@Brewers 7, Phillies 5

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Braun to the rescue
His homer in ninth caps comeback

Ryan Braun hadn't been sitting on 29 home runs forever.

It only seemed that way.

"I felt like every time I looked at the scoreboard, I saw a huge '29' staring back at me," said the Milwaukee Brewers leftfielder.

When Braun steps to the plate Sunday, a huge "30" will be staring back at him instead.

Braun made No. 30 count in a big way Saturday night, blasting a two-run shot to right-center in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Brewers a dramatic 7-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, much to the delight of a Fan Appreciation Night crowd of 40,141 at Miller Park.

Perhaps the only disappointment came when Braun arrived at home plate to an intentionally muted celebration with his teammates. No one fell backward, as with Prince Fielder against San Francisco three weeks ago.

"No fun allowed," said Fielder, referring to the negative reaction that creative celebration drew from the Giants and others in the game.

"We had some good ideas, but it's not worth it," said Braun, who hadn't hit a home run since Sept. 11 and had just one since Aug. 28.

"Everybody's interested in seeing what we'll do. But it's just not worth it to us. People take it the wrong way. We put it on the back burner."

Sunday's Game:
PHI: Joe Blanton
MIL: Dave Bush
1:05pm CDT