PIRATES LOSE THE FIRST OF THREE IN MILWAUKEE

MILWAUKEE 7, PITTSBURGH 4

WHEN: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, September 14, 2018

WHERE: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

TEMPERATURE: 74° 

UMPIRES: Home - Nic Lentz, 1B - Tripp Gibson III, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Brian Gorman

ATTENDANCE: 39482

Christian Yelich, Travis Shaw and Mike Moustakas hit home runs Friday as the Milwaukee Brewers bounced the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4.

Orlando Arcia added a rare two-RBI bunt double for Milwaukee (85-63), which won its sixth in seven games to move four games up on St. Louis, the second National League wild-card team, and remain 1 1/2 games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs in the NL Central.

Pablo Reyes hit a homer, Jordan Luplow an RBI triple and Josh Harrison an RBI double for the Pirates (72-74).

Milwaukee starter Gio Gonzalez gave up three runs and three hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked four.

Corbin Burnes (5-0), who relieved Gonzalez, gave up one hit in 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Jeremy Jeffress pitched the ninth for his 12th save.

Pirates starter Chris Archer (4-8) allowed four runs and six hits in five innings, with eight strikeouts and two walks.

In the first, Lorenzo Cain singled ahead of Yelich, who hit his 29th homer to center for a 2-0 Milwaukee lead. An out later, Shaw hit his 29th, to right, making it 3-0.

Pittsburgh cut it to 3-2 in the third on Luplow's RBI triple to the corner in right. Luplow scored on Francisco Cervelli's sacrifice fly.

Reyes hit his first career homer with one out in the fifth, a shot to left that tied it 3-3.

Arcia reached base in the fifth with a shot off Archer's backside. Archer finished the inning. He walked Cain and, an out later, Jesus Aguilar's sacrifice fly brought Arcia home to make it 4-3.

In the sixth, Moustakas led off with a single and went to third on pinch hitter Domingo Santana's double to left. An out later, Arcia's bunt skipped past first to drive in both runners for a 6-3 lead.

Moustakas pushed it to 7-3 in the seventh with a blast to right, his 26th homer.

Harrison's RBI double in the eighth made it 7-4.

TOP GAME PERFORMANCES

STARTING PITCHERS

PITTSBURGH		MILWAUKEE
Chris Archer	Player	Gio Gonzalez
Loss	W/L	No Decision
5.0	IP	4.2
8	Strikeouts	6
6	Hits	3
7.20	ERA	5.79

HITTING

PITTSBURGH		MILWAUKEE
Pablo Reyes	Player	Orlando Arcia
2	Hits	3
1	RBI	2
1	HR	0
5	TB	4
.500	Avg	1.000

TEAM STATS SUMMARY

TEAM	Hits	HR	TB	Avg	LOB	K	RBI	BB	SB	Errors
PITTSBURGH	7	1	15	.212	20	10	4	5	1	0
MILWAUKEE	11	3	23	.333	14	9	7	3	3	0

SCORING SUMMARY

INNING				PIT	MIL
Brewers		1st	Yelich homered to center (405 feet), Cain scored.	0	2
Brewers		1st	Shaw homered to right (384 feet).	0	3
Brewers		3rd	Luplow tripled to deep right, Marte scored.	1	3
Pirates		3rd	Cervelli hit sacrifice fly to center, Luplow scored.	2	3
Pirates		5th	Reyes homered to left (377 feet).	3	3
Brewers		5th	Aguilar hit sacrifice fly to left, Arcia scored, Cain to third.	3	4
Brewers		6th	Arcia reached on bunt double to right, Moustakas and Santana scored.	3	6
Brewers		7th	Moustakas homered to right (419 feet).	3	7
Pirates		8th	Harrison doubled to deep right, Bell scored.	4	7

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	7	0
Milwaukee	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	-	7	11	0

