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04/26 16:05 CDT Kyle Harrison's gem enables Brewers to avoid sweep with 5-0 win
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Kyle Harrison's gem enables Brewers to avoid sweep with 5-0 win over Pirates
By STEVE MEGARGEE
AP Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) --- Kyle Harrison collected a career-high 12 strikeouts and
allowed just one hit and one walk in six scoreless innings as the Milwaukee
Brewers avoided a sweep by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Sunday.
The Pirates were attempting to complete a sweep in Milwaukee for the first time
since winning four straight games here in August 2016. The Pirates' last sweep
of the Brewers came August 2022 at Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh's only hits were Marcell Ozuna's single against Harrison (2-1) in
the second and Nick Gonzales' double off Trevor Megill in the seventh. The
Pirates struck out 18 times.
Jake Bauers hit two doubles for the Brewers, who snapped a four-game skid.
Milwaukee scored all its runs off Carmen Mlodzinski (1-2) in the fourth inning.
Mlodzinski held Milwaukee hitless until William Contreras capped a 10-pitch
at-bat with a leadoff single in the fourth. Contreras advanced to third on
Bauers' ground-rule double and came home when Gary Snchez bounced out to
second.
Milwaukee then got three straight two-out hits to extend its lead to 5-0.
Bauers came home on Luis Rengifo's single up the middle after Sal Frelick
reached on catcher's interference to keep the inning alive. David Hamilton
doubled home Frelick, then Brandon Lockridge singled home Rengifo and Hamilton
to knock Mlodzinski out of the game.
Pittsburgh loaded the bases in the eighth with two walks and an error, but
Aaron Ashby ended the threat by retiring Bryan Reynolds on a grounder to second.
Milwaukee didn't hit a homer for a seventh straight game. That represents the
Brewers' longest such drought since August 1999, when they went a
franchise-record 13 consecutive games without a home run.
Up next
Pirates: Return home for a four-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals. The
Pirates haven't announced their starting pitcher for Monday. Dustin May (3-2,
5.84 ERA) will pitch for St. Louis.
Brewers: Off Monday before starting a three-game home series with the Arizona
Diamondbacks. Chad Patrick (1-1, 2.35) pitches for Milwaukee on Tuesday. The
Diamondbacks haven't named their starter.
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