The Pittsburg Pirates treated the Milwaukee Brewers rudely Tuesday night with a 12-2 thrashing behind five home runs.

After the two teams exchanged two runs in the second inning, the Pirates exploded for six runs in the sixth inning.  Pirates catcher Joey Bart blasted a grand slam to break the game open.

The Brewer's pitching staff took a pounding as losing starter Colin Rea (8-3) gave up seven runs on six hits in five-plus innings of work.  Bryce Wilson and Hoby Milner each gave up solo home runs in their respective innings of pitching, and then Joel Payamps gave up three runs in the seventh inning.

The only Brewer “pitcher” not to give up any runs was infielder Jake Bauers, who came on in the ninth to save the bullpen arms.

William Contreras and Blake Perkins had the Brewers' only RBIs, as Milwaukee could only muster six hits against the Pirates' pitching staff.

Milwaukee (53-39) and Pittsburg (44-47) play game two of the series Wednesday night at 7:10 p.m. with Tobias Myers (5-3) taking the mound for the Brewers and Martin Perez (1-4) for the Pirates.