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The Brewers try to win the series against the Braves today.

The National League's second-worst road team and the Major League's worst home team will both try to buck their season-long trends on Sunday, when the Brewers and Braves play the rubber match of a three-game series at Turner Field.

A win on Saturday night pushed the Brewers' road record to 21-37, better only than the Pirates in the NL, and dropped the Braves to a Major League-worst 24-31 at home.

It's Tomo Ohka against Tim Hudson in the finale in a battle of veteran right-handers. Ohka will be looking to get out of the first inning; he's surrendered nine runs on nine hits in the first inning of his last two starts.

The Brewers banged 12 hits and scored eight runs on Saturday night, their biggest hitting spree since a 15-hit night against the Pirates on July 24. Kevin Mench and Tony Graffanino had three hits apiece, and Bill Hall and Prince Fielder both homered.

"If we can get everybody going like that, who knows what we can do?" Mench said.

Hall and Fielder have combined for 12 of the Brewers' last 18 home runs. Hall leads Major League shortstops with a team-high 26 home runs, and Fielder leads Major League rookies with 22.

Pitching matchup
MIL: RHP Tomo Ohka (3-3, 4.21 ERA)
Numbers don't reveal much: Ohka is 5-5 in 16 career appearances against Atlanta and 3-3 on the road this season.

ATL: RHP Tim Hudson (9-10, 4.98 ERA)
Left-handed hitters are batting at a .292 clip against Hudson.

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Mench hit an RBI double in the first inning on Saturday, and he's now 5-for-14 with runners in scoring position since being acquired from Texas.