Ryan Doumit hit a grand slam as part of a five-run ninth inning during Tuesday’s 7-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.
The win snapped the Pirates’ 22-game losing streak against Milwaukee at Miller Park and also broke their current seven-game losing streak.
Milwaukee closer Trevor Hoffman relieved starter Randy Wolf in the ninth inning and Ronny Cedeno promptly greeted him with a home run to tie it at 3-3. Five batters later, Doumit belted his game-winning slam off Hoffman (1-2).
Pittsburgh reliever Brendan Donnelly (2-0) picked up the win by retiring one batter in the eighth.
The Pirates took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on Akinori Iwamura’s sacrifice fly that plated Doumit. Jeff Clement belted a solo homer in the fourth inning to make it 2-1.
Brewers catcher George Kottaras led off the seventh inning with a homer to right field and Prince Fielder homered in the eighth to put the Brewers ahead, 3-2.
Pittsburgh | Milwaukee | |
Jeff Karstens | Player | Randy Wolf |
No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
6.2 | IP | 8.0 |
4 | Strikeouts | 4 |
6 | Hits | 10 |
2.70 | ERA | 2.25 |
Pittsburgh | Milwaukee | |
Andy LaRoche | Player | Randy Wolf |
4 | Hits | 2 |
0 | RBI | 0 |
0 | HR | 0 |
4 | TB | 3 |
.800 | Avg | .667 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Pittsburgh | 14 | 3 | 26 | .359 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Milwaukee | 8 | 2 | 17 | .235 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |