NL: MILWAUKEE at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE SACRIFICE FLY BY DAMIAN MILLER SCORED RICKIE WEEKS. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C COUNSELL ON SECOND, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 4 ATLANTA 1 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: P FIELDER (.289, 1-FOR-4)</div>
NL: MILWAUKEE at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - MILWAUKEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 9 0 ATLANTA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 (BOT 9) CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - DERRICK TURNBOW ATL - JOEY DEVINE DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: B MCCANN (.276, 1-FOR-2, BB) J FRANCOEUR (.291, 0-FOR-2, BB) A JONES (.220, 0-FOR-3)</div>
NL: MILWAUKEE at ATLANTA <div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (4) VS ATLANTA (1) - MID 9TH - IN PROGRESS MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Counsell 2b-3b 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .221 J Hardy ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .274 R Braun 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .322 D Miller c 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .241 P Fielder 1b 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .289 C Hart rf 5 1 3 1 0 1 2 .301 G Jenkins lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .263 J Estrada c 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .279 M Stocker pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 M Rivera c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 b-G Gross ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 c-J Dillon ph 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .354 D Turnbow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B Hall cf 4 0 1 1 0 2 4 .256 C Villanueva p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .091 a-L Nix ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 S Linebrink p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R Weeks 2b 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .232 Totals 32 4 9 4 6 6 13 a-grounded to second for C Villanueva in the 7th; b-hit for J Estrada in the 8th; c-walked for G Gross in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - C Hart (32, T Hudson). S - J Hardy , C Villanueva. SF - D Miller. RBI - C Hart (73), J Dillon (9), B Hall (59), D Miller (22). 2-out RBI - C Hart, J Dillon, B Hall. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Hall 1, L Nix 1, C Hart 1, J Hardy 1. Team LOB - 10. BASERUNNING: SB - M Stocker (2, 2nd base off T Hudson/B McCann), R Weeks (24, 2nd base off T Yates/B McCann). FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Hardy-C Counsell-P Fielder). ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Y Escobar 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .328 E Renteria ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 C Jones 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .340 M Teixeira 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .326 B McCann c 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .276 J Francoeur rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .291 A Jones cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .220 M Diaz lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .338 T Hudson p 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .270 R Mahay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T Yates p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 27 1 4 1 4 7 12 BATTING: 2B - M Diaz (21, S Linebrink). HR - M Teixeira (14, 2nd inning off C Villanueva 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Teixeira (46). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Diaz 1, Y Escobar 1. GIDP - Y Escobar. Team LOB - 6. FIELDING: E - J Francoeur (5, bobble). Outfield assists - J Francoeur (G Jenkins at Home). ---------------------------------------------------- MILWAUKEE - 000 000 031 -- 4 ATLANTA - 010 000 00 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era C Villanueva 6 3 1 1 3 4 1 3.97 S Linebrink 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.61 D Turnbow 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.26 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era T Hudson 7 2/3 8 3 3 2 5 0 3.34 R Mahay 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.55 T Yates 1/3 1 1 1 2 0 0 5.26 J Devine 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.50 R Mahay pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. T Yates pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. IBB - G Jenkins (by T Hudson), P Fielder (by J Devine). Pitches-strikes: C Villanueva 75-45; S Linebrink 24-13; D Turnbow 13-7; T Hudson 120-74; R Mahay 4-0; T Yates 15-7; J Devine 18-9. Ground balls-fly balls: C Villanueva 5-9; S Linebrink 1-0; D Turnbow 1-1; T Hudson 10-8; R Mahay 0-0; T Yates 0-0; J Devine 1-1. Batters faced: C Villanueva 23; S Linebrink 5; D Turnbow 3; T Hudson 33; R Mahay 1; T Yates 3; J Devine 4. UMPIRES: HP--Chris Guccione. 1B--Marvin Hudson. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Jerry Layne. EJECTIONS: ATLANTA's Cox by Guccione (8th). Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, right to left.</div>
NL: MILWAUKEE at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA - PITCHING CHANGE MIL: FRANCISCO CORDERO (0-4, 2.78) STARTING THE 9TH CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 4, ATLANTA 1 DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: B MCCANN (.276, 1-FOR-2)</div>
