Bryan Abreu and Kaleb Ort came in to finish the game after Framber’s night was finished and they did just that, with Abreu striking out two in the eighth, to help finish a 8-2 win. Ort did get in a little bit of trouble in the bottom of the ninth, allowing two runners, but he came back with two strikeouts and a groundout to end the game.

The Pittsburgh Pirates blanked the Houston Astros in a 3-0 victory on Wednesday night at PNC Park. Four Pirates pitchers combined for their seventh shutout of the season. Pirates starting pitcher Mike Burrows pitched 5 and 1/3 innings of shutout ball in the best outing of his career thus far.

Mike Burrows was in command from the outset against the Houston Astros, as the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie right-hander struck out the first two batters he faced and got a fly out for a clean first inning.