PHILADELPHIA -- Kyle Kendrick went after Brewers slugger Prince Fielder with runners on base. Fielder made him pay with a milestone home run.
Kendrick has bigger problems -- like holding his tenuous spot in Philadelphia's rotation after another shaky outing.
Fielder hit his 30th home run, Randy Wolf was sharp against his former team and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Sunday to snap a five-game losing streak.
"That was all my fault," Kendrick said of the homer. "I didn't think about it, I tried to be aggressive. You learn."
Kendrick continues to struggle and could be dropped from the rotation. He's allowed at least four runs in five of his last six starts -- bloated numbers that stand out in a rotation anchored by Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels.
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Fielder's three-run shot off Kendrick (9-8) made him the second Brewer in team history with four straight 30-plus home run seasons. He helped the Brewers end their six-game road trip on a high after dropping the first five in Cincinnati and Philadelphia. John Axford tossed two scoreless innings for his 20th save.
With one out, Kendrick allowed a single and a double. Fielder then crushed a pitch down the middle of the plate into the second deck above a beer ad for No. 30. Only Jeremy Burnitz (1998-2001) ever hit at least 30 homers in four consecutive seasons for the Brewers.
Corey Hart, who homered twice off Halladay on Saturday, doubled in the third for a 4-2 lead. Rickie Weeks' RBI single in the fifth gave Milwaukee seven hits off Kendrick and made it 5-2. Weeks and Ryan Braun had three hits.
