UNUSUAL TWO-RUN BUNT DOUBLE LEADS TO TURNAROUND FOR BREWERS

In his 44 seasons in professional baseball, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle knows exactly how many two-run bunt doubles he has seen.

Milwaukee balanced the bunt with three homers, including two in the first inning off starter Chris Archer.

The Brewers led 4-3 entering the sixth after squandering an early three-run lead. Mike Moustakas opened with a bloop single to center off Steven Brault, who relieved to open the inning. Domingo Santana's pinch-hit double into the left-field corner sent Moustakas to third. After Manny Pina flied out, Arcia drove in both runners when his hard bunt up the line rolled over the bag and all the way into right for a double.

With a runner on third, Arcia said he was just trying to get the ball down on the right side.

Archer spotted the Brewers a 3-0 lead in the first as Christian Yelich and Travis Shaw each hit his 29th homer, but the Pirates answered with two runs in the third and one in the fifth on rookie Pablo Reyes' first career homer.

Archer, who settled down after the shaky first, remained in the game after being struck on the backside by a scorching line drive by Arcia to open the fifth inning. Lorenzo Cain walked. Arcia advanced on a flyout to left by Yelich and Cain stole second. Jesus Aguilar followed with a sacrifice fly to deep left to score Arcia.

MOMENT THAT MATTERED

Reyes, a September callup who hit .289 at Triple-A Indianapolis, brought the Pirates even with one out in the fifth, lining a 1-1 pitch from starter Gio Gonzalez over the left-field wall.

MITEL REPLAY OF THE DAY

After Reyes tied it at three with one out in the fifth, Starling Marte bounced a chopper deep into the hole at short, but was out at first on a long one-hop throw by shortstop Jonathan Schoop. The Pirates challenged, but the call was upheld after a review of 1:47.

UP NEXT

Right-hander Ivan Nova (8-9, 4.17 ERA) will be making his 27th start and 200th appearance of his career, while Milwaukee counters with right-hander Zach Davies (2-5, 4.75) on Saturday at 7:10 p.m. ET. Nova tossed six scoreless innings in his last start, but was 1-3 with 4.44 ERA in five August starts. He has allowed 24 homers in 146 2/3 innings.