The Cincinnati Reds knocked off the Milwaukee Brewers for the 9th time in

Dave Bush / UPI Photo-Bill Greenblatt

10-games this season, holding on for a 4-3 win at Miller Park on Tuesday night.  The Reds’ magic number for clinching the National League Central Division was reduced to four. 

Reds starter Edinson Volquez allowed just 1-run on 3-hits in 8-innings of work to pick up the win and further state his case towards securing a spot in the Reds post-season rotation.  Francisco Cordero made it interesting in the 9th but held on to earn his 38th save.

Dave Bush, making his last home start of the season, gave up all four runs in 5 1/3 innings.  Bush is a free agent at the end of the season and there’s a good chance that he won’t be back with the Brewers next season. 

Jim Edmonds homered in the second off of Bush, but hurt himself rounding the bases. 

After Bush departed, Todd Coffey, Mike McClendon and Manny Parra combined to strike out 9 of the 12 hitters they faced.

An 8th inning gamble by manager Ken Macha paid off and the Milwaukee Brewers, in the role of a spoiler, knocked off the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 in St.

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Macha walked Albert Pujols to put the potential winning run on base.  He instead pitched to Matt Holliday, who has a career .372 batting average against the Brewers and got Holliday to ground into a fielders choice to end the threat.

John Axford, who record two outs in the 8th, completed his 18th save in 20 tries in the 9th inning.

Dave Bush, who gave up four straight home runs his last time out, allowed just one last night, a solo home run by Albert Pujols in the St. Louis 4th.

Casey McGehee clubbed a 2-run home run in the 3rd, part of a 3-run inning and the Brewers never looked back.  McGehee had 3-hits on the night, raising his average to .288.

The Cardinals have dropped 3-straight have have now fallen 2-games behind the Cincinnati Reds in the NL Central Division race.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks tied a major league record by hitting four consecutive home runs in an 8-2 pounding of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Adam LaRoche, Miguel Montero, Mark Reynolds and Stephen Drew connected in the fourth inning off of Brewers starter Dave Bush. 

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The Diamondbacks are the 7th team in history to accomplish the feat.  The Brewers got back to back home runs in the second inning from Prince Fielder and Casey McGehee to jump out to a 2-0 lead.

The Diamondbacks have won the first three games in the series and go for the sweep this afternoon.