By COLIN FLY
AP Sports Writer

MILWAUKEE(AP) -- Matt Cain bullied his way through the Brewers for
seven innings. Brian Wilson simply overpowered them.

Cain outpitched Yovani Gallardo for his first win in more than
six weeks and Wilson earned a five-out save, lifting the San
Francisco Giants over the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 on Saturday.

Cain (13-4) scattered four hits and pitched into the eighth
inning, matching his career high for wins after going seven
starts without one.

"He's bull strong," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "He's had
some tough luck, but he's more of a pitcher now and he's keeping
his composure out there."

Juan Uribe homered to spark a two-run rally in the fourth inning
and San Francisco won for the sixth time in eight games. The
Giants remained one game behind Colorado for the NL wild card.
The Rockies beat Arizona 4-1.

"You can see the end of the regular season but we're shooting
for, obviously, the playoffs," Cain said. "There's a lot right
now riding on everything. So you go out there and every start
you know stuff's on the line."

After Jeremy Affeldt got an out, Wilson got the final five for
his 34th save, reaching as high as 102 mph on the stadium radar
gun.

"It might have been a little juiced," Cain said. "But I'll give
it to him."

Wilson, who pitched in a save situation the night before, said
he felt as though he was throwing a little harder than usual.

"This is a race. There's no time to just sit and wait," Wilson
said. "If they need me to come in the eighth, seventh, whatever,
now go out there and get the outs and then pass the buck on to
the next guy."

On Sunday, San Francisco will try to sweep the Brewers in Miller
Park for the first time in nearly five years.

This one got interesting late, when Cain came out to start the
eighth after getting through a rocky seventh.

Leading 3-1, the right-hander allowed a leadoff double to Jason
Kendall and was pulled for Affeldt. Kendall moved to third on
pinch-hitter Mike Cameron's groundout and scored on Felipe
Lopez's infield single to cut the lead to one.

Affeldt then threw the ball into center field for an error on
pinch-hitter Jason Bourgeois' tapper back to the mound, putting
runners on first and second.

But Wilson got Ryan Braun to hit into a fielder's choice and
Prince Fielder, who drove in his major league-leading 122nd run
in the fourth, hit a bouncer that second baseman Eugenio Velez
flipped to Uribe at second to end the threat.

Wilson worked around a one-out single by Jody Gerut in the
ninth. Gold Glove center fielder Aaron Rowand and right fielder
Randy Winn collided on the final out, a fly ball caught by
Rowand after Winn slowed down at the last moment.

"It really shows his maturity as a closer," Cain said about
Wilson. "He's not just one guy that can go out there and get
three outs and that's it. He's a guy that can go out there and
pitch an inning, two innings or whatever."

Cain, who hadn't won since July 24, was sharp through the first
six innings, retiring 10 of his first 11 batters and striking
out the side in the third. He finished with five strikeouts and
worked around consecutive walks to start the seventh.

Uribe homered off Gallardo (12-11) with two outs in the fourth.
Nate Schierholtz followed with a single and scored when Rowand
doubled down the left-field line. Winn's run-scoring double in
the fifth made it 3-1.

"I left one change up and over the plate and I paid for it.
Everything was going very good today until that fourth inning,"
said Gallardo, who pitched six solid innings and struck out six.

Bochy said second baseman Freddy Sanchez (shoulder) would rejoin
the team Monday, but he'll find a place for Uribe, who is
hitting .321 over his last 17 games with five homers and seven
RBIs.

"We knew in spring training that we were getting a good player,
but until you watch him on a daily basis, you get to appreciate
some things he can do and how versatile he is," Bochy said.
"When he gets hot he can carry a ballclub."

NOTES: Gallardo is eight strikeouts from becoming the fourth
Brewers pitcher with 200 in a season (Ben Sheets, Teddy Higuera
and Doug Davis). ... Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, attacked by a
man with a metal bar last month, threw out the first pitch with
his left hand. The 55-year-old mayor suffered gashes to his head
and face, smashed teeth and shattered his right hand after
responding to a grandmother's cry for help. ... Brewers RHP Dave
Bush will make his scheduled start Monday after having his right
arm re-examined. Bush has spent time on the disabled list and
has struggled since being struck by a liner on June 4.