The Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates looked to be on their way to a close, fun baseball game this afternoon, but when Brewers starter Colin Rea suffered some horrible luck in an inning that quickly spiraled out of control, the Pirates were on their way to an easy victory.
Rea got off to a nice start this evening, when he retired the Pirates in order in the first (two of which were on, we’ll say, “close” third strike calls). Pirates opener Josh Fleming had issues with control in the first inning: Jackson Chourio got things started with a walk but he was erased on a William Contreras double play.