Brewers beat Pirates; Bauers, Chourio hit 2-run homers
Jackson Chourio hits a two-run home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH - Jake Bauers and Jackson Chourio hit two-run home runs, and Brandon Woodruff pitched six scoreless innings as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Saturday night.
By the numbers:
Bauers connected with two outs in the fourth inning off Mitch Keller (6-14) to break a scoreless tie immediately after William Contreras singled. It was the sixth home run of the season for Bauers, who had two hits.
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Chourio hit his 19th homer in the eighth off Evan Sisk to double the NL Central-leading Brewers’ advantage.
Woodruff (6-2) allowed just two hits while striking out eight and walking none. He had allowed five earned runs in each of his previous two starts.
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Aaron Ashby, the fourth Brewers’ reliever, got the last four outs for his third save.
The Brewers extended their lead in the division to 6 1/2 games over the Chicago Cubs with 19 games remaining. The Cubs lost to Washington 3-1 on Saturday.
Keller gave up two runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings, and lost for the fourth time in his last five starts.
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The Pirates avoided being shut out when Oneil Cruz hit an RBI groundout in the ninth inning.
The Brewers’ Sal Frelick went 2 for 4 to raise his batting average to .299.
Jared Triolo and Bryan Reynolds each had two of the last-place Pirates’ five hits as they lost consecutive games for the first time since Aug. 16-17.
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The Pirates put runners on first and second in the seventh inning while trailing 2-0 but Rob Zastryzny induced Nick Yorke to foul out to end the inning.
Contreras is the fifth player in Brewers’ history to catch 1,000 innings in back-to-back seasons. The others were Darrell Porter (1974-75), B.J. Surhoff (1990-91), Jason Kendall (2008-09), and Jonathan Lucroy (2013-14).
What's next:
Rookie RHP Jacob Misiorowski (4-2, 4.50 ERA) will pitch for the Brewers on Sunday. The Pirates have not announced a starter.
The Source: The Associated Press provided this report.