Pirates Announce Oneil Cruz News After Leaving Brewers Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Pittsburgh Pirates appear poised to extend their playoff drought to a full decade, currently sitting in last place in the NL Central at 51–69 and in the midst of a three-game losing streak.

William Contreras drove in four runs, Christian Yelich drove in three and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-5 on Wednesday to extend their winning streak to 12 games. Milwaukee scored double-digit runs for the second straight game and the fourth time this month.

Christian Yelich, Andrew Vaughn and Caleb Durbin also went deep as major league-leading Milwaukee improved to 27-5 in its last 32 games. Freddy Peralta (14-5) pitched six innings of three-hit ball in his second straight win.