Milwaukee Brewers vs Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score on Aug 07, 2019

Rookie Keston Hiura homered twice and doubled, driving in three runs Wednesday to help the visiting Milwaukee Brewers paste the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 for a three-game series sweep.

Eric Thames added a two-run single, and Lorenzo Cain had a pinch-hit, two-run single for Milwaukee, which played without slugger Christian Yelich for the second straight game because of back pain.

Jacob Stallings hit a solo homer, and Bryan Reynolds and Starling Marte each had an RBI single for Pittsburgh, which is 4-21 since the All-Star break.

With Zach Davies on the injured list, Milwaukee went with a bullpen game. Drew Pomeranz opened with three innings, giving up the only earned run the Brewers allowed and one hit.

Four other relievers pitched, including Junior Guerra (5-3), who followed Pomeranz with two one-hit, scoreless innings.

Pittsburgh starter Trevor Williams (4-5) allowed six runs in five innings. He yielded a career-high six extra-base hits among eight total.

In the first, Mike Moustakas doubled with two outs ahead of Hiura's homer, to right, for a 2-0 Brewers lead.

Milwaukee tacked on a run in the second when Ryan Braun tripled and came home on Ben Gamel's sacrifice fly.

In the third, Yasmani Grandal hit a one-out single. An out later, Hiura doubled, and Thames drove them both home with a base hit to right for a 5-0 lead.

With one out in the bottom of the third, Stallings homered to left, his third, to make it 5-1.

Hiura pushed it to 6-1 in the fifth with a one-out homer, his 13th, to center. It was his first career two-homer game.

Gamel opened the sixth with a walk, and Orlando Arcia followed with an infield hit. Both advanced on Stallings' passed ball. Cain, who didn't start after fouling a ball of his left knee Tuesday, singled to right to drive in both runners for an 8-1 cushion.

Pittsburgh cut it to 8-3 in the seventh. Stallings walked with one out and, an out later, Kevin Newman reached on Moustakas' error at third. Reynolds drove in Stallings with a single. Marte followed with an RBI single.

--Field Level Media