NL: MILWAUKEE at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: F Cordero relieved D Turnbow. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 4 ATLANTA 1 BOTTOM, 9TH DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: B McCann (.276, 1-FOR-2)</div>
NL: MILWAUKEE at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - MILWAUKEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 9 0 ATLANTA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: MIL - CARLOS VILLANUEVA, SCOTT LINEBRINK (7TH), DERRICK TURNBOW (8TH), FRANCISCO CORDERO (9TH) AND JOHNNY ESTRADA, MIKE RIVERA (7TH), DAMIAN MILLER (8TH) ATL - TIM HUDSON, RON MAHAY (8TH), TYLER YATES (8TH), JOEY DEVINE (9TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN HOME RUNS: MIL - NONE ATL - MARK TEIXEIRA (14) OFF CARLOS VILLANUEVA IN THE 2ND, 0 ON</div>
NL: MILWAUKEE at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - MILWAUKEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 9 0 ATLANTA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: MIL - CARLOS VILLANUEVA, SCOTT LINEBRINK (7TH), DERRICK TURNBOW (8TH), FRANCISCO CORDERO (9TH) AND JOHNNY ESTRADA, MIKE RIVERA (7TH), DAMIAN MILLER (8TH) ATL - TIM HUDSON, RON MAHAY (8TH), TYLER YATES (8TH), JOEY DEVINE (9TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN WP - SCOTT LINEBRINK (5-6) LP - TIM HUDSON (16-9) SAVE - FRANCISCO CORDERO (44) HOME RUNS: MIL - NONE ATL - MARK TEIXEIRA (14) OFF CARLOS VILLANUEVA IN THE 2ND, 0 ON TIME: 3:02 ATT: 34,401 PROBABLES: MIL - YOVANI GALLARDO (9-4, 3.66) ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ (14-7, 2.97)</div>
NL: MILWAUKEE at ATLANTA <div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (4) VS ATLANTA (1) - FINAL MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Counsell 2b-3b 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .221 J Hardy ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .274 R Braun 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .322 D Miller c 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .241 P Fielder 1b 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .289 C Hart rf 5 1 3 1 0 1 2 .301 G Jenkins lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .263 J Estrada c 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .279 M Stocker pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 M Rivera c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 b-G Gross ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 c-J Dillon ph 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .354 D Turnbow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 F Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B Hall cf 4 0 1 1 0 2 4 .256 C Villanueva p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .091 a-L Nix ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 S Linebrink p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R Weeks 2b 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .232 Totals 32 4 9 4 6 6 13 a-grounded to second for C Villanueva in the 7th; b-hit for J Estrada in the 8th; c-walked for G Gross in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - C Hart (32, T Hudson). S - J Hardy , C Villanueva. SF - D Miller. RBI - C Hart (73), J Dillon (9), B Hall (59), D Miller (22). 2-out RBI - C Hart, J Dillon, B Hall. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Hall 1, L Nix 1, C Hart 1, J Hardy 1. Team LOB - 10. BASERUNNING: SB - M Stocker (2, 2nd base off T Hudson/B McCann), R Weeks (24, 2nd base off T Yates/B McCann). FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Hardy-C Counsell-P Fielder). ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Y Escobar 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .328 E Renteria ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 C Jones 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .340 M Teixeira 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .326 B McCann c 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .275 J Francoeur rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .292 A Jones cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .220 M Diaz lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 .337 T Hudson p 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .270 R Mahay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T Yates p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 5 1 4 9 14 BATTING: 2B - M Diaz (21, S Linebrink); J Francoeur (37, F Cordero). HR - M Teixeira (14, 2nd inning off C Villanueva 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Teixeira (46). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Diaz 2, Y Escobar 1. GIDP - Y Escobar. Team LOB - 7. FIELDING: E - J Francoeur (5, bobble). Outfield assists - J Francoeur (G Jenkins at Home). ---------------------------------------------------- MILWAUKEE - 000 000 031 -- 4 ATLANTA - 010 000 000 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era C Villanueva 6 3 1 1 3 4 1 3.97 S Linebrink (W, 5-6) 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.61 D Turnbow (H, 34) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.26 F Cordero (S, 44) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.73 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era T Hudson (L, 16-9) 7 2/3 8 3 3 2 5 0 3.34 R Mahay 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.55 T Yates 1/3 1 1 1 2 0 0 5.26 J Devine 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.50 R Mahay pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. T Yates pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. IBB - G Jenkins (by T Hudson), P Fielder (by J Devine). Pitches-strikes: C Villanueva 75-45; S Linebrink 24-13; D Turnbow 13-7; F Cordero 19-12; T Hudson 120-74; R Mahay 4-0; T Yates 15-7; J Devine 18-9. Ground balls-fly balls: C Villanueva 5-9; S Linebrink 1-0; D Turnbow 1-1; F Cordero 0-1; T Hudson 10-8; R Mahay 0-0; T Yates 0-0; J Devine 1-1. Batters faced: C Villanueva 23; S Linebrink 5; D Turnbow 3; F Cordero 4; T Hudson 33; R Mahay 1; T Yates 3; J Devine 4. UMPIRES: HP--Chris Guccione. 