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Ortiz pitches seven strong innings as Pirates cool off NL Central champion Brewers 2-1

PITTSBURGH (AP) Liover Peguero slashed a two-run double, Luis Ortiz pitched seven strong innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Wednesday night.

Ortiz (7-6) allowed one run on four hits with a walk and five strikeouts in seven innings. His only mistake was a second-inning pitch to Jake Bauers that Milwaukee's designated hitter sent to the seats in right-center for his 12th homer of the season.

Peguero led all Pirates minor leaguers this season in hits, RBIs and doubles before being called up on Tuesday after Pittsburgh s urprisingly released first baseman Rowdy Tellez. The shortstop laced a ball to the notch in left-center against Freddy Peralta (11-9) in the fifth that drove in Yasmani Grandal and Nick Yorke, both of whom reached base after working full-count walks.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa had the other two hits for Pittsburgh, a clean single in the fourth and an infield hit in the eighth. Aroldis Chapman recorded his 12th save after left fielder Bryan Reynolds threw out Willy Adames with two outs in the ninth when Adames tried to stretch a single into a double.

Ortiz, who began the season as a long reliever, has put together a compelling case that he deserves to stay in the rotation in 2025, a rotation that will include rookie sensation Paul Skenes. The right-hander only retired the Brewers in order twice in seven innings, but avoided any real trouble after Bauers' blast.

Rhys Hoskins, William Contreras and Sal Frelick all singled for the NL Central champion Brewers, who are readying for their sixth playoff appearance in the last seven years.

Peralta has been among the major reasons why Milwaukee is heading back to the postseason. The 28-year-old right-hander has been a fixture near the top of the Brewers' rotation all season. He was in October form for most of the night against Pittsburgh. Peralta retired the first nine batters he faced before Kiner-Falefa singled leading off the fourth.

The only other hit Peralta surrendered was Pegeuro's double on a full-count fastball down the middle. Peralta allowed two runs on two hits with two walks and seven strikeouts. He was lifted after fanning Reynolds leading off the sixth to reach 200 strikeouts for the second straight season.

UP NEXT

The series wraps up on Thursday in Pittsburgh's home finale. Aaron Civale (7-9, 4.53 ERA) starts for Milwaukee. Mitch Keller (11-11, 4.21) will make his final start of the season for the Pirates.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brewers MIL90-68	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Pirates PIT74-84	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	2	3	0

PNC ParkPittsburgh, PA

W: L. Ortiz (7-6)L: F. Peralta (11-9)S: A. Chapman (12)
HR: MIL - J. Bauers (12)

MILBrewers

PITPirates

.L. OrtizLuis Ortiz
P
7.0 IP, ER, BB, 5 SO, 92 P
.A. ChapmanAroldis Chapman
P
1.0 IP, SO, 17 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
B. Turang 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.251	.313	.346	.659	3.0
J. Chourio LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.272	.326	.465	.791	-0.5
W. Contreras C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.283	.365	.470	.835	3.0
G. Mitchell CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.257	.341	.476	.817	-1.0
B. Perkins PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.241	.315	.332	.648	-0.5
W. Adames SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.252	.332	.468	.800	1.0
J. Bauers DH	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	.197	.299	.363	.662	6.0
R. Hoskins 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.214	.304	.415	.718	0.5
S. Frelick RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.260	.321	.334	.655	1.0
J. Ortiz 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.237	.328	.393	.721	-0.5

HITTERS	AB
B. Turang 2B	3
J. Chourio LF	4
W. Contreras C	4
G. Mitchell CF	3
B. Perkins PH	1
W. Adames SS	4
J. Bauers DH	3
R. Hoskins 1B	3
S. Frelick RF	3
J. Ortiz 3B	3

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
I. Kiner-Falefa 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.272	.314	.382	.697	4.0
B. Reynolds LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.274	.341	.440	.781	-1.0
O. Cruz CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.265	.327	.459	.786	0.0
A. McCutchen DH	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	.236	.333	.418	.752	-1.5
N. Gonzales 2B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.267	.304	.380	.683	-1.0
J. Triolo 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.219	.302	.313	.615	-1.0
Y. Grandal C	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.218	.297	.379	.676	2.0
N. Yorke RF	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	.259	.300	.370	.670	1.0
B. Cook RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.395	.605	0.0
L. Peguero SS	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	4.0

HITTERS	AB
I. Kiner-Falefa 3B	4
B. Reynolds LF	4
O. Cruz CF	3
A. McCutchen DH	3
N. Gonzales 2B	3
J. Triolo 1B	3
Y. Grandal C	2
N. Yorke RF	2
B. Cook RF	0
L. Peguero SS	3

HR - J. Bauers (12)
RBI - J. Bauers (43)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - G. Mitchell, J. Bauers

2B - L. Peguero
RBI - L. Peguero 2 (2)
2-Out RBI - L. Peguero 2 (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - I. Kiner-Falefa, A. McCutchen

