Hall's homers lead Brewers past Bucs

Pirates starter Zach Duke didn't survive the third inning of a 12-8 loss.
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Bill Hall hit two two-run homers and Carlos Lee had one as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-8 Monday night.
The Brewers had 15 hits, one shy of their season high, and one more than the Pirates.
Doug Davis (6-6) allowed six runs and 10 hits in six innings as the Brewers won for just the fourth time in the last 13 games. The Pirates fell to 2-17 on the road against left-handers and 6-28 overall.
Zach Duke (7-9) had won his first two starts since the All-Star break, but failed to get out of the third inning against the Brewers.
Huge lead early
In the third, Brady Clark singled, advanced on Davis' sacrifice and scored on second baseman Jose Castillo's fielding error. Victor Santos relieved Duke and the Brewers added another run on shortstop Jack Wilson's fielding error before Lee's two-run homer, his 28th of the season, made it 10-2.
Duke allowed eight runs -- six earned -- and eight hits in 21/3 innings. He walked one and struck out two in his shortest outing of this season.
Jason Bay's 23rd home run gave Pittsburgh a 2-0 lead in the first, but the Brewers sent nine men to the plate in the bottom of the inning and regained the lead 4-2 keyed by Hall's first two-run homer, his 21st of the season.
In the second, Jeff Cirillo and Prince Fielder had RBI singles to make it 6-2.
Hall's two-run homer off Santos in the fifth gave him his second career two-homer game and the Brewers a 12-3 lead.
The Pirates scored three times in the sixth on RBI singles by Ronny Paulino and pinch-hitter Joe Randa. They got an unearned run on right fielder Geoff Jenkins' throwing error.
Pittsburgh made it 12-8 in the seventh on a run-scoring groundout by Craig Wilson and an RBI single by Paulino, who was 3-for-4 with three singles and three RBIs.
Bay came in hitless in his last three games, but snapped the 0-for-8 skid with the first-inning home run. He went 4-for-4 -- his fifth career four-hit game -- with a triple and homer, scored three runs and drove in two.
Notes
Brewers 2B Rickie Weeks left the game after the second inning with right wrist irritation. ... Duke had gone two innings twice last season. The Aug. 23 start ended when he twisted his ankle. He pitched two innings on July 27 at Florida, but did not return to the mound after the second rain delay. ... Jack Wilson singled in the first, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. ... The Pirates have lost 15 of their last 18 on the road.
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