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- Updated: September 22, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Sean Rodriguez and the Pirates moved up in the National League Wild Card standings on Wednesday with another wire-to-wire win over the Brewers at Miller Park.
Andrew McCutchen hit a towering solo home run before Rodriguez’s two-run single made it a three-run first inning for the Pirates against Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson. Rodriguez hit a long solo homer in the fourth as Pittsburgh topped Milwaukee, 4-1, and moved ahead of Miami in the Wild Card race. The Pirates are within 3 1/2 games of the Cardinals and Mets, who each lost earlier in the day and fell into a tie for the second Wild Card spot, pending the outcome of the Giants’ game against the Dodgers.
The Pirates are doing their best to join that jumble of teams at the top. They have won six of their last …
