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 NL Recap (Milwaukee-Pittsburgh) Posted: Fri July 2, 1999 at 11:08 p.m. EDT MILWAUKEE 5, PITTSBURGH 2PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Geoff Jenkins drove in three runs and Scott Karl and three relievers combined on a nine-hitter as the Milwaukee Brewers continued their road success with a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jenkins doubled home David Nilsson and Marquis Grissom in the fourth against starter Francisco Cordova, giving the Brewers a 3-1 lead. Jenkins drove in Jeromy Burnitz in the eighth with a single to left, capping the scoring. Burnitz, the National League Player of the Month for June, hit his team-leading 23rd homer for the Brewers, who have won eight of their last nine road games. Milwaukee is 26-18 away from County Stadium. Burnitz is batting .425 (20-for-47) with seven homers and 20 RBI in his last 12 games. "Last couple of weeks we've just been swinging it good," Burnitz said. "We thought in spring training we had a pretty solid lineup. Early in the season we didn't get big hits but now we're getting hits at opportune times. Everybody is driving in runs." Karl (7-7) posted his second win in three starts following a five-game losing streak, allowing two runs and seven hits over 6 1/3 innings. He walked three and struck out two. "Karl's my jackal. Like in the movie, he just seems to slide out of trouble," Brewers manager Phil Garner said. Jim Pittsley struck out the final two batters of the seventh and Mike Myers worked a perfect eighth. Bob Wickman fanned two in the ninth for his 15th save in 17 chances. "Bullpen did a great job. Pittsley struck out two guys, the number two and three hitters," Garner said. "They have been real tough with men in scoring position. Mike Myers did a real good job, got a double play. You have to appreciate that." "You have to appreciate the set-up men. Pittsley and Myers both pitched well enough to get a save," Wickman said. "They gave me a clean slate with a three-run lead. They had gone through the meat of the order. I could just throw my pitches until somebody hit it." The Pirates had runners on in every inning but stranded a total of nine. Al Martin recorded his second straight three-hit game for Pittsburgh, which has dropped all four home games against Milwaukee this season. "Cordova continues to not be able to get his curveball over. When he gets behind, you see the kind of trouble he gets in," Pirates manager Gene Lamont said. "We had a lot of chances to score but didn't get the one hit that would've given us some runs. I guess you have to give credit to their pitching." Martin is batting .340 (18-for-53) during an 11-game hitting streak. Mark Loretta began the game with a single, moved to third on Jeff Cirillo's base hit and scored on Cordova's wild pitch. Kevin Young's sacrifice fly in the third tied the score. Burnitz sent Cordova's 3-1 pitch over the right-field wall with two outs in the fifth for a 4-1 lead. Freddy Garcia's third home run in the sixth drew the Pirates within 4-2. Cordova allowed four runs and eight hits over six innings, walking two and striking out one. He won at Milwaukee on Sunday. Pirates reliever Jeff Wallace left in the eighth inning with an undisclosed injury.
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