Milwaukee Brewers vs Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score on May 05, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 6, 2017

PITTSBURGH -- Five Pittsburgh pitchers combined on a seven-hit shutout Friday night as the Pirates defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0 in a rain-interrupted game at PNC Park.

Wade LeBlanc (2-0), Pittsburgh's second pitcher, allowed two hits over three innings, with four strikeouts and no walks. He also singled in a run in the fourth.

Rob Scahill (0-1), making his first major league appearance of the season, gave up four runs, two of them earned, in two innings of relief.

Josh Bell was 2-for-4 with a solo home run and Gregory Polanco was 2-for-4 with an RBI single and a run scored.

The Pirates (13-16) broke a two-game losing streak. They are 6-11 within the National League Central, with four of those wins coming against the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs.

Milwaukee (15-15) missed a chance to move to within a half-game of the Cubs atop the division.

A 2:27 rain delay halted good outings for both starters -- particularly Milwaukee's Jimmy Nelson, who threw three no-hit innings with two strikeouts and no walks.

Pittsburgh's Chad Kuhl gave up two hits and struck out two in three scoreless innings.

Scahill, who arrived from Triple-A Colorado Springs on Monday, entered the game in the fourth for the Brewers when play resumed. The Pirates greeted him with three runs, although only one was earned.

Bell led off with a double to center and scored an out later on Polanco's single to center. After Francisco Cervelli singled up the middle, Polanco scored when Jose Osuna reached on a fielder's choice and throwing error by first baseman Eric Thames.

With two outs, reliever LeBlanc singled in Cervelli to make it 3-0, although Osuna was thrown out at home on the play to end the inning. It was the first hit for LeBlanc since May 1, 2013 and his first RBI since May 31, 2011.

Bell added a one-out, 400-foot solo homer to right-center -- the ball bounced into the Allegheny River -- in the fifth for a 4-0 Pittsburgh lead.

NOTES: LF Ryan Braun, out of the lineup since he left Sunday's game because of arm soreness and tightness in his right trapezius, was sent back to Milwaukee to have an MRI and consult with team doctors. He is expected back in Pittsburgh on Saturday. ... Pittsburgh INF David Freese and INF Adam Frazier, both on the DL because of hamstring trouble, did infield agility drills and ran in the outfield. Manager Clint Hurdle said Frazier will begin a minor league rehabilitation stint soon, and Freese is "coming along fine." ... C Francisco Cervelli started for the second game in a row, but No. 3 C Elias Diaz remained on the Pirates roster in case Cervelli had recurring trouble with a sore right foot. ... The Milwaukee game rained out Wednesday at St. Louis will be made up with a split double-header June 13. ... Hundreds of personal effects from the family of late Pirates Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente will be auctioned during the All-Star FanFest, July 11 in Miami.