Pittsburgh

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Pablo Reyes	LF	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	.375
Starling Marte	CF	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	.270
Jordan Luplow	RF	3	1	1	1	1	2	3	.238
Dovydas Neverauskas	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Edgar Santana	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Colin Moran	PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.278
Francisco Cervelli	C	3	0	0	1	1	0	4	.257
Josh Bell	1B	4	1	1	0	0	2	2	.263
Jose Osuna	3B	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	.203
Josh Harrison	2B	4	0	1	1	0	2	2	.255
Jordy Mercer	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.252
Chris Archer	SP	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.083
Steven Brault	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158
Michael Feliz	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Adam Frazier	PH-RF	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.286
Totals		33	4	7	4	5	10	20
Batting
2B - Josh Bell (29), Jose Osuna (5), Josh Harrison (12)
3B - Jordan Luplow (2)
HR - Pablo Reyes (1)
TB - Pablo Reyes 5, Jordan Luplow 3, Josh Bell 2, Jose Osuna 2, Josh Harrison 2, Adam Frazier
RBI - Pablo Reyes (2), Jordan Luplow (7), Francisco Cervelli (52), Josh Harrison (35)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Francisco Cervelli 3 (44), Josh Bell (58), Jordy Mercer (32), Adam Frazier (21)
SF - Francisco Cervelli (4)
Team LOB - 9
Baserunning
SB - Jordan Luplow (2, 2nd off Burnes/Pina)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Chris Archer (L 1-3)	5.0	6	4	4	2	8	2	5.49
Steven Brault	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	4.41
Michael Feliz	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.17
Dovydas Neverauskas	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	9.00
Edgar Santana	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.80
IBB - Travis Shaw (by Archer)
Pitches-Strikes - Chris Archer 103-67, Steven Brault 19-10, Michael Feliz 3-3, Dovydas Neverauskas 17-11, Edgar Santana 13-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Archer 2-4, Steven Brault 1-1, Michael Feliz 0-1, Dovydas Neverauskas 1-0, Edgar Santana 2-0
Batters Faced - Chris Archer 23, Steven Brault 6, Michael Feliz 1, Dovydas Neverauskas 4, Edgar Santana 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Michael Feliz 2-0

Milwaukee

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Lorenzo Cain	CF	4	1	1	0	1	0	3	.313
Christian Yelich	RF	3	1	1	2	1	1	2	.314
Jesus Aguilar	1B	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	.270
Hernan Perez	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260
Travis Shaw	2B-1B	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	.240
Ryan Braun	LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.248
Mike Moustakas	3B	4	2	3	1	0	1	0	.277
Jonathan Schoop	SS	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200
Corbin Burnes	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Domingo Santana	PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.256
Corey Knebel	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Eric Thames	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222
Joakim Soria	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Xavier Cedeno	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Jeremy Jeffress	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Manny Pina	C	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.251
Gio Gonzalez	SP	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.064
Orlando Arcia	SS	3	1	3	2	0	0	0	.223
Totals		33	7	11	7	3	9	14
Batting
2B - Domingo Santana (13), Manny Pina (12), Orlando Arcia (11)
HR - Christian Yelich (29), Travis Shaw (29), Mike Moustakas (6)
TB - Lorenzo Cain, Christian Yelich 4, Travis Shaw 4, Mike Moustakas 6, Domingo Santana 2, Manny Pina 2, Orlando Arcia 4
RBI - Christian Yelich 2 (88), Jesus Aguilar (98), Travis Shaw (79), Mike Moustakas (26), Orlando Arcia 2 (26)
2-Out RBI - Mike Moustakas (10)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Lorenzo Cain (37), Jesus Aguilar (57), Ryan Braun 2 (35)
SF - Jesus Aguilar (10)
GIDP - Lorenzo Cain (9)
Team LOB - 6
Baserunning
SB - Lorenzo Cain (28, 2nd off Archer/Cervelli), Travis Shaw (3, 2nd off Archer/Cervelli), Orlando Arcia (7, 3rd off Brault/Cervelli)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Gio Gonzalez	4.2	3	3	3	4	6	1	4.44
Corbin Burnes (W 5-0)	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.67
Corey Knebel (H 4)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.24
Joakim Soria	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	6.00
Xavier Cedeno (H 3)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Jeremy Jeffress (SV 12)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.37
HBP - Starling Marte (by Knebel)
Pitches-Strikes - Gio Gonzalez 89-51, Corbin Burnes 22-15, Corey Knebel 19-13, Joakim Soria 17-12, Xavier Cedeno 5-3, Jeremy Jeffress 17-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Gio Gonzalez 4-3, Corbin Burnes 2-2, Corey Knebel 0-1, Joakim Soria 0-1, Xavier Cedeno 1-0, Jeremy Jeffress 1-0
Batters Faced - Gio Gonzalez 21, Corbin Burnes 5, Corey Knebel 5, Joakim Soria 4, Xavier Cedeno 1, Jeremy Jeffress 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Corbin Burnes 1-0, Xavier Cedeno 1-0