"Lastings Milledge came up for his fourth at-bat Wednesday, staring at a goose egg in the hits column and his team trailing by a run. He singled to center and kicked off a three-run seventh inning to snatch the lead from the Milwaukee Brewers and tired starter Randy Wolf. The Pirates held on for a 6-4 victory ? helped by a base-running blunder by Ryan Braun in the ninth and solid pitching by Joel Hanrahan and Octavio Dotel ? to start a five-game homestand. It was the Brewers' first trip to PNC Park since handing the Pirates (18-22) a shameful 20-0 loss to cap a series sweep April 22. Milwaukee (15-25) has lost nine games in a row for its longest losing streak since dropping 10 consecutive games in late 2006. "They came and swept us in our own house, and hopefully we can repay the favor, do it back to them," third baseman Andy LaRoche said. Pirates starter Brian Burres gave up three runs and seven hits with one walk and two strikeouts in six innings. At the plate, the Pirates had 12 hits, led by first baseman Steve Pearce, who was 3 for 4 with two doubles and one RBI. Garrett Jones and LaRoche had two hits apiece. Pearce, who had a tough night fielding with an error and another ball bouncing off his glove in the sixth, was happy to redeem himself at the plate. "I don't know what happened. It was just one of those nights where the ball didn't want to go in your glove, so I felt very relieved that I got some hits to help the team," Pearce said. For the Pirates, it was one night where their mistakes didn't do them in, and they were able to take advantage of missteps by the Brewers. Pearce's error allowed Jody Gerut on base to start the fifth. Then, with two outs, Burres gave up a double to Alcides Escobar. He intentionally walked Braun to load the bases and bring up lefty Prince Fielder, but Fielder popped out, and the Pirates got out of the inning with no runs allowed. The Brewers took the lead for the first time in the seventh inning after Escobar advanced from first to third on a passed ball by Ryan Doumit. He scored on a broken-bat single from Casey McGehee. But in a show of resiliency that's becoming more common of late ? look at Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Phillies and starter Roy Halladay after getting shelled the day before ? the Pirates bounced back in the seventh and locked it down in the final two innings." http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/pirates/s_682072.html
