PITTSBURGH – Mark Redman pitched his first career shutout to finally win after a long run of excellent but unsuccessful starts, and Jose Castillo’s two-run double carried the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0.

The Pirates, who won for the eighth time in 11 games, left the bases loaded in each of the first three innings before Castillo chased Brewers starter Victor Santos (1-3) with his none-out double in the fourth.

Daryle Ward singled and Rob Mackowiak doubled for his 13th hit in 26 at-bats to start the fourth after Santos pitched out of trouble in the first three innings. Santos left after throwing 85 pitches in three-plus innings, only 45 for strikes, but still has allowed only seven earned runs in his last four starts.

Redman (2-3) beat Santos in a matchup of pitchers who have gotten little run support this season. The left-hander threw a four-hitter in his second straight complete game, though he pitched only eight innings in a 2-1 loss Monday to the Giants.

Milwaukee had won three in a row and 11 of 14 to close within 31/2 games of NL Central leader St. Louis, and had outscored Pittsburgh 38-15 while winning its first three games in PNC Park. The Pirates had dropped four straight at PNC Park and were an NL-worst 3-10 at home.

Redman has allowed three runs or fewer in each of his eight starts, lasting at least six innings in each, yet hadn’t won since beating Milwaukee 4-2 on April 12. He was 0-3 in his previous five starts, losing Monday to the Giants despite finishing that game with five shutout innings.

He was better than that Saturday, striking out five and walking none while allowing only one runner as far as second base and lowering his ERA to 2.44. Damian Miller, back in the lineup after missing two games with a minor arm injury, doubled with two outs in the second but was stranded when Jeff Cirillo popped out.

Redman has 10 career complete games. He is 5-1 with a 1.53 ERA in six career starts against Milwaukee.

The Pirates had scored only 12 runs while Redman was on the mound in his first seven starts, and he must have thought it would be a similar night the way Saturday’s game started. The Pirates loaded the bases with two outs in each of the first three innings, only to have Castillo (fly out in the first), Jason Bay (ground out in the second) and Redman (strikeout in the third) fail to come through.

But working out of so much trouble quickly built up Santos’ pitch count, and he couldn’t retire a batter in the fourth before leaving after his shortest start of the season.

Notes: On a night the Pirates gave away souvenir umbrellas, the start was delayed for 1 hour, 4 minutes because of the threat of rain, though nothing more than a light mist ever fell. It was raining much harder by game’s end. … The Brewers were 11-26 in PNC Park before this season.

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