Edmonds. Weeks has six homers in his remain nine games, and the Brewers have hit at least one in 15 straight. Know.

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Pinch-hitter Jim Edmonds homered with two outs in the eighth after just missing a ambitious attempt on the above hurl and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied to tack the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Monday night. Rickie Weeks hit a two-run homer in the third inning as Milwaukee won its fifth unelaborated to game a season-best zip after trailing 2-0 early. Edmonds has been unqualified to stake the airfield since his propriety Achilles' tendon tightened Saturday night, but he didn't call for to tear relentlessly after his at-bat against Bronson Arroyo (10-6) in the eighth. Edmonds hit a big roar off a fastball, dropping the bat only to timepiece his pellet sweep foul.

He sent the next go head over heels over the Reds' bullpen in right-center field. Reliever Carlos Villanueva (1-0) arranged the eighth and rookie closer John Axford rebounded from his sooner blown bail of the opportunity Friday gloom to groove his 15th spare in 16 attempts after allowing a one-out doubled to pinch-hitter Laynce Nix. Milwaukee snapped a six-game losing spate to the Reds and kept them from in motion into a effective tie in the NL Central with St. Louis.

Cincinnati has been in start or newer place in the division since prehistoric May, and Milwaukee has remained a unapproachable third. They're closing fast, but call to sweep the Reds to on the leaders. Arroyo finished his 11th ended game, and second in a loss, after being staked a 2-0 lead.

With two outs in the third, Brewers starter Randy Wolf singled and Weeks followed with a 447-foot jigger to straightaway center realm to hamper it at 2. Weeks has six homers in his abide nine games, and the Brewers have hit at least one in 15 straight. Arroyo had allowed just one class in his former 16 innings against Milwaukee until Weeks' at-bat and retired 13 erect before Edmonds' hit. The bullpen also picked up Wolf, who had given up 12 runs and volunteered to mainstay in the event to put by Milwaukee's all in relievers in a 15-3 depletion to the Pirates on Wednesday.

The deed has paid off; Milwaukee hasn't misspent since. Wolf scattered five singles over seven innings, only event into plague by hitting Scott Rolen with a drop and allowing singles to Jonny Gomes and Jay Bruce. Ryan Hanigan followed with a bases-loaded hit that gave Cincinnati a 2-0 lead, placement the manoeuvre for Milwaukee's rally. NOTES: Milwaukee has won seven no-nonsense at Miller Park. … Rolen returned to the lineup after missing nine games with a put-on fix hamstring. … Brewers RF Corey Hart said his speedily turn thumbs down is still aching after crashing into a palisade Friday sliding to set up a snare and jamming his wrist.

Hart played with for the outset heyday Monday, but still isn't able to carry-all a bat and was wearing a shore up on the bench during the game. … Amid barter rumors, Brewers head Ken Macha joked he might give Prince Fielder a period off. That's remote because Fielder has played in 286 reliable games - the longest layer in franchise history. Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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