SB - B. Turang (47), W. Contreras (8)

SB - I. Kiner-Falefa (10)

Outfield Assist - B. Reynolds

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
F. Peralta (L, 11-9)	5.1	2	2	2	2	7	3.68	1.21	8.5
A. Ashby	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	2.96	1.10	6.5
D. Hall	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	5.27	1.63	2.5

PITCHERS	IP
F. Peralta (L, 11-9)	5.1
A. Ashby	1.2
D. Hall	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
L. Ortiz (W, 7-6)	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	3.32	1.11	27.5
D. Santana (H, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.13	1.13	3.0
A. Chapman (S, 12)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.90	1.38	9.5

PITCHERS	IP
L. Ortiz (W, 7-6)	7.0
D. Santana (H, 7)	1.0
A. Chapman (S, 12)	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - F. Peralta 96-60, A. Ashby 25-16, D. Hall 19-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - F. Peralta 6-1, A. Ashby 2-0, D. Hall 3-0
Batters Faced - F. Peralta 20, A. Ashby 5, D. Hall 4

Pitches-Strikes - L. Ortiz 92-59, D. Santana 5-5, A. Chapman 17-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - L. Ortiz 9-7, D. Santana 2-1, A. Chapman 2-0
Batters Faced - L. Ortiz 26, D. Santana 3, A. Chapman 3

.L. OrtizLuis Ortiz
P
7.0 IP, ER, BB, 5 SO, 92 P
.A. ChapmanAroldis Chapman
P
1.0 IP, SO, 17 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brewers MIL90-68	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Pirates PIT74-84	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	2	3	0

PNC ParkPittsburgh, PA

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
B. Turang 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.251	.313	.346	.659	3.0
J. Chourio LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.272	.326	.465	.791	-0.5
W. Contreras C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.283	.365	.470	.835	3.0
G. Mitchell CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.257	.341	.476	.817	-1.0
B. Perkins PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.241	.315	.332	.648	-0.5
W. Adames SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.252	.332	.468	.800	1.0
J. Bauers DH	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	.197	.299	.363	.662	6.0
R. Hoskins 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.214	.304	.415	.718	0.5
S. Frelick RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.260	.321	.334	.655	1.0
J. Ortiz 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.237	.328	.393	.721	-0.5
Total	31	1	5	1	1	1	6	9	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
B. Turang 2B	3
J. Chourio LF	4
W. Contreras C	4
G. Mitchell CF	3
B. Perkins PH	1
W. Adames SS	4
J. Bauers DH	3
R. Hoskins 1B	3
S. Frelick RF	3
J. Ortiz 3B	3
Total	31

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
I. Kiner-Falefa 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.272	.314	.382	.697	4.0
B. Reynolds LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.274	.341	.440	.781	-1.0
O. Cruz CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.265	.327	.459	.786	0.0
A. McCutchen DH	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	.236	.333	.418	.752	-1.5
N. Gonzales 2B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.267	.304	.380	.683	-1.0
J. Triolo 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.219	.302	.313	.615	-1.0
Y. Grandal C	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.218	.297	.379	.676	2.0
N. Yorke RF	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	.259	.300	.370	.670	1.0
B. Cook RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.395	.605	0.0
L. Peguero SS	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	4.0
Total	27	2	3	2	2	11	5	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
I. Kiner-Falefa 3B	4
B. Reynolds LF	4
O. Cruz CF	3
A. McCutchen DH	3
N. Gonzales 2B	3
J. Triolo 1B	3
Y. Grandal C	2
N. Yorke RF	2
B. Cook RF	0
L. Peguero SS	3
Total	27

HR - J. Bauers (12)
RBI - J. Bauers (43)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - G. Mitchell, J. Bauers

2B - L. Peguero
RBI - L. Peguero 2 (2)
2-Out RBI - L. Peguero 2 (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - I. Kiner-Falefa, A. McCutchen

SB - B. Turang (47), W. Contreras (8)

SB - I. Kiner-Falefa (10)

Outfield Assist - B. Reynolds

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
F. Peralta (L, 11-9)	5.1	2	2	2	2	7	3.68	1.21	8.5
A. Ashby	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	2.96	1.10	6.5
D. Hall	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	5.27	1.63	2.5
Total	8.0	3	2	2	2	11	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
F. Peralta (L, 11-9)	5.1
A. Ashby	1.2
D. Hall	1.0
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
L. Ortiz (W, 7-6)	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	3.32	1.11	27.5
D. Santana (H, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.13	1.13	3.0
A. Chapman (S, 12)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.90	1.38	9.5
Total	9.0	5	1	1	1	6	1	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
L. Ortiz (W, 7-6)	7.0
D. Santana (H, 7)	1.0
A. Chapman (S, 12)	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - F. Peralta 96-60, A. Ashby 25-16, D. Hall 19-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - F. Peralta 6-1, A. Ashby 2-0, D. Hall 3-0
Batters Faced - F. Peralta 20, A. Ashby 5, D. Hall 4

