PITTSBURGH -- It was set up to be Easter Sunday 1987 all over again, but on the Fourth of July. This time, the Brewers didn’t have a magical comeback in them.

Freddy Peralta delivered another quality start but an offense that had come alive during an 11-game winning streak was silenced on Sunday, and the Brewers lost a ballgame for the first time in nearly two full weeks, 2-0 to the Pirates at PNC Park.

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Pirates left-hander Tyler Anderson scattered three hits in seven scoreless innings and combined with a pair of relievers to shut down a Milwaukee lineup that had averaged 7.6 runs during the second-longest regular-season winning streak in franchise history. When the Brewers went into the ninth inning down a couple of runs, it conjured memories of Easter ‘87 at County Stadium, when the last Milwaukee team to win 11 regular-season games in a row went into the bottom of the ninth in a 4-1 deficit against the Rangers, but came back for one of the most memorable victories in franchise history on Rob Deer’s game-tying, three-run home run and Dale Sveum’s game-winning, two-run shot.

Pirates closer Richard Rodríguez denied Milwaukee a holiday sequel. Willy Adames led off the ninth with a double to give the Brewers three shots with the potential tying run at the plate, but Avisaíl García, Christian Yelich and Omar Narváez all flied out, and the winning streak ended at 11.

“The big thing is all the names that chipped in,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “Jace Peterson; throughout the streak, that’s probably the name [but it was] different guys. It was incredible through this stretch. Bullpen guys have done a fabulous job. The starters, just rock solid, delivering every time out.

“Eleven-game streaks, everybody on the roster has done something to help us during this streak, for sure. It feels like a stretch where everybody carried the load.”

So, the ‘87 Brewers remain the streakiest bunch in Brewers history, having won on that Easter Sunday and again in their next game to make it a 13-0 start to that season. The other club in the conversation is the 2018 squad, which won its final eight regular-season games and the first four games in the postseason.

“In ‘18, that was probably the most fun I’ve ever had playing baseball, and this is right there with it,” said Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff, who will try to start a new streak on Monday night at the Mets. “When we were going through that tough stretch earlier in the year where we were scraping by and not winning games, if we could just click and get going -- well, we’re in that moment right now, and it’s awesome when you show up to the ballpark and people are ready to go and are excited.”

He added, “I wish we could win every game the rest of the year, but that’s probably not going to happen. It’s so fun.”

Peralta and the Brewers found themselves in a deficit after three pitches when Kevin Newman lifted a one-out solo home run to PNC Park’s short porch in left field. Peralta didn’t allow another hit until the sixth, when Ben Gamel hit a one-out single. Wilmer Difo then poked a double down the left-field line that hit the side wall and stopped, giving Gamel time to make it all the way home from first base.

But that was all the damage against Peralta, who was charged with two earned runs on three hits in six innings, with seven strikeouts and a season-high five walks. He’s met the definition of quality start -- six or more innings, three or fewer earned runs -- in nine of his last 10 outings, with no more than two runs in any of those games.

“I was feeling good the whole game, but that home run, it was a mistake by me because we were throwing that one away and the ball ran a little bit,” said Peralta, who was pleased with the way he rebounded. “If I look in the past, maybe two years ago, I wasn’t able to get out of those situations and keep going to the sixth inning. That’s what I need to do.”

After 93 innings, he is second among MLB qualifiers with a .132 opponents' average, fifth with a 35.4 percent strikeout rate, seventh with a 0.90 WHIP and ninth with a 2.23 ERA.

“He’s an elite starter,” Counsell said. “It’s more than [reliable], it’s elite. He’s worked hard to improve his slider and his changeup. The slider was coming first and now the changeup is real for left-handed hitters. There's a lot for the hitter to worry about. He's having an incredible season -- an elite season.”