Brewers shell Pirates in 6th

Associated Press

PITTSBURGH

Travis Shaw, Mike Moustakas and Erik Kratz homered during a six-run sixth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for a 7-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night and gained ground in the NL Central race.

The Brewers drew within 11/2 games of the division-leading Chicago Cubs, who lost 10-4 to the crosstown White Sox. Milwaukee leads the NL wild-card standings by three games over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Shaw’s two-run home run, his 30th, followed Jesus Aguilar’s RBI double and put the Brewers ahead 4-3.

Keon Broxton added a solo homer in the eighth for the Brewers.

Corbin Burnes (6-0) pitched a scoreless fifth. Edgar Santana (3-4) allowed three runs in the sixth and failed to retire any of the three batters he faced.

The Pirates’ Corey Dickerson hit a two-run homer in the fourth — his 12th of the season but first since July 22 — and tripled.

Josh Bell’s homer gave Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead in the first and Braun tied it with an RBI single in the fourth.

Chacin allowed three runs in four innings while remaining winless in six starts against Pittsburgh this season, and Ivan Nova gave up one run in 41/3 innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Pirates: C Francisco Cervelli (gastrointestinal illness) and RHP Edgar Santana (right forearm/elbow discomfort) both left in the sixth.

UP NEXT

Brewers: RHP Zach Davies (2-6, 4.66 ERA) pitches tonight.

Pirates: Williams (13-9, 3.16) has allowed just eight runs over 652/3 innings in his last 11 starts.