Johan Oviedo pitched seven innings of two-hit, shutout baseball, and Connor Joe, Endy Rodriguez and Bryan Reynolds each homered to power the Pittsburgh Pirates to a split in their four-game road series against the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1 on Sunday.
Oviedo was dominant, allowing hits only to William Contreras with a single in the first and a double in the sixth.
He was gunned down when center fielder Jack Suwinski's relay throw to Liover Puegero, and the infielder's throw to third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes came in ahead of Contreras' head-first slide. Milwaukee never threatened again. Pittsburgh doubled its lead and made hope of a Milwaukee rally more difficult in the eighth when Reynolds -- pinch-hitting for Jared Triolo -- crushed a pitch from J.C. Meija to also bring home Rodriguez. Rodriguez led off the inning with a single, part of his 3-for-4 day at the plate.
Four of Pittsburgh's six hits came off Milwaukee starter Brandon Woodruff , who struck out nine in five innings but took the loss.
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