Pitches-Strikes - L. Ortiz 92-59, D. Santana 5-5, A. Chapman 17-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - L. Ortiz 9-7, D. Santana 2-1, A. Chapman 2-0
Batters Faced - L. Ortiz 26, D. Santana 3, A. Chapman 3

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

2ND INNING
J. Bauers homered to right 1 0
5TH INNING
Peguero doubled to left center, N. Yorke and Y. Grandal scored 1 2

2ND INNING
	J. Bauers homered to right	1	0

5TH INNING
	Peguero doubled to left center, N. Yorke and Y. Grandal scored	1	2

1ST INNING
Brewers
L. Ortiz Pitching:
B. Turang: Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Turang walked
J. Chourio: Foul, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Strike swinging, Chourio struck out swinging, Turang stole second
W. Contreras: Ball, Ball, Contreras grounded out to first, Turang to third
G. Mitchell: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Mitchell struck out looking
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Pirates
F. Peralta Pitching:
I. Kiner-Falefa: Strike looking, Foul, Kiner-Falefa grounded out to shortstop
B. Reynolds: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Reynolds lined out to left
O. Cruz: Strike looking, Cruz grounded out to shortstop
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Brewers
L. Ortiz Pitching:
W. Adames: Strike looking, Adames grounded out to third
J. Bauers: J. Bauers homered to right
R. Hoskins: Hoskins grounded out to third
S. Frelick: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Frelick flied out to left
Middle of the 2nd (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Pirates
F. Peralta Pitching:
N. Gonzales: Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Gonzales struck out swinging
J. Triolo: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Triolo struck out swinging
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Brewers
L. Ortiz Pitching:
J. Ortiz: Ball, Ortiz grounded out to third
B. Turang: Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Turang flied out to deep center
J. Chourio: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Chourio flied out to deep left
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Pirates
F. Peralta Pitching:
Y. Grandal: Grandal grounded out to second
N. Yorke: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Yorke struck out swinging
L. Peguero: Ball, Ball, Peguero lined out to right
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Brewers
L. Ortiz Pitching:
W. Contreras: Contreras reached on an infield single to second
G. Mitchell: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Mitchell struck out swinging
W. Adames: Strike looking, Contreras stole second, Ball, Adames grounded out to first, Contreras to third
J. Bauers: Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Bauers grounded out to first, Nunez to third on catcher Perez throwing error
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Pirates
F. Peralta Pitching:
I. Kiner-Falefa: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Kiner-Falefa singled to right
B. Reynolds: Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Strike swinging, Reynolds struck out swinging, Kiner-Falefa stole second, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Cruz grounded out to first, Kiner-Falefa to third
A. McCutchen: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, McCutchen struck out swinging
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Brewers
L. Ortiz Pitching:
R. Hoskins: Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Hoskins struck out swinging
S. Frelick: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Frelick singled to left
J. Ortiz: Strike looking, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Strike looking, Ortiz struck out looking
B. Turang: Foul, Turang grounded out to first
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Pirates
F. Peralta Pitching:
N. Gonzales: Strike swinging, Strike looking, Gonzales grounded out to first
J. Triolo: Ball, Triolo flied out to deep left
Y. Grandal: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Grandal walked, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Yorke walked, Grandal to second
L. Peguero: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Peguero doubled to left center, N. Yorke and Y. Grandal scored
I. Kiner-Falefa: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Kiner-Falefa grounded out to second
End of the 5th (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Brewers
L. Ortiz Pitching:
J. Chourio: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Chourio grounded out to second
W. Contreras: Contreras flied out to deep right
G. Mitchell: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Mitchell lined out to shortstop
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Pirates
F. Peralta Pitching:
B. Reynolds: Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Reynolds struck out swinging
Aaron Ashby relieved Freddy Peralta
O. Cruz: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Cruz grounded out to second
A. McCutchen: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, McCutchen struck out swinging
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Brewers
L. Ortiz Pitching:
W. Adames: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Adames flied out to deep center
J. Bauers: Ball, Foul, Bauers fouled out to third
R. Hoskins: Ball, Hoskins singled to left
S. Frelick: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Frelick flied out to center
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Pirates
A. Ashby Pitching:
N. Gonzales: Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Gonzales struck out swinging
J. Triolo: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Triolo struck out looking
Y. Grandal: Ball, Grandal grounded out to third
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Brewers
Dennis Santana relieved Luis Ortiz
J. Ortiz: Ortiz grounded out to third
B. Turang: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Turang flied out to deep right
J. Chourio: Chourio grounded out to third
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Pirates
D. Hall Pitching:
I. Kiner-Falefa: Kiner-Falefa reached on an infield single to shortstop
B. Reynolds: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Reynolds reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Kiner-Falefa out at second
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Brewers
Billy Cook in right field
Aroldis Chapman relieved Dennis Santana
W. Contreras: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Contreras grounded out to third, Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Adames struck out swinging
W. Adames: Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Adames singled to left, Adames out at second
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)