The Pirates won in walk-off fashion for the 2nd straight game to complete the sweep of the Brewers

In 2022, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ two opponent sweepstakes were cut from the same cloth.

They stole three games on the road against the NL West-leading LA Dodgers in late May/early June. Since then, the Dodgers have built their division lead to 11 1/2 games over second-place San Diego.

This week it was the turn of the NL Central leader Milwaukee Brewers to run into the Pirates.

The Pirates (43-62) allowed Bryan Reynolds to score in 10 innings Thursday at PNC Park. Reynolds led off the bottom of the 10th with a groundout that brought home Tucupita Marcano, tied at 4-4.

“The irony of baseball,” Pirates infielder Michael Chavis said when Busch’s pitch went between the legs of catcher Victor Caratini. “On any given day, anybody can win a ballgame and it can be anybody. I think that’s one of the great things about baseball.

The Pirates went from one to three hitters, Marcano, Reynolds and Ben Gamel each had two hits, with Marcano and Gamel delivering key RBI singles in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the score at 3-3.

Hunter Renfro hit a two-run homer to right field to give the Brewers a 3-1 lead in the top of the fifth after 4 1/3 innings.

Thompson allowed a home run to Victor Carattini in the second inning, a solo shot off Clement Tower.

The key play of the game would come in the top of the ninth. Pirates reliever Colin Holderman, who pitched the eighth and ninth innings, loaded the bases with one out.

The Brewers’ Tyrone Taylor hit a sharp grounder down the third-base line, but Ke’Bryan Hayes turned it into an inning-ending, run-saving double play.

“(Taylor) is a guy who pulls the ball a lot, so just being excited about that … I took an extra step to the line, and luckily I was able to stop it,” Hayes said.

The Pirates’ bullpen pitched 5 2/3 innings Thursday. Eric Stout pitched 1 2/3 innings in relief of Thompson and Yohan Ramirez, making his Pirates debut, scored in the seventh, striking out two and removing Milwaukee’s Jonathan Davis in the first inning.

“I thought our bullpen did a great job,” manager Derek Shelton said. “The fact that guys were penalized (Wednesday), the fact that they took the ball … it goes back to (Will) Crowe last night, they went in and went one-plus (innings) again. They have done a great job on this good club series.

After the Pirates came up empty in the bottom of the ninth, Duane Underwood Jr. was tasked with pitching the 10th.

Tyrone Taylor started the inning at second base. With two outs, Underwood Jr. He issued back-to-back walks to Rowdy Tellez and Andrew McCutchen — Tellez’s was intentional — to load the bases for Colton Wong.

Then Underwood Jr. It scored Wong and scored Taylor to give the Brewers a 4-3 lead.

Despite his less than stellar performance, Underwood Jr. (1-3) He got the victory.

“(It’s) a team win for us to come down and keep fighting back,” Shelton said. “A lot of people played a big role. “It’s good to come out of the last day and play well for three days.”

The Pirates now head to Baltimore for a three-game series against the Orioles, which begins a 10-game road series.

“Every time we go on the road for this long stretch of road, we have to build off of this series,” Hayes said. “Keep going on the offensive end, keep getting guys (up and) find ways to get guys and then play good defense.”