Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez hit his sixth home run of the season Thurday against the Brewers.
Alvarez managed to find himself on base four times during the game. He singled in the bottom of the fourth, and walked in both the sixth and seventh inning. In the bottom of the eighth, he clubbed a three-run home run off a 93 mph fastball from Wei-Chung Wang.
Alvarez finished the game 2 for 3, with one run scored and three RBI.