Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Milwaukee Brewers

15-8, 11-4 Away

Final
3 - 2

Pittsburgh Pirates

13-12, 5-6 Home

Contreras has 3 hits as Brewers take advantage of sloppy inning by Pirates in 3-2 victory

The Brewers took advantage of a sloppy second inning by the Pirates to turn an error, two walks and two hit batters and an RBI single by Contreras into three runs.

Sal Frelick had two hits for Milwaukee, which snapped a two-game skid. Bryan Hudson (2-1) worked 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Joel Payamps overcame a pair of errors in the ninth for his third save.

Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run homer for Pittsburgh, but the Pirates managed just four hits against five relievers in a bullpen game that favored the Brewers.

Bryse Wilson worked 4 1/3 innings while making his second start of the season. Wilson allowed two runs on three hits with three walks and three strikeouts.

The Pirates opted to give Quinn Priester a couple of extra days to rest after making his 2024 major-league debut in a rocky outing last Friday against Boston. Reliever Josh Fleming (1-1) served as the opener, a role he filled occasionally last season while with Tampa Bay.

Fleming cruised through the first two innings before running into trouble in the third. Frelick reached on an error by first baseman Rowdy Tellez and Brice Turang walked two batters later.

Luis Ortiz came on in relief and promptly gave up an RBI single to Contreras. Ortiz, who was in the mix for a spot in the starting rotation during spring training before being sent to the bullpen, hit a pair of batters to force in a run and then walked Blake Perkins to give Milwaukee a 3-0 lead.

Reynolds' third home run of the season — a shot to the seats in right-center — in the bottom of the third brought Pittsburgh within one. But the Pirates never really threatened to tie it until the ninth, when two errors helped Pittsburgh put the tying run at third before Payamps struck out pinch-hitter Andrew McCutchen to end it.

Pittsburgh has scored two or fewer runs seven times in its last eight games, a stretch in which the Pirates are just 2-6.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Brewers: LHP Robert Gasser made his season debut for Triple-A Nashville after missing time with bone spurs in his left elbow. The 24-year-old Gasser, considered one of the top prospects in the organization, allowed one run in four innings with five strikeouts.

Pirates: C Yasmani Grandal (left foot) will remain at Triple-A Indianapolis through the end of the week. Pittsburgh general manager Ben Cherington said the team wants to give Grandal plenty of chances to run the bases in the minors since Grandal missed the vast majority of spring training.

The series concludes on Thursday. Freddy Peralta (2-0, 1.90 ERA) starts for the Brewers against Pittsburgh's Mitch Keller (2-2, 4.80).

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Matchup Prediction

Pirates: 39.1%

Brewers: 60.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	McCutchen struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	McCutchen hit for Davis
	9th Inning	Triolo lined out to right, Taylor to third.
	9th Inning	Cruz safe at first on fielding error by left fielder Wiemer, Taylor safe at second on error.
	9th Inning	Taylor ran for Olivares
	9th Inning	Olivares safe at first on fielding error by pitcher Payamps.

Statistics

MIL		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	11
8	Strikeouts	8
3	Runs Batted In	2
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	13
2	Caught Stealing	0
159	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	8
40	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	2
2.4	Runs Created	1.3
.219	Batting Average	.125
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.219	Slugging Percentage	.250
.094	Secondary Average	.250
.359	On Base Percentage	.222
.578	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.472
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.2
19.0	Batter Rating	17.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.98	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.78
.000	Isolated Power	.125
0.63	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.125	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.111
-.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.125
6.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
72.3	MLB Rating	67.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0