Brewers sink Pirates, 7-1

Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports Brewers fans might have tuned in to this contest with some trepidation about the Brewers’ offense. Three key players - Lorenzo Cain, Kolten Wong, and Christian Yelich - are on the IL after Yelich abruptly moved from “improving” to IL status. What is left of the active Crewmates opened the game with their best efforts to quiet such concerns.

The Brewers’ first inning contained a boatload of singles and five runs that all came on two outs. Jackie Bradley, Jr. started things off with a single to third base and then stole second. Keston Hiura grounded out. Travis Shaw hit a bullet of a line drive, but right at Erik Gonzalez for an out. Avisaíl García came to the…