Brewers Drop Cardinals Back Into Tie With Ten-Inning Victory

St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Corey Hart drove in the game-winning run with a 10th-inning sacrifice fly to push Milwaukee past St. Louis 4-3 to avoid a series sweep at Busch Stadium.

Rookie Zach Braddock (1-0) earned his first major league win with a scoreless ninth inning, as the Brewers wrapped up their seven-game road trip with only two wins. John Axford blanked the Redbirds in the bottom of the 10th to earn his fourth save in as many tries.

Prince Fielder had three hits, walked and scored the winning run, while Rickie Weeks had a pair of hits, including a home run, and scored twice for Milwaukee, which halted a three-game slide.

Jason Motte (2-2) absorbed the loss after allowing the decisive run on a pair of hits in his lone inning of work for the Cardinals, who had a three-game win streak snapped and fell for just a second time in seven contests.

Fielder started the winning rally with a one-out walk and moved to second base on a Ryan Braun infield single. He advanced to third when Casey McGehee singled to right, and Hart then drove a Motte offering to deep center field to chase home Fielder with the go-ahead marker.

Axford allowed a one-out single to Yadier Molina before retiring Randy Winn on a fly ball and Skip Schumacker on a broken-bat line out to second base to end the comeback attempt.

The Brewers opened the game with three straight singles to load the bases. Felipe Lopez's fielding error on Braun's ground ball allowed Weeks to score, and McGehee followed with a sacrifice fly to plate Carlos Gomez for a 2-0 advantage.

The teams swapped leadoff longballs in the third, as Weeks did it for the visitors and Colby Rasmus responded in kind for the Redbirds.

Albert Pujols brought the home team to within a run, 3-2, in the sixth with another leadoff home run.

Manny Parra, making his third start of the year, then walked Ryan Ludwick, Molina and Rasmus to load the bases with one out and was lifted in favor of Dave Bush.

The veteran right-hander struck out Schumacker after a 12-pitch battle and gave way to Kameron Loe, who retired pinch-hitter David Freese to end the threat and protect the lead.

Ludwick led off the eighth inning with a double and advanced to third base on a Molina ground out. Loe was then replaced by Carlos Villanueva, who gave up a Winn sacrifice fly to left field that plated Ludwick to tie the game at three.

Parra was charged with a pair of runs on four hits while walking four and striking out a career-high 10. Cardinals starter Jamie Garcia was also not involved in the decision after giving up three runs -- two earned -- on eight hits while walking two and fanning four.

The only other home run hit off Garcia this season was by Cincinnati's Drew Stubbs on May 14...The southpaw has not allowed more than two earned runs in any of his 11 starts...Parra had surrendered only two home runs in 31 innings prior to Sunday...Milwaukee is 16-5 when scoring first...Matt Holliday had one hit in five at-bats to extend his hitting streak to ten games, while Pujols pushed his to seven straight...The Cardinals were hitless in eight at-bats with runners in scoring position and stranded 11.