MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — Dustin May pitched six innings of three-hit ball and Gary Sánchez homered as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Thursday afternoon at American Family Field.

May (6-7) allowed two earned runs and struck out five for Milwaukee, which improved to 72-43. Chad Patrick earned his fifth save with a scoreless inning. Braxton Ashcraft (11-5) took the loss, giving up four runs and striking out five in five innings; Pittsburgh fell to 57-60.

Milwaukee scored once in the first, once in the third, twice in the fifth and once in the sixth. Pittsburgh scored twice in the fourth on Spencer Horwitz’s RBI single. The Brewers outhit the Pirates 7-6.

Sánchez went 2 for 3 with a homer and an RBI. Jackson Chourio also homered, Cooper Pratt had a sacrifice fly, and Brice Turang and Andrew Vaughn each drove in a run. Kirby Yates and Camilo Doval threw scoreless relief innings for Pittsburgh. DL Hall and Aaron Ashby added scoreless relief for Milwaukee.

Attendance was 38,145. The game lasted 2 hours, 27 minutes. Milwaukee has won three straight in the series.