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MILWAUKEE -- Andrew McCutchen feels right at home in Miller Park. http:///...hoes-green-gray.html .McCutchen hit a home run and a pair of RBI singles through the shift, including the tiebreaker in the 10th inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates stopped a nine-game skid in Milwaukee, beating the Brewers 3-2 Thursday night.He now has 44 RBI in 56 career games at Miller Park, his highest total at any opposing park.Theres no (surprise) elements here, McCutchen said. You get the same thing. You know what you are going to get. You know how the ball is going to look, regardless of the weather. There are really no elements unless you are playing a day game and the shadows start to creep in.McCutchen, who came in batting .246, homered into the second tier of seats in left field off Wily Peralta in the first for his 18th home run of the season. He then hit an RBI single that beat the shift in the third.I know he hasnt had the great year that he normally has, but hes a force, no question, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said.McCutchens blast was the 26th career home run against the Brewers and tied with the Cincinnati Reds for his highest total against any single opponent.Pinch-hitter John Jaso blooped a single off Carlos Torres (2-3) in the 10th, advanced on a sacrifice, took third on a ground out and scored on McCutchens liner through the empty right side of the infield.Even when Im behind in the count, I know I can still battle and get the job done, McCutchen said. I was able to do that today.McCutchen foiled the strategy that moved the second baseman behind the bag, leaving a huge gap between first and second.Im just taking what they gave me, he said. If they have a shift on, Im a guy that hits the ball to all parts of the field. Thats starting to show a lot more.Antonio Bastardo (2-0) picked up the win in relief and Tony Watson pitched a scoreless 10th for his eighth save in 11 chances.Chad Kuhl, making his first career appearance against Milwaukee, cruised through the first six innings -- allowing just two hits. However, he ran out of gas in the seventh.Pitching coach Ray Searage made a mound visit after Chris Carters one-out double and just before Nieuwenhuis stepped in. Whatever was said, didnt work. Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit Kuhls first pitch into the seats in right to tie the score. Orlando Arcia doubled to end the 23-year-old rookie right-handers eighth start of the season.Kuhl thought that his slider deserted him in the seventh.It was going well for me all night, he said. Then, it flattened out. Im a human, not a robot. I wish I could throw it perfectly every time, but it happens.Kuhl walked two, snapping his streak of no walks in his three previous road starts. He struck out five in 6 1/3 innings, his longest outing of the season and fifth consecutive time he went at least six innings.With McCutchens winning hit, the Pirates have won seven of Kuhls first eight major-league starts.Peralta was done after throwing 63 of 100 pitches for strikes in five shaky innings. He walked three and struck out five in his fourth start since rejoining the rotation on Aug. 9. He had been optioned to Triple-A Colorado Springs on June 12 after going 4-7 in 13 starts, including the season opener.MARTES MOTORINGMarte stole his 43rd base of the season. The last Pirate to record more than 42 steals in a season was Tony Womack who had 58 in 1998.CALL OVERTURNEDSecond base umpire Bob Davidsons out call on Starling Martes attempted steal of second in the Pirates fifth was overturned after a 2:34 review.CREEPY TALEPirates manager Clint Hurdle shared a story about ghosts at the teams hotel during his pregame session with the media.Baseball players in the past have reported eerie encounters and strange happenings at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee.I had a player call me one night assuring me of the fact that there is a ghost and it turned his TV on twice during the night, Hurdle said. I actually had him come into my room to settle him down. Went back to his room for a while. Sat with him. The TV didnt come back on. I exited and everything was OK. I dont want to name names, but hes still playing.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: 3B Jung Ho Kang accompanied the team on the road trip. Hes been on the 15-day disabled list since Aug. 20 with a left shoulder injury.Brewers: RHP Jacob Barnes is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment at Double-A Biloxi on Friday. Hes been on disabled list since July 27 with right elbow soreness.UP NEXTPirates: RHP Ryan Vogelsong (2-3, 2.98 ERA) makes his seventh start and 17th appearance when he faces Milwaukee for the first time this season. He is 4-0 with a 2.53 ERA in his last six appearances, including five starts, against the Brewers.Brewers: RHP Matt Garza (4-5, 5.27) faces the Pirates for the third time this season. He is 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA in those two starts and overall, he is 3-4 with a 4.37 ERA in 11 career outings. http:///...ght-gray-purple.html . Durant finished with 24 points and 13 rebounds, Jackson matched his career high with 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting and Lamb scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting, lifting the Thunder to a 94-88 win over San Antonio and snapping the Spurs 11-game winning streak. http:///...es-purple-white.html.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an unspecified lower-body injury.http:///...shoes-black-red.html . PETERSBURG, Fla. Disaster again struck for Jamie Whincup as Holdens Will Davison claimed his second Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama on Sunday.Four-time champion Whincup crossed the line first but he had already been hit with a 15 second post-race penalty for a controversial incident with 11 laps left, relegating him to 11th on the timesheets.It set up a final dog fight for the Great Race between 2009 winner Davison and Kiwi van Gisbergen.And it didnt disappoint.Trying to conserve fuel, Davison somehow held out a fast finishing van Gisbergen by 0.14 of a second - the closest competitive finish in the races 56 year history.Holdens Nick Percat was third.It ran out of fuel as I crossed the finish line, Davison said.I cant believe the way it panned out.Neither could Whincup.He copped the time penalty after trying to snatch second spot from Volvos Scott McLaughlin on lap 150.He tried to overtake on the inside of McLaughlin at The Chase, forcing the Volvo driver off the track.McLaughlin weaved back onto the track, spectacularly crashing with Holdens Garth Tander prompting yet another safety car.Whincup started all that, said Tander, whose Holden was written off by the incident.Jamie was being pretty desperate, its not on.Six-time Bathurst winner Whincup was apologetic.I dont know what to say. I feel sorry about that, he said.I will apologise but I felt the move was on.Whincup was looking for a reversal of fortuness after his last two disastrous Bathurst campaigns. http:///...arbon-gray-pink.html. Last year he sensationally ignored team orders to pit before passing a safety car, relegating him from second to 18th.And in 2014 the Holden gun also defied a team directive and ran out of fuel on the 161st and final lap while leading.As usual, there were no shortage of hard luck stories.In the end, eight of the 27 cars failed to finish, prompting six safety cars.The biggest name scalp was Fords Mark Winterbottom whose Supercars title defence appears in tatters after his brakes failed on lap 135.There was also no luck for sentimental favourite and defending champion Craig Lowndes.The Holden veteran had hoped to claim a seventh Bathurst to honour Peter Brock on the 10th anniversary of his mentors death.He finished fourth last after his campaign was sabotaged by early gear issues.Female driver Simona de Silvestre - who will compete in the Supercars full-time next year - finished 14th.Brocks anniversary attracted a four day attendance of 204,512 - the second biggest Bathurst 1000 crowd.Bathurst champions of the last decade honoured Brock in a pre-race parade driving some of the late greats most famous race cars.The crowd also gave a standing ovation on lap five, honouring Brocks famous 05 racing number. 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