Post-All-Star break, the Pirates were swept by the White Sox, giving up 27 runs over the weekend, marking a team low. Pittsburgh continues to struggle mightily.

Chase Burns came with a reputation as a fireballer whose four-seam fastball flirts with triple digits, and the Cincinnati Reds rookie right-hander lived up to his billing with 10 strikeouts in six innings.

William Contreras drove in four runs, Christian Yelich drove in three and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-5 to extend their winning streak to 12 games. Milwaukee

The Brewers couldn’t muster enough offense on Sunday and thus their big winning streak ended, but Quintana couldn’t be blamed; in total, he had a 1.46 ERA in 12 1/3 innings this week. There are a ton of Brewers who had major moments this week — Andruw Monasterio and his big blast,

LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 7-3, .246 batting average, 3.66 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs Giants: 3-7, .246 batting average, 4.45 ERA, outscored by five runs

Cam Sanders was still riding the “roller coaster of emotions” after making his major league debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates when he joked that he finally got the feeling back in his legs after the game.

With one out, Isaac Mattson came in and gave up Loftin's game-ending hit on a 1-0 fastball. The Pirates fell to 0-5 to start their nine-game trip ahead of the All-Star Break.

LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 6-4, .246 batting average, 3.83 ERA, outscored opponents by nine runs Pirates: 6-4, .245 batting average, 2.09 ERA, outscored opponents by 25 runs

Former Pirates second baseman Neil Walker – who incidentally, is Kelly’s brother-in-law — said on a recent post-game segment on Pittsburgh’s sports talk radio show The Fan (93.7 FM ...