Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Oneil Cruz was benched after the seventh inning of Tuesday's 9-3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers for not running faster down the first-base line in an effort to beat a double-play groundout,

Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz said he lost track of the outs when he didn’t run out a double-play grounder, a move that led to his removal from the Pirates’ 9-3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Pirates trailed 7-3 and had a runner on first with one out in the seventh when Cruz grounded into a 6-4-3 double play.

Joey Ortiz homered twice and drove in four runs and Caleb Durbin hit a three-run homer as well to power the Brewers past the Pirates on Tuesday night.

Joey Ortiz homered twice and Caleb Durbin added a three-run shot as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-3 on Tuesday night. Durbin and Ortiz — the last two hitters in Milwaukee's lineup — went a combined 4 of 8 with four runs and seven RBIs.