1B--Marvin Hudson. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Jerry Layne. EJECTIONS: ATLANTA's Cox by Guccione (8th). T--3:02. Att--34,401. Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, right to left.</div>
NL: MILWAUKEE at ATLANTA <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MILWAUKEE (4) AT ATLANTA (1) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ATLANTA 2ND: M Teixeira homered to right center. B McCann singled to right. J Francoeur flied out to right. A Jones lined out to third. M Diaz grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 1. MILWAUKEE 8TH: C Counsell flied out to right. J Hardy flied out to left. R Braun singled to center. P Fielder singled to center, R Braun to second. C Hart singled to right, R Braun scored, P Fielder to second, P Fielder to third, C Hart to second on error by right fielder J Francoeur. G Jenkins intentionally walked. R Mahay relieved T Hudson. G Gross hit for M Rivera. J Dillon hit for G Gross. J Dillon walked, P Fielder scored, C Hart to third, G Jenkins to second. Atlanta's Manager B Cox ejected by C Guccione. T Yates relieved R Mahay. B Hall singled to right, C Hart scored, G Jenkins thrown out at home. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) MILWAUKEE 3, ATLANTA 1. MILWAUKEE 9TH: R Weeks walked. R Weeks stole second. C Counsell walked. J Devine relieved T Yates. J Hardy sacrificed to third, R Weeks to third, C Counsell to second. D Miller hit sacrifice fly to right, R Weeks scored. P Fielder intentionally walked. C Hart struck out swinging. (1 Run, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 4, ATLANTA 1.</div>
Hart helps Brewers in late comeback victory over Braves <h3>MILWAUKEE 4, ATLANTA 1</h3>By Phil Foley PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer ATLANTA (Ticker) -- It may have taken eight frames, but theMilwaukee Brewers finally came through against the AtlantaBraves. Corey Hart drove in the tying run and pinch hitter Joe Dillondrew a bases-loaded walk to lead the Brewers to a 4-1 win overthe Atlanta Braves on Friday. Milwaukee (79-74) entered Atlanta one game behind the ChicagoCubs (81-73) in the race for the National League CentralDivision title. Milwaukee dropped the first game of thefour-game set to former Brewer Jeff Bennett on Thursday. Theloss, combined with Chicago's 13-7 win over the PittsburghPirates earlier Friday, meant that another loss by Milwaukeewould find the club 2 1/2 games off the lead. The Brewers now trail the Cubs by 1 1/2 games. The loss dealt a critical blow to Atlanta's fleeting playoffhopes. Atlanta (80-74), which whittled the New York Mets'<div class="pre">(84-68) 9 1/2 game lead down to 4 1/2 entering play Friday are</div>five games behind the Mets pending the result of the Mets'contest against the Florida Marlins. For most of the night, the Brewers were frustrated at the handsof Atlanta starter Tim Hudson (17-9), stranding runners inscoring position in the fourth, fifth and seventh. In the eighth, it looked like more of the same. After left fielder Matt Diaz robbed J.J. Hardy of a sureextra-base hit to record the second out of the inning, it lookedlike it was not going to be Milwaukee's night. But something changed, really quickly in Atlanta. Ryan Braun began the assault against Hudson with a single andadvanced to second on Prince Fielder's single up the middle.Hart followed with a single, plating Braun to tie the game at1-1 and Fielder and Hart advanced one base on right fielder JeffFrancoeur's fielding error. Hudson departed after issuing anintentional walk to Geoff Jenkins. After Ron Mahay relieved Hudson, Dillon drew a four-pitch walkto give the Brewers a 2-1 edge. Bill Hall plated Hart with asingle off reliever Tyler Yates to make it 3-1. the Brewers added an insurance run in the ninth on a sacrificefly by Damian Miller to complete the scoring. Scott Linebrink (5-6) pitched a scoreless seventh for thevictory. Derrick Turnbow recorded a perfect eighth beforecloser Francisco Cordero worked around a one-out double toFrancoeur to record his 44th save in 50 opportunities. Hudson (16-9) allowed three runs and eight hits, walked two andstruck out five in 7 2/3 frames for the Braves, who lost for thefirst time in six games. Milwaukee starter Carlos Villanueva, who hurled seven innings ofshutout ball in his last start against the Cincinnati Reds onSeptember 16, was almost as brilliant in this one. Therighthander allowed one run and three hits, walked three andstruck out four in six solid frames. Unfortunately for Villanueva, his only real mistake of the nightwas crushed over the right-center field wall. Mark Teixeira smashed the righthander's 2-1 offering 458 feetinto the stands for his 14th homer as a Brave and 27th homer ofthe year in the second. The blast, which landed a few rowsbeneath the bottom level of the Chop House, was the fourthlongest longball at Turner Field.
