Deadspin | Well-timed doubles key Brewers rally over Pirates

Caleb Durbin and Brice Turang hit key run-scoring doubles to rally the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-5 win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon.

The Brewers snapped a two-game skid and cut up the four-game sequence in opposition to the Pirates, who had gained 4 in their earlier 5.

Trailing 5-3 within the most sensible of the 8th inning, the Brewers put runners on 2d and 3rd after Rhys Hoskins drew a stroll from Pirates reliever Ryan Borucki (1-2) and Isaac Collins doubled with one out.

Durbin roped a ball off the left box wall to attain Hoskins and Collins to tie the sport. Turang then adopted with a line pressure down the left box line that scored Durbin, placing Milwaukee forward by means of its profitable margin.

Collins and Sal Frelick completed with two hits apiece for the Brewers.

Pittsburgh was once led by means of Adam Frazier’s 3 hits and 3 RBIs. The Pirates had an opportunity to tie the sport within the backside of the 8th, however after attaining on a unmarried and advancing to 2d on a draw back by means of Abner Uribe, Tommy Pham was once picked off at 2d.

Uribe, who relieved Jared Koenig, struck out Andrew McCutchen to finish the inning. Trevor McGill gave up an infield unmarried within the 9th to Alexander Canario, who additionally had 3 hits, however retired Frazier on a groundout to pick out up his 9th save.

The Brewers scored 3 runs within the first inning, breaking Pirates starter Bailey Falter’s scoreless inning streak at 17 1/3 innings. Falter pitched 5 2/3 innings, permitting 3 runs (two earned) on 4 hits and 3 walks whilst placing out one.

Milwaukee rookie starter Logan Henderson threw 5 innings and allowed one run on 5 hits and two walks whilst placing out six.

Oneil Cruz hit his 11th house run of the season within the backside of the 3rd — a 432-foot blast that was once clocked at 122.9 mph, making it the toughest hit ball ever tracked by means of Statcast, which started monitoring go out velocities in 2015.

Bryan Reynolds was once scratched from the Pirates’ lineup simply sooner than first pitch with what common supervisor Ben Cherington described pregame as “tightness in his trunk.”

–Field Level Media