Chourio homers as Brewers top Pirates 4‑2

MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — Jackson Chourio homered and drove in two runs, and Logan Henderson pitched six innings to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night at American Family Field.

Henderson (6-1) allowed two runs on four hits with eight strikeouts. Trevor Megill worked a scoreless ninth for his 19th save. Jared Jones (2-3) took the loss, surrendering three runs over four innings.

Pittsburgh struck first with single runs in the third and fifth, but Milwaukee answered in the third, then took control with two runs in the fourth on Chourio’s run-scoring single. Luis Lara added an RBI single in the fifth to extend the lead.

The Brewers improved to 70-43, while the Pirates fell to 57-58. Attendance was 30,014, and the game lasted 2:26.