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MILWAUKEE -- Before his team departed Pittsburgh for Milwaukee, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said he wasnt daunted by the franchises lack of success in the Brew City.And now, after winning three in a row to take a series at Miller Park for the first time since 2013, HurdleI said before we left that we were due, Hurdle said. We havent played well here. You have to go out and play. Its very refreshing to come here and do it the way that we did it tonight on top of the other games; 3-2, 5-3 last night. Both of them were push and shove back and forth and this one was another one where we battled and came back. We have a tough team. We have a gritty team.Pittsburgh will go for the sweep Sunday when right-hander Ivan Nova takes the mound looking to build off his best start of the season.Making his fourth start for Pittsburgh since being acquired from the Yankees, Nova went the distance his last time out, allowing just a run on six hits and a walk while striking out six in a 7-1 victory over the Astros.We couldnt really get the ball on the barrel and mount any sort of rally against him, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. When he needed a ground-ball, he got it.Nova was 7-6 with a 4.90 ERA in 21 appearances (15 starts) with the Yankees this season but since joining the Pirates, hes 3-0 with a 3.20.He credits a lighter atmosphere as a big reason for his turnaround.All you do is stop and laugh sometimes, Nova said. That was something you usually didnt do in New York.Milwaukee hands the ball to right-hander Chase Anderson, whose first season with the Brewers has been a rocky one.Acquired last winter from Arizona, Anderson has gone 7-10 with a 4.99 ERA in 25 appearances (24 starts). He hasnt allowed more than three earned runs in any of his last 10 starts, but hasnt gotten past the fifth inning in all but one of those outings.He took no decision in his last start, going five innings against the Rockies while allowing three runs on six hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven.He got through it, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. (Nolan) Arenado is such a dangerous hitter. Hes pretty locked in right now. He got a first-pitch changeup on him and hit it well (for a home run). The fifth was a big inning for him to get through. 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In preparation for their first day-night Test, South Africas batsmen spent 133.5 overs facing the pink ball and their centurion Quinton de Kock explained that it was not as tricky as they thought it would be.I didnt find any difference, de Kock said. I am not one to overthink it. A ball is a ball. I just play the way I should be playing in that situation, its no difference to me.De Kock warned spectators not to read too much into the performances. It doesnt bother me whether I score a duck or a hundred. To me a warm-up game and a net is the same thing. When it comes to game time and focus time, I like to contribute where I can, he said.De Kock only batted in the first innings and scored 122 of 103 balls. Hashim Amla (51), JP Duminy (97) and Rilee Rossouw (77 in the second innings) also got comfortable, but openers Dean Elgar and Stephen Cook, and the captain Faf du Plessis did not capitalise on their starts. They will have a second opportunity to get their eyes in, when South Africa play another day-night practice match in Melbourne before the third Test, which will be played with the pink ball.For de Kock, the two things that stood out were not different from what he faces in any other game. Early on, I found it a little difficult but I think that is part of any cricket, white ball or red baall, he said.ddddddddddddI also found the outfield quite slow. Normally, you play on a square back home so its easier to hit the boundaries. With a drop-in pitch, hitting boundaries was a bit harder.De Kock also played down the difficulty of batting during the twilight period, when natural light is replaced by artificial light. I thought it was quite nice during the twilight period, actually, he said.That period was also when South Africas bowlers found it best to use the pink ball. It seems to nip around when the lights come on but not so much during the day, fast bowler Kyle Abbott said. There was a bit of grass on this wicket. Not a huge amount of swing, just a bit more nip off the surface.Abbott joked that the South African team thought they had not seen that much grass on a surface in the last seven years, and that he would not mind if a similar amount was left for the Tests, albeit of a slightly greener variety.The ground staff may have to do something like that because the pink balls reputation for early deterioration remains. After 15 overs or so, it [the ball] started to peel, Abbott said.South Africas five quicks bowled in short spells and took two wickets each to end their first warm-up successfully. Tabraiz Shamsi, the only spinner, bowled only three overs without any wickets. ' ' '