MILWAUKEE -- JT Brubaker's formula is nothing if not refined:
1. Walk somebody.
2. Serve up a home run.
3. Shower within an hour.
He's been stuck on that same treadmill since midsummer of 2021, and there'd be somewhat of another sequel in the Pirates' 5-2 loss to the Brewers on this Tuesday night at American Family Field with a five-inning line of four runs and, maybe on the bright side, just the one bomb:
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In fairness, he'd find himself afterward for three clean innings, but that Rowdy Tellez laser into the second deck above right field accounted for two runs in the Milwaukee second, following a five-pitch walk to Andrew McCutchen, after which a tough error on Kevin Newman and a walk to Victor Caratini set up Kolten Wong's two-run double and a 4-0 lead.