Milwaukee BrewersvsPittsburgh Pirates
MIL 6/PIT 7
Things to say
The Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 at PNC Park.
01
opener
Pirates snuck one out at home, 7-6. Back-and-forth all afternoon on a getaway day. Milwaukee's the better team but Pittsburgh just wanted it more.
02
key player
The heart of the Pirates order carried them — a couple of the runs came right off the middle of the lineup. Guy left the yard when they needed it.
03
hot take
Milwaukee's a 59-win club losing to a sub-.500 team, that's a bad look. Their manager went to the pen too early and it cost them.
04
deep cut
Nobody's talking about it, but the Pirates bullpen held that one-run lead in the late innings. That's the whole ballgame right there.
05
exit
Anyway, Milwaukee's still cruising in the standings — they'll be fine. Curious to see if they bounce back next series.
The recap
Pittsburgh played spoiler and stole one from the best team in the division, walking off the Brewers 7-6 on a getaway day at PNC. Milwaukee came in at 59-35 and looked to have this in hand, but their pen couldn't slam the door late and the Bucs kept clawing back into it.
This was a scrappy one-run scrap where the heart of the Pittsburgh order finally got hot at the right time. A 48-47 club knocking off the class of the league — that's the kind of win that makes a whole road trip.