PITTSBURGH — The Milwaukee Brewers will hope to avoid a four-game series sweep when they face the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon at PNC Park.
The Pirates (47-48) will attempt to extend their winning streak to five games and pull within three games of the National League Central-leading Brewers (52-45).
“I believed in the club when I don’t know how many other people believed in the club,” manager Clint Hurdle said of his Pirates. “We hadn’t played good baseball. We had better baseball in us. We had to get it out.”
Despite Milwaukee’s division lead shrinking to 1 1/2 games over the second-place Chicago Cubs, manager Craig Counsell remains confident.