Brewers fall short, lose 7-4 despite late rally

The Brewers dropped the third game of the series against the Pirates on Saturday afternoon, losing 7-4 as Aaron Ashby struggled in his return from the injured list.

The Brewers picked up right where they left off on Friday after winning 19-2, as Christian Yelich was hit by a pitch before Rowdy Tellez moved him over with a groundout. Batting with two outs, Andrew McCutchen hustled for an infield single and Kolten Wong then drove Yelich in to give the Crew a 1-0 lead.

After a strong first two innings from Ashby where he struck out four Pirate hitters, he ran into trouble in the bottom of the third, giving up two singles and a two-run homer to Michael Chavis for a 3-1 Pirates lead. Ashby then…