Milwaukee 10 at Pittsburgh 0 - Recap

PITTSBURGH -- Jonathan Villar hit his first career grand slam, Domingo Santana hit two homers and Chris Carter added a three-run shot as the Milwaukee Brewers completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 10-0 win Sunday at PNC Park.

Four Brewers pitchers combined for the shutout.

Villar's homer came as a pinch hitter in the sixth. He did not start for the second game in a row because of a sore left knee from a play late in Friday's game.

Milwaukee tied a season high with its fourth win in a row.

Pittsburgh, which has been shut out in three of its past five games, has lost six games in a row for the first time this season and sits 3 1/2 games behind St. Louis for the second National League wild-card spot. The Cardinals visit PNC Park for three games starting Monday.

Milwaukee starter Chase Anderson (8-11) pitched five innings, allowing five hits and striking out two while walking none. Milwaukee used seven pitchers Friday in a 1-0 win over Pittsburgh. The relievers Sunday were Tyler Cravy, Jacob Barnes and Ben Rowen.

Steven Brault (0-2), making his fourth major league start and his home debut with the Pirates, allowed one run on four hits through five innings, but he got his pitch count up to 84. That came after he threw 92 pitches in just four innings Monday, allowing three runs in loss to the Cubs.

The teams traded unassisted double plays in the first.

Keon Broxton led off the game for Milwaukee with a double. Orlando Arcia followed with a liner that second baseman Josh Harrison snagged and then dove to beat Broxton back to second.

Harrison then singled to lead off the bottom of the first, but first baseman Chris Carter snagged John Jaso's ensuing liner and stepped on first to double off Harrison.

There was no chance of doubling off Domingo Santana in the second. He homered to center to give Milwaukee a 1-0 lead.

Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell was ejected in the second inning for arguing an obstruction call on Pirates first baseman John Jaso after he and Brewers base runner Hernan Perez collided. The ruling wiped out a run.

In the sixth, the Brewers loaded the bases on Chris Carter's double, Santana's single and, two outs later, a walk to Jake Elmore. Villar followed with a homer to left to clear the bases and give Milwaukee a 5-0 lead.

The Brewers added five unearned runs in the ninth on Perez's bases-loaded fielder's choice to make it 6-0 and then back-to-back homers by Carter, his 32nd, and Santana to push it to 10-0. It was Santana's first career multi-homer game.

NOTES: With IF Jonathan Villar dealing with a sore knee, Milwaukee recalled IF Yadiel Rivera from Triple-A Colorado Springs. ... Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said RHP Neftali Feliz, who left Saturday's game with right arm discomfort, was "feeling better," but did not offer much more in the form of an update. ... 3B Jung Ho Kang, who has been on a rehab assignment because of a left shoulder injury, is tentatively scheduled to rejoin the Pirates on Monday. ... Pittsburgh RHP Gerrit Cole, who is on the DL because of right elbow inflammation, is scheduled for another bullpen session Tuesday. He is on track to start Sept. 12 at Philadelphia. ... Pirates 1B John Jaso started for the first time in eight days. The team had been going with rookie Josh Bell. ... Pittsburgh also gave 3B David Freese, SS Jordy Mercer and C Francisco Cervelli a day off from the starting lineup. Adam Frazier started at third, Sean Rodriguez at short and Chris Stewart -- in his first game back from a left knee injury -- at catcher. ... SS Orlando Arcia, who had a big game Saturday with a double, a triple and an RBI as well as strong plays defensively, moved from seventh to second in the Brewers' lineup. ... Milwaukee gave C Martin Maldonado, LF Ryan Braun and RF Kirk Nieuwenhuis a day off from the starting lineup. Manny Pina started at catcher, Jake Elmore in left and Domingo Santana in right.