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Hall Hits Deep Ball In 10th

Brewers Nearly Blow It, Then Win In St. Louis

By Lance Allan

Hall homers in 10th to lift Brewers over Cardinals ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Bill Hall homered leading off the 10th inning, helping the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 Monday after squandering a ninth-inning lead. Milwaukee is 4-0 on its seven-game trip and a National League best 35-19 since May 20. The win moved the Brewers percentage points ahead of St. Louis for second place in the NL Central behind Chicago. Hall's home run helped make a winner out of Solomon Torres (5-2), who gave up the tying run in the ninth. Torres also pitched the 10th. The Brewers scored twice more in the 10th off Ryan Franklin (3-3) on a throwing error by second baseman Aaron Miles and an RBI single J.J. Hardy. Franklin allowed three runs -- two earned -- on four hits in 1 1-3 innings. Hardy went 4-for-6. Rickie Weeks provided the rest of the Brewers' offense with a three-run home run. Cardinals third baseman Troy Glaus drove in two runs with a first-inning double off Seth McClung that extended his hitting streak to 10 games. Trailing 3-2 entering the ninth, Yadier Molina led off with a ground-rule double over the wall in right-center. Pinch-hitter Jason LaRue moved pinch-runner Brendan Ryan over to third with an infield single, and Ryan scored on Skip Schumaker's sacrifice fly to left. Torres retired Albert Pujols on a fly out to center with two men on to end the threat. After spotting the Cardinals' a 2-0 lead, Weeks gave McClung and the Brewers the lead in the fifth. With one out, Jason Kendall doubled down the right-field line and McClung followed with a single to center. Weeks then hit St. Louis starter Joel Pineiro's next pitch 431 feet into the third deck in left field for his eighth home run and a 3-2 Milwaukee lead. Weeks' home run was one of 10 hits allowed by Pineiro in six innings. He also walked one while striking out two. Notes:@ Brewers reliever Eric Gagne, who prior to Monday had a 9.00 ERA in four appearances since returning from the disabled list June 30, pitched a perfect seventh with two strikeouts in his first action since July 12. ... Milwaukee has homered in a season-high 17 straight games; the team record is 19 straight set from June 11-30, 1996. ... Ray Durham, acquired from San Francisco yesterday, saw his first action as a Brewer when he pinch-hit for Gagne in the eighth. With runners at second and third and one out, Durham grounded into a 5-2 fielder's choice. ... Russ Springer, who pitched a scoreless seventh, has allowed just two earned runs over his last 34 outings (25 2-3 innings, 0.70 ERA). ... Glaus is hitting .525 (21-for-40) during his 10-game hitting streak. (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) Brewers 6, Cardinals 3, 10 innings MILWAUKEE .. @. ST. LOUIS ......@. ab r h bi . ....... .@ab r h bi Weeks 2b 5 2 2 3 Schmkr rf 3 0 2 1 Hardy ss 6 0 4 1 Miles 2b 5 0 1 0 Braun lf 6 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 4 1 0 0 Fielder 1b 4 0 1 0 Ankiel cf 5 1 1 0 Hart rf 5 0 1 0 Glaus 3b 4 0 2 2 BHall 3b 5 1 3 1 CDuncn lf 3 0 0 0 MCmrn cf 5 0 0 0 Frnklin p 0 0 0 0 Kendall c 5 2 3 0 Looper ph 1 0 0 0 McClng p 2 1 1 0 YMolna c 4 0 1 0 Brnyan ph 1 0 1 0 BRyan ss 1 1 0 0 Mota p 0 0 0 0 Pineiro p 2 0 1 0 Gagne p 0 0 0 0 AKndy ph 1 0 0 0 Drham ph 1 0 0 0 Sprngr p 0 0 0 0 Riske p 0 0 0 0 Jmenez p 0 0 0 0 Torres p 1 0 0 0 Villone p 0 0 0 0 Ldwick lf 1 0 0 0 Izturis ss 3 0 0 0 LaRue c 1 0 1 0 Totals ...@46.6 16.5 Totals ....@38.3.9.3 Milwaukee ... ......000 030 000 3--6 St. Louis ... ... ....200 000 001 0--3 E--Miles (2), Ankiel (5). DP--St. Louis 1. LOB--Milwaukee 12, St. Louis 10. 2B--Hardy (22), Kendall 2 (18), Branyan (8), Glaus 2 (27), YMolina (13). HR--Weeks (9), BHall (13). SB--BHall (4), Pujols (4). SF--Schumaker. IP H R ER BB SO ..Milwaukee ... ... ... ... ... @... ... McClung 5 5 2 2 2 5 Mota 1 0 0 0 1 0 Gagne 1 0 0 0 0 2 Riske 1 0 0 0 1 1 Torres W,5-2 2 4 1 1 0 1 ..St. Louis ... ... ... ... ......@... ... Pineiro 6 10 3 3 1 2 Springer 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jimenez 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 1 Villone 0 0 0 0 1 0 Franklin L,3-3 1 1-3 4 3 2 0 0 Villone pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. Umpires--Home, C.B. Bucknor; First, Joe West; Second, Ed Rapuano; Third, Todd Tichenor. T--3:22. A--41,006 (43,975). (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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