MILWAUKEE, WI (WHBL) – Eric Thames homered twice as the Brewers held off a late Pirates rally in a 4-3 win at Miller Park on Sunday. Thames crushed a solo shot in the fourth for Milwaukee before tacking on a two-run bomb in the sixth.
Orlando Arcia started the scoring with a solo shot in the second. Gio Gonzalez worked three-and-a-third innings of relief for the win and Josh Hader notched his 35th save.
The Pirates scored three times in the eighth inning to make it a game, but the rally fell short. Trevor Williams took the loss for Pittsburgh with five frames of two-run ball.
The Brewers have Monday off before heading to Cincinnati for a three-game series beginning Tuesday night.
The Brewers are four games ahead of the Cubs for the NL’s final Wild Card.