Pittsburgh at Milwaukee

Pittsburgh is for real with an offense ninth in baseball in runs scored and slugging, plus tops in on-base percentage. They are in a pennant race and playing like it, winning three in a row, including the last two as dogs of +137 and +116, winning by a combined 18-5! The Pirates are 5-2 following a win. Pedro Alvarez hit two homers and drove in four runs in Saturday’s 10-2 victory as the Pirates pulled within four games of first-place Milwaukee in the National League Central. Pirates starter Vance Worley (5-3, 2.92 ERA) has been impressive with a 2.82 ERA on the road this season. The Brewers are 2-5 in their last seven games as a favorite and 2-5 in Mike Fiers' last seven home starts. Play Pittsburgh.