8/26 Recap | Brewers 7 Pirates 0

Erik Bedard had an awful start for the Pirates this afternoon. He pitched 4.2 innings and allowed six runs. His ERA is now in the fives and it was his fourteenth loss of the season. Kevin Correia relived Bedard and threw 2.1 innings, while allowing one run. Hisanori Takahashi pitched the eighth, making his Pirates debut, and had a perfect inning. Chris Resop threw a scoreless ninth.

The offense had a chance to put runs on the board in the early innings, on multiple occasions. There wasn't much help and at all from the first five batters, who combined to go 1-19, with seven strikeouts. Andrew McCutchen's batting average has dropped to .343, which is second in the league, and the first time in months he isn't leading the league in batting average.

The Pirates stay in Pittsburgh and open up a do-or-die three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals starting tomorrow night.