Brewers Pound Five HRs In Victory Against Pittsburgh

The Milwaukee Brewers hit five homers in a 7-6 home victory against Pittsburgh on Wednesday. The Pirates blew a 4-0 lead, and Manny Pina hit a game winning two run shot in the eighth inning to put Milwaukee in sole possession of second place in the National League Central, one game ahead of Saint Louis and one and a half behind the first place Chicago Cubs. Keon Broxton homered twice — Travis Shaw and Neil Walker also went yard — and Anthony Swarzak won his first decision of the year in relief while Corey Knebel picked up his 24th save. Josh Bell went three for four with a triple, two R-B-Is, and one run scored — and reliever Juan Nicasio fell to 1-5 with the loss as the Pirates outhit the Crew 11-8 but were swept in their two game series at Miller Park as Milwaukee has now won four straight. The Brewers are off today (Thursday), and will open a series at Colorado tomorrow (Friday) night.