NL: MILWAUKEE at ATLANTA <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MILWAUKEE (4) AT ATLANTA (1) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Milwaukee Starting Lineups -- C Counsell 2B, J Hardy SS, R Braun 3B, P Fielder 1B, C Hart RF, G Jenkins LF, J Estrada C, B Hall CF, C Villanueva RHP. Atlanta Starting Lineups -- Y Escobar 2B, E Renteria SS, C Jones 3B, M Teixeira 1B, B McCann C, J Francoeur RF, A Jones CF, M Diaz LF, T Hudson RHP. Umpires -- Chris Guccione (HP), Marvin Hudson (1B), Ed Montague (2B), Jerry Layne (3B). Gametime Weather: 75 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind right to left at 10 mph. MILWAUKEE 1ST: C Counsell grounded out to first. J Hardy grounded out to third. R Braun singled to right center. P Fielder flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 0. ATLANTA 1ST: Y Escobar flied out to right. E Renteria flied out to right. C Jones flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 0. MILWAUKEE 2ND: C Hart doubled to deep center. G Jenkins popped out to shortstop. J Estrada flied out to center, C Hart to third. B Hall grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 0. ATLANTA 2ND: M Teixeira homered to right center. B McCann singled to right. J Francoeur flied out to right. A Jones lined out to third. M Diaz grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 1. MILWAUKEE 3RD: C Villanueva struck out swinging. C Counsell grounded out to first. J Hardy grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 3RD: T Hudson flied out to left. Y Escobar walked. E Renteria struck out swinging. C Jones flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 1. MILWAUKEE 4TH: R Braun struck out swinging. P Fielder grounded out to third. C Hart singled to center. G Jenkins flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 4TH: M Teixeira fouled out to third. B McCann walked. J Francoeur walked, B McCann to second. A Jones struck out looking. M Diaz struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 1. MILWAUKEE 5TH: J Estrada singled to right center. B Hall struck out looking. C Villanueva sacrificed to first, J Estrada to second. C Counsell walked. J Hardy struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 5TH: T Hudson singled to left. Y Escobar grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, T Hudson out at second. E Renteria struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 1. MILWAUKEE 6TH: R Braun popped out to shortstop. P Fielder grounded out to second. C Hart grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 6TH: C Jones grounded out to second. M Teixeira grounded out to pitcher. B McCann flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 1. MILWAUKEE 7TH: G Jenkins flied out to left. J Estrada singled to right. M Stocker ran for J Estrada. M Stocker stole second. B Hall struck out swinging. L Nix hit for C Villanueva. L Nix grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 7TH: M Rivera catching. S Linebrink relieved C Villanueva. J Francoeur struck out swinging. A Jones struck out swinging. M Diaz doubled to deep center. T Hudson walked. Y Escobar grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, ATLANTA 1. MILWAUKEE 8TH: C Counsell flied out to right. J Hardy flied out to left. R Braun singled to center. P Fielder singled to center, R Braun to second. C Hart singled to right, R Braun scored, P Fielder to second, P Fielder to third, C Hart to second on error by right fielder J Francoeur. G Jenkins intentionally walked. R Mahay relieved T Hudson. G Gross hit for M Rivera. J Dillon hit for G Gross. J Dillon walked, P Fielder scored, C Hart to third, G Jenkins to second. Atlanta's Manager B Cox ejected by C Guccione. T Yates relieved R Mahay. B Hall singled to right, C Hart scored, G Jenkins thrown out at home. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) MILWAUKEE 3, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 8TH: C Counsell at third base. D Miller catching. D Turnbow relieved S Linebrink. R Weeks at second base. E Renteria flied out to right. C Jones struck out looking. M Teixeira grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, ATLANTA 1. MILWAUKEE 9TH: R Weeks walked. R Weeks stole second. C Counsell walked. J Devine relieved T Yates. J Hardy sacrificed to third, R Weeks to third, C Counsell to second. D Miller hit sacrifice fly to right, R Weeks scored. P Fielder intentionally walked. C Hart struck out swinging. (1 Run, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 4, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 9TH: F Cordero relieved D Turnbow. B McCann popped out to second. J Francoeur doubled to left. A Jones struck out swinging. M Diaz struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 4, ATLANTA 1.</div>
