Monday’s results

Brewers 6, Reds 5: Prince Fielder homered in the eighth inning, and Rickie Weeks followed with a tie-breaking single, rallying visiting Milwaukee to a victory over slumping Cincinnati. The Brewers took advantage of Cincinnati’s short-handed bullpen and sent the Reds to their fourth straight loss. Fielder’s solo homer off Kent Mercker tied it at 5. Two outs later, Weeks had a run-scoring single off closer Todd Coffey, brought into the game earlier than usual because of the injury-thinned bullpen.

Rockies 4, Nationals 3: Jeff Francis pitched effectively into the seventh inning, and J.D. Closser drove in the go-ahead run with a broken-bat single to help Colorado beat host Washington. Former Nationals infielder Jamey Carroll had three hits and an RBI for the Rockies, and Clint Barmes added a run-scoring triple as the Rockies handed Nationals starter Ramon Ortiz his first loss in a month. Francis gave up two runs and four hits in 6 2/3 innings. Scott Dohmann and Jose Mesa combined for 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.