MILWAUKEE — Right-hander Daniel Hudson watched the baseball fly toward the right-field foul pole at Miller Park late Wednesday night. He turned away as it crashed in the seats. With one swing, the Milwaukee Brewers’ Domingo Santana, the first batter Hudson faced in the seventh inning, injected life into a crowd which had been silenced the previous two games.
Santana’s two-run, go-ahead homer off Hudson was the difference in a 4-3 come-from-behind win, as the first-place Brewers moved five games ahead of the Pirates (33-39). Milwaukee (39-35) has a shot to salvage a series split with a win in the finale, a Thursday matinee.