MILWAUKEE -- In this era of launch angle, balls flying out of ballparks at a record pace and strikeouts outnumbering hits, there is still room for smallball in the major leagues.
Not a lot of room for it, mind you, but room for it.
The Pirates showed that Friday night when they stole a 3-2 victory from the Brewers in the opener of a three-game series at Miller Park. The Pirates (39-41) won their third straight game and for the seventh time in their last eight games.
The Pirates used fielder’s choice grounders to score single runs in the eighth and ninth innings to win in a place that has been their house of horrors seemingly forever.