Jacob Misiorowski shines to lead Brewers over Pirates

Rookie starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski was stellar through five innings for the Milwaukee Brewers in a 4-2 win in the rubber match of a three-game series against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.Misiorowski (3-0) struck out a career-high eight in his third major-league start and held Pittsburgh to just two hits, both singles. Reliever Trevor Megill threw a perfect ninth for the save.Milwaukee has won six of its past seven games.Starter Paul Skenes (4-7) allowed four runs on four hits and fanned four in four innings for the Pirates, who have lost four of six.The Brewers went through all nine batters as they built a 4-0 lead in the second inning. After Isaac Collins drew a leadoff walk, Brice Turang and Caleb Durbin each followed with a single to center field to load the bases with nobody out.Collins then scored on Joey Ortiz’s groundout along the first-base line to give Milwaukee a 1-0 lead, and Eric Haase doubled to bring in Turang to make it 2-0.Sal Frelick connected on a splitter that went to Pirates second baseman Nick Gonzales, but an overthrow to catcher Henry Davis at the plate allowed Durbin to come around and push it to 3-0. Christian Yelich increased the lead to four runs with a single to left field that brought in Haase.

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