Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Kyle Harrison (52) throws during the first inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kyle Harrison collected a career-high 12 strikeouts and allowed just one hit and one walk in six scoreless innings as the Milwaukee Brewers avoided a sweep by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Sunday.

The Pirates were attempting to complete a sweep in Milwaukee for the first time since winning four straight games here in August 2016. The Pirates’ last sweep of the Brewers came August 2022 at Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh’s only hits were Marcell Ozuna’s single against Harrison (2-1) in the second and Nick Gonzales’ double off Trevor Megill in the seventh. The Pirates struck out 18 times.

Jake Bauers hit two doubles for the Brewers, who snapped a four-game skid.

Milwaukee scored all its runs off Carmen Mlodzinski (1-2) in the fourth inning.

Mlodzinski held Milwaukee hitless until William Contreras capped a 10-pitch at-bat with a leadoff single in the fourth. Contreras advanced to third on Bauers’ ground-rule double and came home when Gary Sánchez bounced out to second.

Milwaukee then got three straight two-out hits to extend its lead to 5-0.

Bauers came home on Luis Rengifo’s single up the middle after Sal Frelick reached on catcher’s interference to keep the inning alive. David Hamilton doubled home Frelick, then Brandon Lockridge singled home Rengifo and Hamilton to knock Mlodzinski out of the game.

Tigers 8,

Reds 3

CINCINNATI (AP) — Pinch hitter Hao-Yu Lee hit his first MLB home run and Spencer Torkelson homered for the fifth straight game as Detroit avoided a series sweep.

Torkelson tied a Tigers record by homering in five consecutive games, joining Rudy York, Hank Greenberg, Vic Wertz, Willie Horton and Marcus Thames.

The Tigers led 2-0 after Kerry Carpenter’s bases-loaded double in the first before Cincinnati rallied.

Reds designated hitter Nathaniel Lowe homered in the second inning, going deep for the fourth time in nine plate appearances.

JJ Bleday, making his Reds debut after being recalled from Triple-A Louisville on Saturday, tied the score 2-all in the fourth with a 403-foot homer to center.

The Tigers regained the lead in the seventh.

Lee’s pinch-hit two-run homer off Reds left-hander Sam Moll (1-1) put the Tigers ahead 4-3. Two batters later, Torkelson made it 5-3 with his fifth home run of the season off Pierce Johnson.

Brant Hurter (3-0) pitched a scoreless sixth inning to earn the victory for Detroit.

Dodgers 6,

Cubs 0

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Wrobleski tossed six scoreless innings, becoming the first Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher since 2009 to win his first four starts. Shohei Ohtani hit an opposite-field home in the seventh, extending the Dodgers’ lead to 6-0.

The Cubs struggled to capitalize on opportunities, going 0-for-20 with runners on base. Cubs starter Shota Imanaga gave up five runs in 5 1/3 innings in the loss.