Hart homers to defeat Bucs

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Corey Hart hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to give the Milwaukee Brewers a dramatic 6-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.

The Brewers trailed 5-4 when pinch hitter Jim Edwards led off the ninth with a ground-rule double off Octavio Dotel (2-2). Rickie Weeks flied out and then Hart belted a 2-0 pitch over the wall in left for his second game-ending home run of the season.

John Axford (5-1) allowed a run in the ninth but picked up the win for Milwaukee, which swept the three-game series and handed Pittsburgh its sixth straight loss.

Pittsburgh was also swept by Houston and hasn’t won since beating Philadelphia last Sunday.

Full story appears in Monday’s edition of The Vindicator.