(WNFL) – The Milwaukee Brewers avoided a sweep at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 5-0 victory at American Family Field in Milwaukee.
Kyle Harrison threw a gem for Milwaukee, baffling Pirates batters into striking out 12 times. He allowed only 1 walk and 1 hit over 6 innings.
Trevor Megill, Aaron Ashby and Abner Uribe each pitched an inning to complete the shut out.
The Brewers scored all 5 of their runs in the fourth inning.
The runs came on a ground out, a single by Luis Rengifo, a double by David Hamilton and a 2-run single by Brandon Lockridge.
Carmen Mlodzinski started and took the loss for Pittsburgh.
The Brewers have the day off Monday before opening a 3-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at American Family Field on Tuesday.
Saturday’s game
The Pirates scored 3 times in the top of the 10th inning to defeat the Brewers 6-3.
Angel Zerpa gave up the 3 runs and was tagged with the loss.
Jake Bauers and Tyler Black both had 2 hits for Milwaukee. Sal Frelick drove in a pair of runs.
Jacob Misiorowski started and went 6 innings for the Brewers. He allowed 3 runs on 6 hits and 1 walk. He struck out 9,
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