Ryan Braun leads Milwaukee past Houston

Ryan Braun homered and drove in four runs, Bill Hall hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers grabbed a share of the NL Central lead with a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. Milwaukee has won nine of 10 to move into a tie with the Chicago Cubs, who lost 3-2 to the Florida Marlins in 12 innings Saturday. Eric Gagne (4-2) pitched a perfect eighth to get the win, and Salomon Torres got three outs for his 20th save in 24 chances. The Brewers tied it with two runs in the seventh and went in front in the eighth. Corey Hart hit Doug Brocail's first pitch of the eighth for a double and Hall followed with a bloop single to right-center on the next offering. Hall went to second on a balk by Brocail (4-5), and later scored on a groundout by Jason Kendall to make it 6-4. Braun tied... [read full story]