MIL at PIT — 2026-07-11 | The Game Network

MIL 6 — 7 PIT

Final — 2026-07-11

MVP: Esmerlyn Valdez 3-4, 2 HR, 6 RBI

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Milwaukee Brewers 7-6. Esmerlyn Valdez led the way with 3-4, 2 HR, 6 RBI. Carmen Mlodzinski earned the win and Aaron Ashby took the loss. Gregory Soto recorded the save.

E.V.

Top Performer

Esmerlyn Valdez

3-4, 2 HR, 6 RBI

3-for-4 with 2 home runs and 6 RBI.

No one drove in more runs on the day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIL	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	6	9	1
PIT	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	x	7	7	1

WP Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)

LP Aaron Ashby (12-2, B, 5)

SV Gregory Soto (12)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Valdez singled to left, Mangum scored, Reynolds to second. (0-1)

Bot 1: Reynolds scored on error, Gonzales safe at first on fielding error by third baseman Ortiz, Valdez safe at third on error. (0-2)

Top 2: Bauers homered to right (375 feet), Contreras scored. (2-2)

Bot 3: Valdez homered to center (421 feet). (2-3)

Top 5: Pratt doubled to center, Lara scored. (3-3)

Top 5: Frelick homered to right (380 feet), Pratt scored. (5-3)

Top 7: Contreras singled to left, Mitchell scored. (6-3)

Bot 7: Valdez homered to right (380 feet), Davis scored, Mangum scored and Lowe scored. (6-7)

MIL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Yelich	DH	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.242	.323	.377	.700
Mitchell	CF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	.275	.365	.462	.827
Turang	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.266	.361	.458	.819
Contreras	C	5	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	.283	.345	.399	.744
Bauers	1B	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	.269	.370	.514	.884
Lara	LF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	.273	.385	.364	.749
Pratt	SS	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	.271	.376	.343	.719
Frelick	RF	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	.240	.306	.336	.642
Ortiz	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.287	.296	.583
Chourio	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.337	.502	.839
Vaughn	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.405	.483	.888

PIT — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Mangum	LF	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	.311	.363	.382	.745
Lowe	2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.244	.315	.487	.802
Reynolds	DH	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	.278	.394	.472	.866
Valdez	RF	4	2	3	2	6	0	1	.314	.375	.709	1.084
O'Hearn	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.344	.485	.829
Gonzales	3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.310	.374	.392	.766
Callihan	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.330	.455	.785
Triolo	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.227	.299	.297	.596
Davis	C	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	.157	.262	.321	.583
Cook	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.161	.194	.355

MIL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Sproat	3.0	2	3	2	2	3	1	83-51	5.16	1.37
Yoho	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	25-14	3.00	0.77
Patrick	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	18-13	3.56	1.20
Ashby	1.0	3	3	3	0	3	1	24-15	3.56	1.46	L, 12-2, B, 5
Wilson	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-5	5.91	1.24

PIT — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Ashcraft	5.0	5	5	5	2	6	2	98-64	3.49	1.11
Mlodzinski	3.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	57-34	3.24	1.38	W, 6-3
Soto	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	20-10	4.05	1.08	S, 12

Venue: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (22,484)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Lance Barrett, First Base Umpire: John Bacon, Second Base Umpire: Alfonso Marquez, Third Base Umpire: Mike Estabrook

Esmerlyn Valdez

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