Brewers use Aaron Civale's strong start to beat Pirates

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Aaron Civale logged six scoreless innings as the Milwaukee Brewers downed the host Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Thursday afternoon in the rubber match of a three-game series.

Civale (8-9) yielded three hits while walking one and striking out five. He is 6-1 with a 2.57 ERA over his past nine starts.

Joey Ortiz went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run and Brice Turang finished with tw