PNC PARK Jenkins, Clark spark Brewers past Pirates

The Bucs must go 19-6 over their last 25 games to avoid a losing season.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Geoff Jenkins is playing as if the Milwaukee Brewers are in a race for first place, rather than trying to exit in last place in the NL Central.
Jenkins had another big day with three RBIs, Brady Clark drove in four runs and Milwaukee used a six-run third inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5 on Monday.
Jenkins homered leading off the second, then followed Clark's two-run single in the pivotal third with a two-run double -- his third extra-base hit against Pirates starter Ryan Vogelsong in four at-bats.
Jenkins is hitting .447 (21-for-47) over 13 games, his best stretch in yet another poor season for the Brewers. Between them, the Pirates and Brewers are 64 games out of first place.
"I'm just trying to get back to basics, slow things down and swing at good pitches," said Jenkins, who's hitting .263 with 21 homers and 78 RBIs. "If you do that and swing at good pitches in the zone, good things usually happen. That's about it -- nothing special."
For much of the season, he said: "The team wasn't doing so good, so everybody was kind of pressing a little bit. But we'll keep working hard at it."
Fourth win in five games
Clark added a two-run double in the ninth as the Brewers won their fourth in five games, while the slumping-again Pirates dropped their fifth in a row and 14th in 18 games.
With a 62-75 record, the Pirates must go 19-6 over their remaining 25 games to avoid a franchise-record 12th consecutive losing season.
Gary Glover (1-0), pitching for his third organization this season, got the victory in his Brewers debut despite giving up Rob Mackowiak's two-run homer in the fourth.
The Pirates loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth against Luis Vizcaino. Dan Kolb came in and gave up Jason Bay's sacrifice fly before getting Tike Redman to fly out and Jose Castillo to ground out for his 37th save in 41 chances. The Pirates left 12 on base.
Vogelsong (4-12) hasn't won in 12 appearances in Pittsburgh since beating the Phillies 6-2 on April 8 in his first home start. He gave up seven runs and five hits in 2 1/3 innings in losing his fifth in seven starts, elevating his ERA to 6.81.