Brewers shut out reeling Pirates
PITTSBURGH -- Seven Milwaukee pitchers combined to shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates, holding them to seven hits in a 1-0 Brewers victory Friday at PNC Park.
Junior Guerra, Jacob Barnes, Blaine Boyer (2-3), Jhan Marinez, Carlos Torres, Corey Knebel and Tyler Thornburg led Milwaukee to its second win in a row following a six-game losing streak.
Pittsburgh has lost four in a row and was shut out for the second time in three games.
Guerra, who came off of the disabled list (right elbow) to start the game, pitched 3 1/3 innings. He gave up five hits, walked two and struck out three.
He handed over the reins in the fourth to Jacob Barnes with two on and one out. Barnes cleaned up with successive outs to end the inning.
Thornburg pitched the ninth for his seventh save.
Rookie right-hander Jameson Taillon (3-4) pitched six innings for Pittsburgh. He got pulled despite giving up one run and three hits, with no walks and four strikeouts. He threw 76 pitches, did not leave for a pinch-hitter and was due up in the seventh.
Milwaukee, which had only three hits, scored in the sixth. Martin Maldonado led off and was hit by a Taillon pitch. He moved to second on a grounder, to third on a fly ball and scored on Scooter Gennett's double to deep center.
The Brewers left the bases loaded in the ninth, when Juan Nicasio got Maldonado ground out.
Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen had three hits, all coming with two outs.
NOTES: Milwaukee reinstated RHP Junior Guerra (right elbow) from the disabled list. Guerra started against Pittsburgh. ... The Brewers also activated RHP Jacob Barnes (right elbow) from the DL. ... Milwaukee recalled RHP Ben Rowen from Triple-A Colorado Springs. ... Pittsburgh C Chris Stewart (left knee discomfort) was reinstated from the DL and recalled from a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona. ... With September call-ups, the Pirates increased the number of players on their active roster to 30. Pittsburgh recalled RHP Jameson Taillon, INF Adam Frazier and LHP Steven Brault from rookie-level Bristol (procedural moves) and INF Jason Rogers from Triple-A Indianapolis. Taillon started against the Brewers.