Things look bleak for the Milwaukee Brewers after the top of the third inning. Pittsburgh led 4-0 with their ace Gerrit Cole on the mound. It appeared like Milwaukee’s winning streak would end at three, and Brewers still would head on their nine-game three-city road trip on a high-ish note. Instead, Milwaukee used their power bats to slug five home runs and come back on four different occasions. Not trying to overstate it, but this was one of Milwaukee’s biggest wins of the year to date. Brewers get a day off before heading off to Denver for a major three game series.

Player of the Game: Manny Pina – The Pineapple man himself. Pina hit a go-ahead two run home run in the eighth inning to put Milwaukee ahead in that inning and for the game. Pina continues to be a bright star for this team in 2017. He’s continually found ways to be clutch and has so many big moments throughout his 2017 season. This is just another moment.

The longball came out to play – This game was a fun look at baseball in 2017. Everything is about the home run these days, and Pirates haven’t got on board with that entirely. Brewers do and did it in a major way with five of them in nine innings. Keon Broxton goes deep twice who appears to be back in fine form. Travis Shaw, Pina and Neil Walker all go yard as well. These are good vibes heading into Coors Field.

Something to keep an eye on – Jimmy Nelson: I don’t know if Jimmy Nelson came down to earth in the last couple starts or he’s been BABIP’d to death. I’m leaning towards the latter because many of Pittsburgh’s hits today were not rockets off the wall. I have a feeling Nelson gets a good bounceback start in San Francisco next week.

Next up: Brewers head to West Coast and Coors on Friday night. Colorado put up 17 runs on Wednesday night. This is an intimidating spot for Brandon Woodruff making only his third start. German Marquez goes for Colorado which lines up nicely for Ryan Braun and Domingo Santana.

Charlie.