On Friday night in Wisconsin, the Pittsburgh Pirates (5-8) and Milwaukee Brewers (7-5) squared for the first game of a three-game series. For the Pirates, JT Brubaker (1-0) received the call; for the Brewers, Adrian Houser (1-1). After coming off a winning homestand, Pittsburgh was looking to keep the ball rolling.
In the third inning, Colin Moran got the scoring started when he launched an opposite field home run (3), staking the Pirates to a 1-0 advantage.
It wouldn’t be until the top of the fifth inning when a run was pushed across again; on an Adam Frazier triple, Kevin Newman and Dustin Fowler came around to score.