CINCINNATI – Bill Hall broke out of a slump with his first career grand slam Monday night, a seventh-inning shot that powered the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

Hall was in a 1-for-22 rut when he connected off reliever Todd Coffey, the Brewers’ first grand slam since 2005.

It was an appropriate place for the breakthrough homer. Milwaukee hadn’t hit a grand slam since J.J. Hardy connected off reliever Chris Booker in Cincinnati during a 14-5 victory on Sept. 7, 2005. That game featured the same two starting pitchers.

Rickie Weeks hit a solo homer off Eric Milton (0-2) and slumping Corey Hart doubled home two more runs, helping Milwaukee get its fourth victory in five games. The 10 runs were a season high for Milwaukee.

Left-hander Chris Capuano (2-0) and the Brewers’ stingy bullpen held on against Cincinnati’s slumping lineup. Capuano gave up four hits in 5 2-3 innings.

Pinch-hitter Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the Reds off Elmer Dessens. Hamilton, back in baseball after overcoming drug addiction, has three homers and seven RBIs in 18 at-bats this season.

The Reds had scored only one run in their last 27 innings when they broke out in the sixth with the help of Hardy’s error at shortstop. Edwin Encarnacion’s two-run single completed a rally and trimmed the lead to 4-3, with all the runs unearned because of the error.

Hall, one of several Brewers trying to pull out of a deep slump, then broke the game open with an impressive at-bat.

The Brewers loaded the bases with none out against Coffey. Hall fouled off a two-strike pitch to keep the at-bat going, then took a pitch a few inches off the outside corner to run the count full. He connected on a down-the-middle pitch for his third homer of the season.

Temperatures finally approached normal at Great American Ball Park, where it was in the 30s for the first pitch of the four previous games. It was a seasonable 58 degrees when Milton threw the first of his 99 pitches – high and outside.

Milton opened the season on the disabled list because of back spasms, and wound up as the No. 5 starter when he returned. He was hit hard in his first start of the season, a 6-3 loss to Pittsburgh on April 8, and went seven days without pitching before his start on Monday.

The left-hander threw a lot of pitches, but limited the damage against a lineup that is one of the NL’s worst at hitting with runners in scoring position. Milton gave up three runs, including an unearned run that scored on Ken Griffey Jr.’s error in right field.

Notes: The crowd of 12,521 was Cincinnati’s smallest of the season. … The Reds honored Jackie Robinson before the game by showing highlights of his career on the video board. Chuck Harmon, 82, who was the Reds’ first black player, threw a ceremonial pitch to Griffey. Harmon made his major league debut with the Reds on April 17, 1954, against the Brooklyn Dodgers. … The Brewers have at least one double in each of their 12 games this season, their best season-opening streak since they doubled in the first 12 games of the 2000 season. … Milwaukee’s starters have gone at least five innings in each of their first 12 games, the fourth time that’s happened in franchise history. The 1976 and 2003 teams also went 12 games, while the 1971 club holds the Brewers record with starters going five innings or more in the first 17 games.

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