PIRATES OFFENSE WAKES UP

PITTSBURGH 9, MILWAUKEE 1

WHEN: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, August 25, 2018
WHERE: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
TEMPERATURE: 82°
UMPIRES: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Chris Segal, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - D.J. Reyburn
ATTENDANCE: 40622

Adam Frazier hit a three-run home run Saturday to help the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates end a four-game losing streak by pounding the Milwaukee Brewers 9-1.

Gregory Polanco added a two-run single, Josh Harrison and Colin Moran an RBI double each and Sean Rodriguez an RBI single for Pittsburgh, which has scored 15 runs in splitting the first two games of this series after totaling seven runs total during a seven-game homestand.

Christian Yelich hit a solo homer for Milwaukee, which had won four of its previous five games. The Brewers fell 4 1/2 games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs in the National League Central. They're also in a two-way tie with either Arizona or Colorado for the second wild-card spot, one half-game behind wild-card leader St. Louis. The Rockies and Diamondbacks are tied atop the NL West.

Pittsburgh starter Jameson Taillon (10-9) allowed one run and five hits in six innings, with eight strikeouts and no walks. He has allowed three earned runs or fewer in 16 straight starts.

Edgar Santana tossed two scoreless innings, and Keone Kela shut down Milwaukee in the ninth.

Brewers starter Jhoulys Chacin (13-5) had his three-start winning streak halted. He gave up three runs and eight hits in six-plus innings. He struck out seven and walked four.

In the third, Yelich lined a one-out shot to left-center for his 23rd homer and a 1-0 Brewers lead.

Pittsburgh tied it in the fourth. Francisco Cervelli led off with a double down the line in left and scored on Harrison's double to right.

Frazier led off the seventh with a walk, Starling Marte doubled off the wall in center and Josh Bell was intentionally walked to load the bases with no outs. Reliever Dan Jennings replaced Chacin and gave up Polanco's two-run base hit to left to make it 3-1.

Against Milwaukee reliever Taylor Williams in the eighth, Harrison led off with a walk and went to third on Moran's double. Harrison aggravated a recent left hamstring injury and left for a pinch runner. Frazier made it 6-1 with his sixth homer, to right.

Pittsburgh further broke it open with three runs in the ninth, highlighted by Rodriguez's RBI single and Moran's RBI double.

Top Game Performances

Starting Pitchers

Pittsburgh		Milwaukee
Jameson Taillon	Player	Jhoulys Chacin
Win	W/L	Loss
6.0	IP	6.0
8	Strikeouts	7
5	Hits	8
1.50	ERA	4.50

Hitting

Pittsburgh		Milwaukee
Colin Moran	Player	Christian Yelich
4	Hits	1
1	RBI	1
0	HR	1
6	TB	4
.800	Avg	.250

Team Stats Summary

Team	Hits	HR	TB	Avg	LOB	K	RBI	BB	SB	Errors
Pittsburgh	14	1	24	.359	18	9	8	6	0	0
Milwaukee	6	1	10	.182	7	11	1	0	0	1

Scoring Summary

INNING				PIT	MIL
Brewers		3rd	Yelich homered to center (418 feet).	0	1
Pirates		4th	Harrison doubled to deep right, Cervelli scored.	1	1
Pirates		7th	Polanco singled to left, Frazier and Marte scored, Bell to second.	3	1
Pirates		8th	Frazier homered to right (379 feet), Hechavarria and Moran scored.	6	1
Pirates		9th	Polanco scored, Cervelli to second on wild pitch by Albers.	7	1
Pirates		9th	S. Rodríguez singled to center, Cervelli scored, S. Rodríguez to second on error by center fielder Cain.	8	1
Pirates		9th	Moran doubled to right, S. Rodríguez scored.	9	1

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	9	14	0
Milwaukee	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1

Pittsburgh

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Starling Marte	CF	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	.272
Josh Bell	1B	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	.260
Gregory Polanco	RF	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	.248
Francisco Cervelli	C	5	2	2	0	0	1	4	.261
Corey Dickerson	LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.301
Edgar Santana	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Sean Rodriguez	PH	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.168
Keone Kela	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Josh Harrison	2B	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	.258
Adeiny Hechavarria	PR-SS	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.250
Colin Moran	3B	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	.275
Kevin Newman	SS-2B	4	0	1	0	1	1	4	.200
Jameson Taillon	SP	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	.067
Adam Frazier	PH-LF	2	2	1	3	1	0	1	.278
Totals		39	9	14	8	6	9	18
Batting
2B - Starling Marte (22), Francisco Cervelli (12), Josh Harrison (11), Colin Moran 2 (15)
3B - Gregory Polanco (6)
HR - Adam Frazier (6)
TB - Starling Marte 2, Josh Bell, Gregory Polanco 4, Francisco Cervelli 3, Sean Rodriguez, Josh Harrison 2, Colin Moran 6, Kevin Newman, Adam Frazier 4
RBI - Gregory Polanco 2 (72), Sean Rodriguez (19), Josh Harrison (33), Colin Moran (47), Adam Frazier 3 (23)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Francisco Cervelli (36), Corey Dickerson (37), Jameson Taillon 2 (11), Adam Frazier (15)
GIDP - Francisco Cervelli (6)
Team LOB - 9
Baserunning
CS - Starling Marte (10, 2nd by Chacin/Pina)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Jameson Taillon (W 10-9)	6.0	5	1	1	0	8	1	3.49
Edgar Santana (H 17)	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.54
Keone Kela	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.75
Pitches-Strikes - Jameson Taillon 108-69, Edgar Santana 22-16, Keone Kela 11-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jameson Taillon 8-0, Edgar Santana 3-2, Keone Kela 0-1
Batters Faced - Jameson Taillon 23, Edgar Santana 7, Keone Kela 3

Milwaukee

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Christian Yelich	LF	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.311
Lorenzo Cain	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.308
Travis Shaw	2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.245
Jesus Aguilar	1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.278
Mike Moustakas	3B	4	0	1	0	0	3	1	.247
Eric Thames	RF	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.224
Hernan Perez	SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	.258
Manny Pina	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250
Jhoulys Chacin	SP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170
Dan Jennings	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
Taylor Williams	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Jonathan Schoop	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186
Matt Albers	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals		33	1	6	1	0	11	7
Batting
2B - Mike Moustakas (6)
HR - Christian Yelich (23)
TB - Christian Yelich 4, Lorenzo Cain, Travis Shaw, Jesus Aguilar, Mike Moustakas 2, Eric Thames
RBI - Christian Yelich (67)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hernan Perez (36)
Team LOB - 5
Fielding
E - Lorenzo Cain (4)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Jhoulys Chacin (L 13-5)	6.0	8	3	3	4	7	0	3.61
Dan Jennings	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.20
Taylor Williams	1.0	2	3	3	1	0	1	4.34
Matt Albers	1.0	3	3	3	1	2	0	6.82
WP - Matt Albers
IBB - Kevin Newman (by Chacin), Josh Bell (by Chacin)
Pitches-Strikes - Jhoulys Chacin 100-64, Dan Jennings 7-5, Taylor Williams 22-14, Matt Albers 27-15
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jhoulys Chacin 6-3, Dan Jennings 1-1, Taylor Williams 3-0, Matt Albers 1-0
Batters Faced - Jhoulys Chacin 29, Dan Jennings 3, Taylor Williams 6, Matt Albers 7
Inherited Runners-Scored - Dan Jennings 3-2