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- Updated: July 21, 2016
PITTSBURGH — After being dealt back-to-back walk-off losses, the Brewers bounced back Wednesday night with a 9-5 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.
Milwaukee lost three of its first four games coming out of the All-Star break, the last two in especially frustrating fashion — a passed ball on Sunday and a Little League homer on Tuesday. Neither team looked particularly crisp in the three-hour, 43-minute affair before a sold-out crowd of 36,717, but the Brewers put together a balanced offensive attack against Pirates starter Jeff Locke and four Pittsburgh relievers.
Will Middlebrooks was the only Brewers starter without a hit, and the lineup combined to work nine walks — including a run-scoring free pass by Chris Carter in the fourth inning. They stole five bases against catcher Francisco Cervelli. The Pirates staff’s only clean, 1-2-3 inning was the ninth. Jonathan Villar, Hernan Perez and Ryan Braun each recorded two hits, and Jonathan Lucroy drove in three runs. Locke allowed five runs on seven hits and five walks in three-plus innings, continuing his inconsistent season as the Pirates look for solutions to their pitching woes.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED He’s not traded yet: With trade rumors swirling around him, Lucroy continued a solid road trip. He walked and scored in the third inning, delivered a big, two-run single in the sixth that extended a 5-4 Brewers lead to 7-4, and added a sacrifice fly in the eighth to make it 9-5. He’s on a six-game hitting streak and is 51-for-151 (.338) over his last 42 games, raising his batting average from …
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