The Brewers are currently the best team in baseball. The Pirates are not. The difference showed Monday.

Milwaukee beat the Pirates 7-1 on Monday night at American Family Field in Milwaukee. Brewers starter Jose Quintana completed six strong innings and improved to 10-4. Pirates starter Andrew Heaney took the loss, falling to 5-10, after allowing six runs on nine hits, two walks and two hit batters in four innings.

The Brewers have now won ten in a row. The Pirates have lost their last three.

Heaney allowed a leadoff homer to second baseman Brice Turang, then the Brewers broke it open against him with a four-run third. Designated hitter Christian Yelich started it with a solo homer, blasting a hanging Heaney curveball to center, then the Brewers stitched together four consecutive singles

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