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Homer happy Brewers aim for series win over Pirates

Sep 12, 2007 - 1:16 PM Milwaukee (74-70) at Pittsburgh (64-81) 12:35 pm EDT

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) - The Milwaukee Brewers specialize in hitting home runs. It's a good thing since Dave Bush may need a lot of run support.

Bush and the Milwaukee Brewers aim to take the rubber game of a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.

The Brewers, who are one game ahead of the Chicago Cubs (73-71) for first place in the National League Central, got home runs from Prince Fielder and Corey Hart while rookie Yovani Gallardo threw six scoreless innings in a 6-1 win on Tuesday.

Fielder, who leads the NL with 44 home runs, is one shy of matching the franchise record held by Gorman Thomas and Richie Sexson. Thomas set the mark in 1979 and Sexson tied it in 2001 and 2003.

Milwaukee, which leads the majors in home runs at 203, is a remarkable 66-49 in games when it hits at least one home run, compared to 8-29 when they are held without a homer.

Bush (11-10, 5.25 ERA) will try and bounce back from a horrendous outing in which he allowed eight runs and nine hits in one-plus inning of an 11-4 loss to Cincinnati on Friday. The righthander is trying to match the career high in wins he set last season.

Tom Gorzelanny (14-7, 3.48) has been the lone bright spot in another dismal Pirates' season. The lefthander is 5-1 with a 3.27 ERA in his last seven starts. On Friday, Gorzelanny held the Cubs to one run and six hits in seven innings of a 6-1 win.