PITTSBURGH — In a game with very little in the way of offense, the Pirates and Milwaukee Brewers presented an interesting contrast of styles in the Brewers’ 1-0 victory Friday night at PNC Park.
The Brewers were able to muster just three hits, but played perfect small ball in the sixth inning to score a run on just one hit — a Scooter Gennett double scored Martin Maldonado, who had reached on a hit-by-pitch, advanced on a hit-and-run ground out and tagged up on a fly ball.
The Pirates, meanwhile, pounded start Junior Guerra and six different receivers for seven hits and had base runners in eight of nine innings, but never even got a runner as far as third base.