Grand finale: Pirates win

Associated Press

MILWAUKEE

Ryan Doumit hit a grand slam and Ronny Cedeno had a solo homer in a five-run ninth inning to help the Pittsburgh Pirates snap a 22-game losing streak in Milwaukee with a 7-3 victory over the Brewers on Tuesday night.

Cedeno crushed the second pitch from Trevor Hoffman (1-2) over the wall in left to tie the game. After Andrew McCutchen struck out, Andy Laroche singled for the fourth time and Lastings Millege doubled. Garrett Jones was walked intentionally before Doumit drove a 2-0 pitch into the second-tier of the bleachers for his second career grand slam.

Home runs have been Hoffman’s downfall in all three blown saves. He’s now given up five of them with the win on the line. His ERA skied from 9.00 to 13.50.

Prince Fielder greeted reliever Javier Lopez with a homer to deep center in the bottom of the eighth to give the Brewers a 3-2 lead.

Brendan Donnelly picked up the win when he relieved Lopez with runners at first and second and two outs. Donnelly retired pinch-hitter Jody Gerut to end the threat.

Randy Wolf pitched an effective eight innings when he scattered 10 hits and stranded nine Pirates. He surrendered a run in the second on a double by Doumit and sacrifice fly by Akinori Iwamura and Jeff Clement’s third home run of the season, a solo shot in the fourth.

The victory also snapped a seven-game losing streak for Pittsburgh.

The Pirates had lost to the Brewers 22 straight times at Miller Park and are 13-37 against Milwaukee since 2007. The Brewers’ home winning streak against Pittsburgh was the longest by one team over another since the Indians beat the St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles 27 consecutive times from 1952-54.