os lead fluctuated between 16-23 points on its way to a 56-38

PITTSBURGH -- Lyle Overbay didnt take it personally. Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle decided to have Edinson Volquez intentionally walk Scooter Gennett, a .287 hitter, to pitch to Overbay with the score tied runners on second and third in the fourth inning Saturday. With good reason. The Milwaukee Brewers first baseman was hitting just .213. Overbay came through, hitting a tiebreaking two-run single to centre field that made it 4-2 and sent the NL Central-leading Brewers on their way to a 9-3 victory. Just before Gennett was walked, Khris Davis hit an RBI single to tie the score at 2-2. "I wasnt really surprised that they walked Scooter in that situation," Overbay said. "Volquez has a good sinker and theyre looking to get a double play there. What I need to do there is make sure I dont swing at a sinker low and away and hit into the double play." Milwaukee had lost three of its previous four gamers, including getting routed 15-5 by the Pirates on Friday night. "This was a good win," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "It feels good to come back the next day and play well. We got some big hits, took advantage of some opportunities they gave us and got solid pitching." Matt Garza (4-4) got through six shaky innings to win back-to-back starts for the first time since last July. He allowed five walks and six hits while striking out one, yet limited the Pirates to three runs a day after they scored a season-high. Rob Wooten, Will Smith and Brandon Kintzler each pitched an inning of scoreless relief. "Personal wins are nice, but the team winning is what really matters, and all I want to do is keep stacking up those team wins," Garza said. Davis and Jonathan Lucroy had two hits each for the NL Central-leading Brewers. Ryan Brauns two-run double in a four-run eighth inning extended Milwaukees lead to 8-3. Neil Walker and Pedro Alvarez had two hits each for Pittsburgh, which committed five errors. First baseman Ike Davis made two of the errors on one play in the first inning when he failed to catch a pickoff throw then threw wildly to second base. "We gave up a lot of free bases with the errors," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "From a fielding perspective, we were all over the place. We made it a lot tougher on our pitchers than it needed to be." Volquez (3-5) lost for the first time in four starts, giving up four runs and four hits in six innings. "I left a couple of pitches right in the middle of the plate in (the fourth) inning," Volquez said. "Ive got to do a better job than that. I let them have a big inning and that was the ballgame." Pittsburgh got within 4-3 in the sixth inning on a double play grounder before Milwaukee put the game away in the eighth on Brauns double and an infield RBI single by Jean Segura. Irving Falu added a sacrifice fly in the ninth. Alvarezs two-run single in the second inning put the Pirates ahead 2-1 after Lucroy hit a sacrifice fly in the first. The Pirates Josh Harrison extended his hitting streak 10 games, tying a career high, with a two-out double in the ninth inning NOTES: Milwaukee placed RHP Tyler Thornburg on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right elbow after the game and recalled RHP Mike Fiers from Triple-A Nashville. . Pittsburgh RHP Gerrit Cole was scratched from his scheduled start Monday night against the Chicago Cubs. LHP Jeff Locke will be recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis and start Sunday against the Brewers Yovani Gallardo (3-4, 4.08) in the finale of the three-game series. RHP Charlie Morton will start Monday instead of Sunday. . Pittsburgh LF Starling Marte, mired in an 0-for-20 slump, was not in the lineup for a fourth straight game. ... Milwaukee rookie LHP Wei-Chung Wang bruised his right knee Friday night but X-rays showed no broken bones. 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Ultra Boost 4.0 Australia . - Nikita Jevpalovs scored 6:22 into the second overtime as the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada edged the visiting Rimouski Oceanic 2-1 on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff action.San Antonio, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Tony Parker scored 17 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a comfortable 99-85 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday. Kawhi Leonard scored 15 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, and Manu Ginobili also added 15 points to help the Spurs win for the fourth time in five games. Tim Duncan chipped in 14 points and seven boards. The Lakers lost their seventh straight game hours after confirming Kobe Bryant tore a rotator cuff, putting his season in jeopardy. Nick Young led Los Angeles with 17 points, and Carlos Boozer, Jordan Hill, Wayne Ellington and Jordan Clarkson joined him in double figures. We havent just scrapped the season ... were still going to try and win basketball games, Lakers coach Byron Scott said. Without Bryant, the Lakers allowed San Antonio to open the game with a 9-0 lead. Duncan hit shots on back-to-back possessions, and Parkers jumper following a Duncan block extended the lead to nine. Clarkson got the first Los Angeles bucket 3 1/2 minutes into the game. The Spurs went on a 10-0 run with five points from Leonard later in the quarter to go up 25-8 and led 31-15 after one period. Los Angeles would not pull within single digits for the remainder off the game.dddddddddddd. We feel good that we played at a good pace on a back-to-back, said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. San Antonios lead fluctuated between 16-23 points on its way to a 56-38 lead at the break. Despite missing all five 3-point attempts in the quarter, the Spurs shot 50 percent and never allowed the Lakers to gain ground. Despite poor Spurs shooting in the third quarter, the Lakers were still unable to pull within single digits, and San Antonio took a 76-61 lead into the final period. Wesley Johnsons 3 cut San Antonios lead down to 10 points with 10 minutes to play, but a 7-0 Spurs run ended the Lakers comeback chances. Ginobili immediately responded with an acrobatic layup at the other end, and Patty Mills triple not even a minute later extended San Antonios advantage to 17 points. Game Notes Los Angeles fell to 2-7 without Bryant in the lineup ... The Spurs improved to 9-5 in the second game of a back-to-back ... Lakers point guard Jeremy Lin was a healthy scratch ... The Spurs improved to 7-0 when holding their opponent below 40 percent shooting ... San Antonio outrebounded the Lakers, 52-40 ... The Spurs won the season series, 2-1. ' ' '