Yovanni Gallardo was sharp in six innings and the Milwaukee Brewers scored nine runs in the eighth inning of Monday’s 17-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Greg Zaun went 4-for-4 with five RBIs and Casey McGehee belted a grand slam in the Brewers’ second dominating performance against the Pirates in less than week.
The Brewers recorded a 20-0 victory last Thursday.
Gallardo (2-2) allowed two unearned runs with four strikeouts and chipped in at the plate with a three RBIs.
Zaun hit a two-run double, Alcides Escobar added a two-run homer, Prince Fielder had an RBI single and McGehee cleared the bases in the eighth with his grand slam for the 17-2 lead.
The Brewers broke through with a pair of runs in the second inning when Gallardo helped his own cause by belting a two-run double off Pittsburgh starter Zach Duke (2-2) for a 2-0 lead.
Andrew McCutchen drove in a pair of fourth-inning runs for the Pirates to cut the lead to 7-2.
Pittsburgh | Milwaukee | |
Zach Duke | Player | Yovani Gallardo |
Loss | W/L | Win |
4.0 | IP | 6.0 |
4 | Strikeouts | 4 |
9 | Hits | 5 |
18.00 | ERA | 0.00 |
Pittsburgh | Milwaukee | |
Andy LaRoche | Player | Gregg Zaun |
2 | Hits | 4 |
0 | RBI | 5 |
0 | HR | 0 |
3 | TB | 6 |
.400 | Avg | 1.000 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Pittsburgh | 8 | 0 | 10 | .222 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Milwaukee | 17 | 2 | 26 | .415 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 |