in what is now another nightmarish series in the Miller Park House of Horrors. Nelson settled down after that, allowing just three more hits and two walks over his next five innings en route to giving up four runs overall.
