They overcame a pair of extra-inning deficits to beat the Reds on Wednesday, 6-5, finishing a three-game sweep and walking away with their 23rd come-from-behind win at Miller Park on Rickie Weeks' two-run double in the bottom of the 13th inning.

A crowd of 19,651 paid to see a game that had everything. It had extra-inning home runs, game-saving catches, a bizarre bloop-and-bunt scoring rally by the Reds and an equally-thrilling comeback by the Brewers that finally ended the game after four hours, 19 minutes.

"Believe me, we don't want to be in that situation," said Weeks, who along with Geoff Jenkins and Jeff Cirillo finished with three key hits for Milwaukee.

Brewers right-hander Geremi Gonzalez (2-0) was the lucky winner and Jason Standridge (1-1) took the loss for the Reds, two of the 15 pitchers to see action. Both teams were forced to make player moves after the game to regroup for Thursday.

"Finally," Brewers manager Ned Yost said. "We had opportunities throughout the course of the game to score some runs and we just couldn't push that big run across until it really counted."

Twice.

Jenkins provided the first big run in the bottom of the 10th inning, after Cincinnati slugger Adam Dunn hit a pitch from struggling Brewers All-Star Derrick Turnbow for a solo home run and a 4-3 Reds lead. Jenkins answered in the bottom of the inning with a solo shot off Todd Coffey, snapping the longest homerless streak of Jenkins' career at 142 at-bats.

"My whole thing was just to keep driving in runs," Jenkins said. "That stuff [hitting home runs] takes care of itself. We saw just about everything in the game tonight."

The teams remained knotted at 4 through the 11th and 12th innings. Yost considered a double-switch when he brought in right-hander Rick Helling to pitch the 12th, a move that would have taken Weeks out of the game.

"In a tie game, we really didn't want to take Rickie's bat out," Yost said.

Weeks' glovework gave the Brewers some trouble in the top of the 13th. Juan Castro, who took Dunn's spot in the lineup in a series of defensive switches back in the 10th, blooped a ground-rule double down the right-field line that appeared playable but glanced off Weeks' glove. The next batter, Rich Aurilia, dropped a sacrifice bunt to first baseman Prince Fielder, whose throw was to the inside of the bag and spun Weeks around. While Weeks showed the first base umpire that he had held onto the baseball, Castro wisely motored home with the go-ahead run.

"I kind of showed it to [the umpire] and I shouldn't have," Weeks said. "As soon as I turned, the guy was rounding third and I tried to get it to [catcher Damian Miller] kind of quick."

Weeks atoned in the bottom of the frame. Facing Standridge, Miller singled and Gabe Gross walked. Cirillo, who entered the game in a ninth-inning double-switch and had doubled in two previous at-bats only to be stranded, squared to bunt, then pulled back and "slashed" a single through a charging infield, loading the bases.

Weeks promptly delivered a game-winning, sweep-clinching, ground-rule double over Reds center fielder Ken Griffey, Jr., scoring Miller and Gross.

"I don't know about redemption, but our team plays the whole way, from the first pitch to the last pitch," Weeks said. "That's what kind of team we have. Redemption or not, I like coming up there with the situation on the line."

Entering the game, Weeks was hitting .219 (14-for-64) with runners in scoring position.

"Strange ballgame," said Cirillo, who couldn't remember successfully executing the slash play before Thursday. "Against the Reds here, it seems like we play some strange games. At least in the two years I've been here. That's a tough series for them."

The late heroics made up for another tough night for Turnbow, who suffered blown saves in each of his two previous appearances and would have suffered the loss had Jenkins not homered in the 10th. Turnbow is heading to the All-Star Game next week, but he has a 31.50 ERA (seven earned runs in two innings) in his last three appearances, and his ERA has ballooned from 3.28 to 4.78.

"Turnbow did much, much better today," Yost insisted. "He got a pitch out over the plate to a tough hitter in Dunn, but got a big out to pick up [Matt Wise] in the ninth. Our pitching did a great job."

So did the defense. Brewers third baseman Corey Koskie and shortstop Bill Hall combined for what could be the team's play of the year in the top of the seventh. Koskie, attempting an over-the-shoulder catch of a Felipe Lopez pop-up, overran the ball but still gloved it while sliding near the foul line. When his glove hit the ground the ball popped up, and Hall managed to pluck it out of the air for the inning-ending out.

For those scoring at home, it was a 5-6 pop-out. Lopez apparently would have marked a star next to the play in his scorebook, because the Reds shortstop applauded Hall's effort while the Brewers ran off the field.

In the ninth, Jenkins made a game-saving catch in right field, ranging to his left and diving for a Javier Valentin line drive.

"This is his time of year," Cirillo said of Jenkins. "This is the time where he turns it up, and he definitely did tonight. He showed his leadership ability tonight, with his bat and his glove."

Has Jenkins ever seen a team with this many comebacks in its tank?

"Not that I've been on," he said. "It's a special thing to have that mojo. I keep saying, we just have to take that same thought process on the road."