PITTSBURGH -- Brewers closer Corey Knebel picked a bad night to have a bad night.
With the Rockies and Cubs' losses already on the out-of-town scoreboard, Knebel's eighth-inning error snapped his streak of 21 straight saves, and his leadoff walk in the ninth extended the inning for Adam Frazier's two-out two-run walk-off home run in a 6-4 Pirates win over the Brewers at PNC Park on Wednesday night.
Frazier's first career walk-off homer denied the Brewers a three-game sweep and much more. Instead of pulling even with Colorado in the race for the second National League Wild Card and gaining a game on NL Central-leading Chicago, the Brewers remained one game back of the Rockies and 3 1/2 games behind the Cubs ahead of the clubs' four-game showdown at Miller Park beginning Thursday night.