Hart helps Brewers in late comeback victory over Braves <h3>MILWAUKEE 4, ATLANTA 1</h3>By Phil Foley PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer ATLANTA (Ticker) -- It may have taken eight frames, but theMilwaukee Brewers finally came through against the AtlantaBraves. Corey Hart drove in the tying run and pinch hitter Joe Dillondrew a bases-loaded walk to lead the Brewers to a 4-1 win overthe Atlanta Braves on Friday. Milwaukee (79-74) entered Atlanta one game behind the ChicagoCubs (81-73) in the race for the National League CentralDivision title. Milwaukee dropped the first game of thefour-game set to former Brewer Jeff Bennett on Thursday. Theloss, combined with Chicago's 13-7 win over the PittsburghPirates earlier Friday, meant that another loss by Milwaukeewould find the club 2 1/2 games off the lead. "We knew we were going to be down 2 1/2 games," Hart said. "Wedon't have that many games left." With their season in peril, the Brewers mounted a furiouscomeback with two outs in the eighth to remain 1 1/2 gamesbehind the Cubs in the NL Central. "Anytime you come back from a 1-0 deficit, it's big," Brewersfirst baseman Prince Fielder said. "Especially the way we didit with two outs. It was a good win." The loss dealt a critical blow to Atlanta's fleeting playoffhopes. Atlanta (80-74), which whittled the New York Mets'<div class="pre">(84-68) 9 1/2 game lead down to 4 1/2 entering play Friday are</div>five games behind the Mets, who are playing the Florida Marlins. For most of the night, the Brewers were frustrated at the handsof Atlanta starter Tim Hudson (17-9), stranding runners inscoring position in the fourth, fifth and seventh. In the eighth, it looked like more of the same. Craig Counsell led off the frame with a hard flyout to right andleft fielder Matt Diaz robbed J.J. Hardy of a sure extra-basehit to record the second out of the inning. Down to their final four outs against Hudson, who had notallowed a run in 17 frames, things didn't look good. But something changed, really quickly. Ryan Braun began the assault against Hudson with a broken-batsingle and advanced to second on Fielder's single up the middle. Hart followed with another broken-bat single, plating Braun totie the game at 1-1. "I was just trying to put the ball in play," Hart said. "I wasjust able to flare one to right." "The worst two pitches I made in that inning were outs," Hudsonsaid. "After that, you're like let's zero in and make somebetter pitches. Maybe I should have thrown it down the middle.Instead, I'm missing the barrel just enough to let them gethits." Fielder and Hart advanced one base on right fielder JeffFrancoeur's fielding error. Hudson departed after issuing anintentional walk to Geoff Jenkins. After Ron Mahay relieved Hudson, Dillon drew a four-pitch walkto give the Brewers a 2-1 edge. "The first two pitches were a little up," Mahay said. "The 2-0pitch was close enough and the 3-0 pitch was in the same spot.(Dillon) was a little shocked." Braves manager Bobby Cox was ejected for the 10th time thisseason and 135th time of his managerial career for arguing theball four call with plate umpire Chris Guccione. After thetheatrics, Bill Hall plated Hart with another broken-bat singleoff reliever Tyler Yates to make it 3-1. "It's just how it happens," said Hart of the broken bat rally."Broken-bat hits count too. We were fortunate to have three inthe inning to get the runs in." The Brewers added an insurance run in the ninth on a sacrificefly by Damian Miller to complete the scoring. Scott Linebrink (5-6) pitched a scoreless seventh for thevictory. Derrick Turnbow recorded a perfect eighth beforecloser Francisco Cordero worked around a one-out double toFrancoeur to record his 44th save in 50 opportunities. Hudson (16-9) allowed three runs and eight hits, walked two andstruck out five in 7 2/3 frames for the Braves, who lost for thefirst time in six games. Milwaukee starter Carlos Villanueva, who hurled seven innings ofshutout ball in his last start against the Cincinnati Reds onSeptember 16, was almost as brilliant in this one. Therighthander allowed one run and three hits, walked three andstruck out four in six solid frames. Unfortunately for Villanueva, his only real mistake of the nightwas crushed over the right-center field wall. Mark Teixeira smashed the righthander's 2-1 offering 458 feetinto the stands for his 14th homer as a Brave and 27th homer ofthe year in the second. The blast, which landed a few rowsbeneath the bottom level of the Chop House, was the fourthlongest longball at Turner Field. "It felt good," Teixeira said. "It was an inside fastball. Heprobably wanted it in a little more than he had it and left itover the plate a little too much."
