PITTSBURGH _ The Milwaukee Brewers' offense awakened from a two-game slumber on Sunday afternoon.
Playing under sunny skies and no longer dodging the raindrops that had soaked the series, Travis Shaw, Jesus Aguilar and Eric Thames each hit solo home runs to power the Brewers past the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-2, at PNC Park.
Two Pittsburgh errors also helped the cause as the Brewers made the most of their eight hits and wrapped up their road trip with a .500 record (3-3).
Zach Davies won his third straight outing to improve to 3-2.
The Brewers opened a 3-0 lead through five innings, with two of those coming courtesy of Pirates defensive miscues.
They got on the board in the third against Pittsburgh starter Tyler Glasnow when Jonathan Villar singled with two outs and scored on a double to right by Thames. The ball was hit right at John Jaso, but he misplayed it and it sailed over his head and rolled to the wall.
Shaw hit a towering homer to right to lead off the fourth, a shot that came one row shy of going completely over the bleachers and out of the ballpark. Then in the fifth Orlando Arcia walked, went to second on a Davies bunt and scored when second baseman Phil Gosselin booted a Villar ground ball into shallow center.
Davies allowed a Pittsburgh lineup sans Josh Harrison and Andrew McCutchen two singles and three walks through five innings before his day ended abruptly in the sixth.
The trouble started when Gregory Polanco doubled to right with two outs, and Jose Osuna followed by hitting his first major-league homer to left to narrow Milwaukee's lead to 3-2. That ended Davies' attempt to pitch six complete innings for the first time in seven starts.
Davies allowed four hits, two runs (earned) and three walks to go along with a season-high seven strikeouts in his 103-pitch outing.
The Brewers got a run back in the seventh as Keon Broxton singled to lead off, stole second, went to third on Arcia's bunt and scored on a ground-rule double to right by Aguilar.
Aguilar and Thames then each homered in the ninth off Johnny Barbato, giving the Brewers a couple valuable insurance runs.
Jacob Barnes finished the sixth for Davies, then Barnes and Oliver Drake combined or a scoreless seventh. Corey Knebel struck out the side in the eighth and Neftali Feliz closed it out in the ninth.
