Brewers run win streak to 10 with 7-2 victory over Pirates

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Adrian Houser scattered four hits over 6 2/3 innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers extended their win streak to 10 games with a 7-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.

Houser (5-5), allowed one run, struck out five and walked two in his longest outing since last August. While he wasn't particularly efficient — allowing at least one baserunner every inning but the sixth — Houser had little trouble keeping the slumping Pirates at bay.

Willy Adames had three hits for the Brewers, and his 13th home run of the season in the first inning off JT Brubaker (4-8) gave Milwaukee a lead it never came close to relinquishing.

Jace Peterson and Jackie Bradley Jr. also hit solo shots off Brubaker in the third. Tyrone Taylor's two-run triple in the sixth gave the NL Central leaders a four-run cushion.

The Brewers' current 10-game run matches the franchise's longest regular-season winning streak since 2003. Milwaukee won 12 straight in 2018, but four of those victories came in the playoffs.

This group appears to be heading in that direction.

The Brewers improved to a season-best 17 games over .500 at 50-33. They are a major league-best 29-10 since May 22.

The Pirates, meanwhile, are heading in the opposite direction. Pittsburgh has dropped five straight, scoring all of six runs in the process.

Bryan Reynolds went 2 for 4 with his team-high 15th homer, but the rebuilding Pirates are on pace for a 104-loss season.

Brubaker has been the team's best starter over the first half, but hasn't won in over a month. He's not exactly getting lit up — he entered the night with a respectable 4.03 ERA during a winless June — but the Pirates simply aren't scoring any runs when he's on the mound. Pittsburgh has scored more than three runs just twice in Brubaker's last...

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