The Pittsburgh Pirates used power from two expected sources – and a completely unexpected one — to claim an 8-7 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Thursday night at PNC Park.
Light-hitting Michael Perez became the first Pirates catcher in the history of the franchise to hit three home runs in a game, and rookies Oneil Cruz and Jack Suwinski also went deep to help make a winner of Pirates starter JT Brubaker.
It was the second time in two days and the third time in 11 days that a Pirate had hit three homers in a game, as Bryan Reynolds did it Wednesday and Suwinski did it June 19.