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ST. Reggie Wayne Youth Jersey . LOUIS -- Ryan Braun ended an extremely long day at the ballpark with a long drive that put him in the Milwaukee Brewers record book. Brauns home run off Lance Lynn with one out in the top of the 13th inning was the difference in the Brewers 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. The shot gave him his fifth straight 100-RBI season and further frustrated the few hundred fans still around nearly seven hours after the scheduled start. The game lasted 4 hours, 30 minutes, and ended at 2:05 a.m. "I cant ever remember playing in a longer game," Braun said. "Get here and sit around for eight or nine hours and then we play extra innings. I cant ever remember playing past 2 in the morning." The start was delayed by rain for 2 hours, 20 minutes, long enough to cause one lineup scratch. Cardinals No. 3 hitter Matt Holliday was set to return after a game out with lower back pain followed by a day off but was scratched as a precaution. Braun set a franchise record for 100-RBI seasons, breaking a tie with Cecil Cooper and Prince Fielder, with his 199th career homer. The drive off Lynn (13-7) came on a 1-1 hanging breaking ball and landed in the mostly empty left-field stands. Lynn was a first-time All-Star with 12 wins at the break but was bumped to the bullpen in late August. "It wasnt supposed to go over the fence, thats for sure," Lynn said. "Hes a guy thats going to hurt you. I made the wrong pitch to the wrong guy at the wrong time." Brandon Kintzler (1-0) got cleanup hitter Allen Craig to ground into an inning-ending double play in the 12th, and John Axford finished for his 26th save in 34 chances. The Brewers have won 10 of 13 to climb into the fringe of the NL wild card race. "Were here this late, were thinking, Lets win this thing," reliever Kameron Loe said. "This was a grind all the way, though." Both starting pitchers, St. Louis Kyle Lohse and Milwaukees Yovani Gallardo, failed much earlier in their second attempts to reach 15 wins. "I knew coming into it that it was going to be a pretty late start. It takes more than that to mess with me," Lohse said. "I was ready and felt like my stuff was good." The Cardinals got a pair of one-out walks in the 12th against Kintzler and left the bases loaded in the 11th against Loe, but couldnt score and fell to 3-10 in extra innings. "Its extremely frustrating," manager Mike Matheny said. "We had our chances and just couldnt come through." Yadier Molinas two-run homer off Jim Henderson tied it at 4 with two outs in the eighth. It was his 18th shot of the season and first since Aug. 24. The drive answered the Brewers two-run eighth. Corey Hart scored the go-ahead run from second on an infield hit combined with shortstop Daniel Descalcos throwing error. Jon Jay had three singles and a steal for the Cardinals, who have the lead for the second NL wild card spot, but are 2-2 on a six-game homestand. Jay is batting a major league-best .390 (46 for 118) since Aug. 6, and Molina is batting .385 (20 for 52) against Milwaukee with three homers and eight RBIs. The Brewers Martin Maldonado ran into a big out to end the top of the 11th, trotting to first while admiring a drive to left centre off Fernando Salas that didnt make it out. He was thrown out at second by left fielder Adron Chambers. Gallardo finished strong with four of his six strikeouts in his final two innings in a rare acceptable outing against the Cardinals. The Milwaukee ace is 1-9 with a 6.72 ERA for his career against St. Louis. Lohse, who allowed two runs and five hits in 6 1-3 innings, kept alive an eight-game winning streak over his last 14 starts. Pinch-hitter Travis Ishikawa, who had been 1 for 12 against St. Louis, tied it at 2 in the seventh with an RBI double off Edward Mujica. Carlos Beltran was 0 for 3 with runners in scoring position his first three trips and has just one RBI in 14 games. Beltran, in an 0-for-13 slump overall, missed two games this week because of soreness in his left knee. NOTES: Cardinals closer Jason Motte worked the ninth and 10 innings. He allowed a hit and struck out two in his fifth two-inning outing of the season, all at home. ... Mujica has allowed just four of 22 inherited runners to score, and has worked 16 scoreless innings in 17 appearances since being acquired from Miami. ... Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said Carlos Gomez, who made his 78th start in centre field, could be the opening day starter at that position next year. "I think we think he can do it," Roenicke said. "Im not saying that he will be, but I could see him doing it." ... Lohse is 14-2, the second-best start in franchise history trailing only Ted Wilks, who was 14-1 in 1944 and finished at 15-2. ... Brewers 3B Aramis Ramirez missed his second start with a back injury but could be back Saturday. Donnie Avery Jersey . Manager Bruce Bochy said Sanchez will have a microdiscectomy performed by Dr. Robert Watkins on Wednesday to remove part of a disc, the latest and perhaps most serious setback in the second basemans injury-marred tenure with the Giants. Andrew Luck White Jersey . -- Brett Favre lines up at the 40-yard line and takes off in a dead sprint, juking briefly to his right before heading left. http://www.indianapoliscoltsprostore.com/pat-angerer-jerseys . 2 spot after suffering its first loss of the season on Saturday. Kansas State, the nations No. 1 team according to the computer composites, was the beneficiary of Floridas setback against Georgia, as the Wildcats pulled behind the Crimson Tide in the polls latest release. Pat Angerer Black Jersey . 8. For Andy Murray, its No. 1 -- and the first for a British man since 1938. Jerrell Freeman Jersey . -- Robert Streb shot a 3-under 69 in rainy conditions Saturday at Del Monte to take a one-stroke lead over Billy Horschel after the third round in the Pebble Beach Invitational.East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - The New York Giants have ruled out running back Ahmad Bradshaw for Sundays game with the Atlanta Falcons due to a knee sprain thats kept the teams leading rusher out of practice the entire week. Bradshaw sustained the injury during the first half of last Sundays 52-27 win over New Orleans. Though he did return to the contest, the sixth-year pro was limited to only 11 carries totaling 33 yards. "It would have been a reach for him to be ready," Giants head coach Tom Coughlin conceded on Friday. "With someone like that, his constitution, you have to give him every benefit of the doubt. Im sure hed be disappointed right now. He thinks come game day its all going to straighten out for him. In this case, its, medically, really the only wise move." Bradshaw had appeared in 12 of New Yorks first 13 games this season and has compiled 869 rushing yards and five touchdowns while adding 21 receptions totaling 196 yards. With Bradshaaw unavailable, lead ball-carrying duties for Sundays showdown with the 11-2 Falcons figure to fall upon rookie David Wilson, whos coming off a career-best 100-yard, two-touchdown effort on 13 attempts against the Saints. Andrew Luck Camo Jersey. The 2012 first-round pick also took back a kickoff 97 yards for a score in the victory and finished the contest with team records for both total offense (327) and kick return yardage (227). Bradshaw will be joined on the Giants inactive list by safety Kenny Phillips and cornerback Prince Amukamara. Phillips has missed seven of New Yorks last nine outings due to a lingering knee injury, while Amukamara hurt his hamstring in the New Orleans game. Two other key players, wide receiver Hakeem Nicks (knee) and defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul (back), are both listed as probable for New York. Starting linebacker Michael Boley (back) was given a questionable tag, but did resume practicing on a limited basis on Friday. ' ' '