Joey Ortiz, Brewers Power Past Pirates 9-3

Joey Ortiz led the Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates with his first career multi-homer game, driving in four runs and ending a 28-game home run drought. Caleb Durbin contributed a three-run homer, and together the duo drove in seven runs from the bottom of the lineup. Freddy Peralta (8-4) earned the win, allowing three runs—all on a sixth-inning home run by Nick Gonzales—while striking out eight. Pirates starter Andrew Heaney surrendered three homers and seven runs over four-plus innings. The Brewers have now won five of their last six games, scoring at least seven runs in each victory, and Ortiz's recent hot streak has significantly boosted his batting average and OPS. The series will conclude with a much-anticipated pitching matchup between rookies Paul Skenes and Jacob Misiorowski.