PIRATES TAKE THE FIRST OF TWO

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PITTSBURGH 2, MILWAUKEE 1

WHEN: 12:35 PM ET, Saturday, July 14, 2018

WHERE: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

TEMPERATURE: 87° 

UMPIRES: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Nic Lentz, 3B - Kerwin Danley

ATTENDANCE: 32,984 

The Pittsburgh Pirates made back-to-back homers by Starling Marte and Gregory Polanco in the first inning hold up for their fourth straight win, 2-1 against the visiting Milwaukee Brewers in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday.

Elias Diaz was 3-for-4 for Pittsburgh, which has won six of seven, including the first three of this five-game series.

Milwaukee has lost four straight and six of eight.

The Brewers were 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position, stranded seven runners and have not held a lead in the series. They are 4-11 at PNC Park over the past two seasons, with just 34 runs in those 15 games.

Pittsburgh right-hander Ivan Nova pitched 4 2/3 innings, giving up one run and seven hits, with three strikeouts and no walks. It was the fourth time in his past seven starts he has allowed one or no runs.

Four relievers held Milwaukee at bay after Nova, with Richard Rodriguez (2-2) picking up the win and Felipe Vazquez pitching the ninth for his 22nd save.

Brewers starter Chase Anderson (6-7), who had allowed one run in each of his previous four starts, gave up two on the homers. Those were among the six hits he allowed, along with four strikeouts and two walks, in 5 1/3 innings.

Marte launched a one-out homer, his 12th, to right-center in the first, and Polanco immediately followed with his 15th, a shot to right.

Milwaukee had a lot of action in the fifth but netted just one run.

Tyler Saladino led off with a single to center but was out on an Erik Kratz fielder's choice. Keon Broxton singled to center, moving Kratz to second. Kratz was out at third on Anderson's bunt. Christian Yelich's two-out single to right drove in Broxton to make it 2-1.

After Lorenzo Cain's infield hit loaded the bases, the Pirates pulled Nova. Rodriguez struck out Travis Shaw to end the inning.

Milwaukee reached based just twice the rest of the game, reaching second base just once.

TOP GAME PERFORMANCES

STARTING PITCHERS

MILWAUKEE		PITTSBURGH
CHASE ANDERSON	PLAYER	IVAN NOVA
Loss	W/L	No Decision
5.1	IP	4.2
4	Strikeouts	3
6	Hits	7
3.38	ERA	1.93

HITTING

MILWAUKEE		PITTSBURGH
LORENZO CAIN	PLAYER	ELIAS DIAZ
2	Hits	3
0	RBI	0
0	HR	0
3	TB	3
.500	Avg	.750

TEAM STATS SUMMARY

TEAM	Hits	HR	TB	Avg	LOB	K	RBI	BB	SB	Errors
MILWAUKEE	9	0	10	.265	15	8	1	1	1	0
PITTSBURGH	7	2	13	.233	14	8	2	3	0	0

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SCORING SUMMARY

INNING				MIL	PIT
PIRATES		1st	Marte homered to center (403 feet).	0	1
PIRATES		1st	Polanco homered to right (385 feet).	0	2
BREWERS		5th	Yelich singled to right, Broxton scored, Anderson to second.	1	2

FINAL SCORING SUMMARY

FINAL	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MILWAUKEE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	0
PITTSBURGH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	2	7	0

MILWAUKEE

HITTERS	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
Christian Yelich	LF	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.288
Lorenzo Cain	CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.297
Travis Shaw	1B-3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	5	.241
Hernan Perez	3B-RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.245
Brad Miller	2B	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.246
Jonathan Villar	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.263
Tyler Saladino	SS	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.309
Erik Kratz	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.229
Keon Broxton	RF	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	.179
Corbin Burnes	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Nathan Orf	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.067
Chase Anderson	SP	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.111
Taylor Williams	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Jesus Aguilar	PH-1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.301
Totals		34	1	9	1	1	8	15
Batting
2B - Lorenzo Cain (16)
TB - Christian Yelich 2, Lorenzo Cain 3, Travis Shaw, Tyler Saladino 2, Erik Kratz, Keon Broxton
RBI - Christian Yelich (43)
2-Out RBI - Christian Yelich (22)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Travis Shaw 2 (35), Hernan Perez 2 (26)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
CS - Keon Broxton (1, 2nd by Santana/Diaz)
SB - Lorenzo Cain (18, 2nd off Crick/Diaz)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Chase Anderson (L 6-7)	5.1	6	2	2	2	4	2	3.78
Taylor Williams	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45
Corbin Burnes	2.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0.00
Pitches-Strikes - Chase Anderson 98-65, Taylor Williams 4-4, Corbin Burnes 28-19
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chase Anderson 6-2, Taylor Williams 1-1, Corbin Burnes 0-1
Batters Faced - Chase Anderson 23, Taylor Williams 2, Corbin Burnes 8
Inherited Runners-Scored - Taylor Williams 1-0

Pittsburgh

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Corey Dickerson	LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.304
Starling Marte	CF	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.280
Gregory Polanco	RF	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	.235
Elias Diaz	C	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	.292
Colin Moran	3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.262
Josh Bell	1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	.260
Josh Harrison	2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	.255
Jordy Mercer	SS	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.254
Ivan Nova	SP	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000
Richard Rodriguez	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Edgar Santana	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Austin Meadows	PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.298
Kyle Crick	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Felipe Vazquez	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals		30	2	7	2	3	8	14
Batting
HR - Starling Marte (12), Gregory Polanco (15)
TB - Starling Marte 4, Gregory Polanco 4, Elias Diaz 3, Josh Bell, Jordy Mercer
RBI - Starling Marte (42), Gregory Polanco (50)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Colin Moran (31), Ivan Nova (12)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
CS - Josh Bell (3, 2nd by Anderson/Kratz)
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Corey Dickerson (Saladino at 2nd)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Ivan Nova	4.2	7	1	1	0	3	0	4.38
Richard Rodriguez (W 2-2)	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.35
Edgar Santana (H 12)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.14
Kyle Crick (H 8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.98
Felipe Vazquez (SV 22)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.07
Pitches-Strikes - Ivan Nova 83-57, Richard Rodriguez 15-12, Edgar Santana 17-9, Kyle Crick 16-11, Felipe Vazquez 14-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ivan Nova 8-1, Richard Rodriguez 1-0, Edgar Santana 1-0, Kyle Crick 1-1, Felipe Vazquez 1-0
Batters Faced - Ivan Nova 20, Richard Rodriguez 4, Edgar Santana 3, Kyle Crick 4, Felipe Vazquez 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Richard Rodriguez 3-0