MILWAUKEE -- Mike Fiers held Pittsburgh to two hits in seven innings for his fourth straight win since coming up from Triple-A, and the Milwaukee Brewers avoided a three-game sweep at home by beating the Pirates 4-3 on Sunday. Fiers (4-1) fanned seven. He allowed Starling Martes two-run shot in the second before retiring 16 of the next 17 batters. Closer Francisco Rodriguez gave up a homer to Andrew McCutchen with one in the ninth. Rodriguez put the tying run aboard with two outs with a walk before striking out Pedro Alvarez for his 39th save. Milwaukee knocked around Vance Worley (5-4) for four runs over the first two innings, with each hit coming with two outs. Pittsburgh had its three-game winning streak snapped and dropped to five back in the NL Central. Jonathan Lucroy hit his National League-leading 43rd double for the Brewers, who snapped a three-game losing streak to increase their lead in the Central to 1 1/2 games over second-place St. Louis. Lucroy singled home a run in the second after Carlos Gomez reached on a two-out double to left-centre that glanced off McCutchens glove. Aramis Ramirez followed two batters later with his second single of the day to drive home Lucroy for a 4-2 lead. The Pirates had tied it at 2 in the top of the second after Marte homered on to the concourse above left-centre. But Fiers allowed just Russell Martins single in the fourth from there, getting out of that inning with a pretty over-the-shoulder catch with two outs by shortstop Elian Herrera in shallow centre to save a potential hit. Fiers fastball tops only at about 90 mph. But he has succeeded since stepping into the rotation for the injured Matt Garza by mixing pitches and keeping the ball down in the zone. Fiers cooled off a Pirates offence that had at least 11 hits in its two previous games. Worley settled down after the first two innings, retiring 13 of 15 until leaving with one out in the seventh after allowing back-to-back singles. The right-hander allowed a season-high 12 hits, eight coming in the rough first two innings. TRAINERS ROOM PIRATES: INF Clint Barmes could rejoin the team during a three-game series against St. Louis, which starts Monday in Pittsburgh. Barmes has been on the disabled list since July 6 with strained left groin. BREWERS: Garza, who was supposed to throw a light bullpen session Sunday, is recovering from a strained rib cage muscle. Manager Ron Roenicke said Garza will throw again Tuesday if Sundays bullpen outing went well. Garza went on the disabled list Aug. 5. UP NEXT PIRATES: LHP Francisco Liriano (3-10) will try to rebound from a tough outing when he opens the Cardinals series. He gave up nine runs in four-plus innings in an 11-3 loss last week to Atlanta. BREWERS: RHP Kyle Lohse (11-7) returns to the rotation to open a three-game series in San Diego. Lohse hasnt started since Aug. 13 because of a right ankle injury. Charles Barkley Jersey .Y. -- Nothing seems to phase No. Cheap Suns Jerseys China . -- New York Yankees centre fielder Jacoby Ellsbury was sent for an MRI Thursday of his ailing right calf, which was negative. http://www.cheapsunsjerseys.com/?tag=che...-majerle-jersey. The Raptors had an early deadline Sunday, a dreaded afternoon game, and they left the bulk of their work until the last minute, as theyve done so many times before. Trevor Ariza Jersey . -- Jesse Lussier scored 8:24 into overtime as the Halifax Mooseheads erased a four-goal deficit to beat the host Val-dOr Foreurs 6-5 on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff action. Deandre Ayton Jersey . Omar Rahou made the discriminatory gesture several times while celebrating scoring a goal against Romania at Antwerp in January, UEFA said. The sanction was double the five-match ban Nicolas Anelka received from an English Football Association independent tribunal last week for the same act.TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have selected the contract Australian right-handed pitcher Liam Hendriks and have designated right-hander Esmil Rogers for assignment. Hendriks will make his Toronto debut Friday night as the Blue Jays start a three-game series at home against Oakland. He has appeared in 10 games (eight starts) for triple-A Buffalo, posting a 5-0 record with a 1.dddddddddddd48 earned-run average, But he has struggled at the major-league level with a 2-13 record and 6.06 ERA over three seasons with Minnesota. Rogers posted a 6.97 ERA in 16 relief appearances for the Blue Jays this season. In 174 career games (42 starts) has a 16-21 record with a 5.59 ERA for Col