Red-hot Brewers pull away from the Pirates

The Milwaukee Brewers secured a decisive 14-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, achieving their 11th consecutive win, the second-longest streak in franchise history. Sal Frelick and Brice Turang each hit home runs, contributing to a powerful offensive display that included additional homers from Christian Yelich and Andrew Vaughn. Freddy Peralta pitched six innings, allowing only three hits and striking out four, improving his record to 14-5. With this win, Milwaukee enhances its NL Central lead to 7. 5 games, the largest in Major League Baseball.

The Pirates, who have struggled throughout the season, saw Paul Skenes suffer his first loss since July 11 after allowing four runs in four innings. The Brewers have hit a major league-high 23 homers in August, with Turang contributing six homers this month alone. A key moment for the Pirates came when Andrew McCutchen grounded into a double play, squandering a potential scoring opportunity. Brandon Woodruff is set to start for the Brewers in the series finale against Mitch Keller of the Pirates.