McCutchen homers again as Pirates beat Brewers 6-4
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Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run shot for his fourth homer in the last three games and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 on Saturday night.
Casey McGehee also went deep and Kevin Correia pitched six effective innings as the Pirates remained tied with the Cincinnati Reds for the NL Central lead. Correia (6-6) allowed four runs, two earned, and four hits while improving to 4-0 with a 3.81 ERA in his last five starts.
McCutchen hit his 20th homer in the third and also made a nice sliding catch on a sinking line drive by Martin Maldonaldo with two runners on to end the eighth. The All-Star center fielder is batting .447 with 10 homers and 30 RBIs in his last 28 games, and leads the majors with a .366 batting average.
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Pittsburgh pushed across two runs in the seventh to take a 5-4 lead, making the most of two errors and a passed ball by the sloppy Brewers.
Clint Barmes led off with a single and moved to second when the ball went under the glove of left fielder Ryan Braun. Pinch-hitter Josh Harrison then reached when reliever Kameron Loe (4-3) picked up his sacrifice and threw the ball away, allowing Barmes to score.
Harrison went all the way to third on Neil Walker's single and scored on Maldonado's passed ball.
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McGehee started the eighth with a drive off Tyler Thornburg for his seventh homer. McGehee finished with three hits.
Joel Hanrahan pitched the ninth for his 24th save.