"Something is wrong.

Terribly wrong.

Trevor Hoffman has been a great closer most of his career and surely will go into the Hall of Fame as baseball's all-time saves leader.

But the Milwaukee Brewers reliever has abandoned the pitch that made him so successful and given the opposition fits for years.

Where is the changeup?

Hoffman blew his third save this season in grand fashion Tuesday night, allowing light-hitting shortstop Ronny Cedeno to smoke a game-tying solo shot to start the ninth inning and then giving up a four-run shot to Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Ryan Doumit.

The outing snapped the Brewers' 22-game home winning streak against the Pirates, whose 7-3 victory was their first at Miller Park since May 3, 2007.

Hoffman gave up four hits in the inning, all on fastballs. In fact, according to game trackers, Hoffman threw 20 pitches in the inning, excluding an intentional walk, and only three of them were changeups. It took Hoffman 13 pitches, again minus the walk, before he threw the first changeup. He threw 12 fastballs and five sliders.

What gives?

"Unlike the other outings, today was pretty much a tied ball game after two pitches," Hoffman said. "In that situation I want to get ahead, 0-1, and continue to expand with the fastball, but the ball was not down and away."