Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Bill Welke, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Andy Fletcher
Attendance: 41976

Carlos Gomez smacked a three-run homer, one of three hit by the Milwaukee Brewers in a 7-3 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday that clinched home field in the first round of the playoffs.

Zack Greinke (16-6) limited the Pirates to two runs in six innings to finish 11-0 at home.

Corey Hart and Jonathan Lucroy belted solo homers for Milwaukee, which finished a major league-best 57-24 at home.

The Brewers will play the Arizona Diamondbacks in a National League Division Series beginning Saturday.

Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun went 0-for-4 and came up five points short of the New York Mets' Jose Reyes (.337) in his bid to win the league batting title.

Gomez's three-run blast in the fifth off Jeff Locke (0-3) gave the Brewers a 5-1 cushion. It was a career-high eighth homer for Gomez.

That was more than enough for Greinke, who became only the eighth pitcher since 1946 to notch at least 11 home wins without a loss.

Locke was tagged for five runs over four innings in his fourth career start as Pittsburgh fell to 4-38 in the last five seasons in Milwaukee and wrapped up its 19th consecutive losing season to increase its North American major sports franchise record.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh   Milwaukee
Jeff Locke Player Zack Greinke
Loss W/L Win
4.0 IP 6.0
3 Strikeouts 4
5 Hits 5
11.25 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Pittsburgh   Milwaukee
Neil Walker Player Jerry Hairston Jr.
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
4 TB 2
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Pittsburgh 6 0 9 .182 11 7 1 1 0 2
Milwaukee 7 3 17 .241 11 6 7 5 3 2
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