PITTSBURGH – Craig Wilson hit his club-record sixth pinch-hit homer of the season with two outs in the ninth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 to split their doubleheader Monday.
In the first game, Tyler Houston’s two-run single keyed a five-run first inning and the Brewers, despite threatening to waste another big lead in Pittsburgh, won 12-7 for their first victory at PNC Park. Wilson’s drive was his 10th homer as a rookie and came off Chris Fox (3-2), who had easily gotten the first two batters in the ninth. Mike Fetters (3-1) got the victory despite blowing a 2-1 lead in the top of the ninth.
Ten of Wilson’s 29 hits are homers.
Pirates left-hander Jimmy Anderson was in position to end a seven-game losing streak as the Pirates took a 2-1 lead into the ninth, but Fetters couldn’t hold it as the Brewers tied it on Jose Hernandez’s one-out RBI single following Richie Sexson’s leadoff walk.
The Brewers went on to load the bases with two outs, but Fetters got Lou Collier to bounce out. Collier had driven in Milwaukee’s only run against Anderson in seven innings with a double in the fifth.
