Brewers avoid Sweep at Pirates

Thomas Kaunzner
May 7, 2017
2 min read

Eric Thames #7 celebrates with Jonathan Villar #5 of the Milwaukee Brewers after defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 at PNC Park on May 7, 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

(May 7, 2017 - Source: Joe Sargent/Getty Images North America)

The Milwaukee Brewers (16-16) avoid a sweep as they win at the Pittsburgh Pirates (14-17) 6-2 in the final of their three-game series.

The Brewers opened the score in the third inning. 2B Jonathan Villar hit a two-out single and came home on a double from 1B Eric Thames.

3B Travis Shaw doubled the lead for the Brewers one inning later with his seventh home run of the year.

Milwaukee then added another run in the fifth. SS Orlando Arcia led off with a walk and advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt from SP Zach Davies. Jonathan Villar followed and reached on a fielding error by 2B Phil Gosselin, which enabled Orlando Arcia to cross home plate.

The Pirates cut the deficit to one in the sixth inning. CF Gregory Polanco doubled with two outs and LF Jose Osuna hit his first major league homer next, driving two runs in.

In the seventh, the Brewers had a two-run cushion again. CF Keon Broxton hit a leadoff single and went on to steal second base. He advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt from Orlando Arcia and eventually came home on a ground rule double by 1B Jesus Aguilar.

Milwaukee scored two more runs in the ninth to put the game away. Jesus Aguilar homered with one out and Eric Thames hit his 12th long ball of the year, putting him one behind league-leading Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals.

Zach Davies (3-2) pitched 5.2 innings, allowing 4 hits, 3 walks and 2 earned runs while fanning 7. He now has a 5.60 ERA with a 1.75 WHIP on the season.

Pittsburgh’s SP Tyler Glasnow (1-2) worked 6.1 innings, giving up 6 hits, 2 walks and 3 earned runs while striking out 6. He lowered his ERA and WHIP to 6.33 and 1.93, respectively.

Eric Thames went 3-for-4 with 1 run, 1 HR and 2 RBI. He is batting .324 and has 31 runs, 12 HR and 22 RBI this year.