The Pittsburgh Pirates were down 4-2 headed into the final inning when the Milwaukee Brewers almost blew the game, but some erroneous running by Kevin Newman and third base coach Mike Rabelo had Newman’s tying run thrown out at home by a mile and the Buccos fell 4-3 on Friday night.
In the ninth, Milwaukee pitcher Josh Hader walked Diego Castillo to lead off the inning. Kevin Newman got on base two batters later on a single, and with two outs, Daniel Vogelbach came on to pinch hit. He smacked a fly ball to right field scoring Castillo, but Rabelo waived home Newman, who had no shot after former Pirate Andrew McCutchen got the ball in to Willy Adams, who had Newman dead to rights at the plate.