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09/16 21:58 CDT Christian Yelich's 2-run double rallies NL Central champion
Brewers to 5-4 win over Pirates
Christian Yelich's 2-run double rallies NL Central champion Brewers to 5-4 win
over Pirates
By JOHN PERROTTO
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) --- Christian Yelich's two-run double in the seventh inning
sent the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-4 victory over the
Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.
Yelich grounded his double down the left-field line off Carmen Mlodzinski (7-7)
to erase a 4-3 deficit. His big hit came one night after the Brewers became the
first team in the major leagues to clinch a division title this season, winning
their fourth consecutive NL Central crown.
Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy played all his regulars. The Brewers have the best
record in the majors at 95-57 and hope to finish atop the overall standings to
earn home-field advantage throughout the postseason. Milwaukee has won seven of
its past eight games.
Oneil Cruz, Brandon Lowe and Rafael Flores Jr. homered in consecutive innings
to put the Pirates ahead 4-3 in the sixth. The Pirates, who have lost four of
five, have hit a franchise-record 174 home runs this season, breaking the
previous mark of 171 in 1998.
Antonio Senzatela (11-5) retired two batters and Trevor Megill pitched a
perfect ninth for his 28th save.
Both starting pitchers, Milwaukee's Logan Henderson and Pittsburgh's Jared
Jones, allowed three runs in five innings. Jones struck out nine and Henderson
fanned eight.
Henderson has given up three runs or fewer in each of his first 22 career
starts, one shy of the major league record set by Zac Gallen from 2019-20 with
Miami and Arizona.
Consecutive RBI singles by the Brewers' Andrew Vaughn and Cooper Pratt in the
second inning opened the scoring. Brice Turang doubled home a run in the fifth.
Up next The series concludes Thursday afternoon with Brewers LHP Kyle Harrison (10-4, 3.98 ERA) starting against RHP Wilber Dotel (1-5, 4.84). ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
Up next The series concludes Thursday afternoon with Brewers LHP Kyle Harrison (10-4, 3.98 ERA) starting against RHP Wilber Dotel (1-5, 4.84). ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
