1B Chris Carter hit his 33rd home run of the season Monday, a solo shot of Chicago's Kyle Hendricks, and has now homered in three consecutive games, setting a career high. Twenty-two of Carter's home runs this season have come at home.

1B Chris Carter hit his 32nd homer, a three-run shot, and added a double to go 2-for-5 on Sunday at Pittsburgh. It was his second homer of the series, during which he went 6-for-11 (.545).

CHICAGO -- Madison Bumgarner emerged victorious in a late-season meeting of ace pitchers in a playoff atmosphere Saturday at Wrigley Field.Bumgarner (14-8) struck out 10 and allowed two runs in six innings as the San Francisco Giants held off the Chicago Cubs 3-2.Bumgarner got the better of Jake Arrieta and the Cubs, who own the best record in baseball. The Cubs fell to 50-20 at home and saw their five-game winning streak snapped after they won the first two games of the four-game series against the Giants.Since the All-Star break, the Giants are just 16-29.The Cubs' Anthony Rizzo drew a walk against Will Smith to begin the bottom of the ninth. After closer Santiago Casilla replaced Smith, Dexter Fowler's sacrifice bunt moved Rizzo to second, but Rizzo overran second and was tagged out for a double play.Kris Bryant lined out to conclude the game. Casilla earned his 30th save.Reigning Cy Young Award winner Arrieta (16-6) gave up three runs -- two earned -- and four hits in six innings. He... [More]

1B Chris Carter was 4-for-5 with three RBIs and hit a two-out, two-run homer in the sixth. It was his 31st of the season. Against the Pirates this season, he is 15 of 50 (.300) with three homers and nine RBIs.

1B Chris Carter singled in four at-bats Sunday, extending his career-high on-base streak to 21 games. During that stretch, he's batting .279 (19-for-68) with five doubles, five home runs and 10 RBIs.

1B Chris Carter hit his 30th home run of the season Monday, making the second time in his career that he's reached the 30-homer benchmark. Carter also recorded his 350th career RBI on the home run.

1B Chris Carter homered for the second time in as many games Thursday, boosting his team-leading total to 27 for the season. Twenty of those home runs have come at Miller Park, giving him the most by any player in his home stadium this season.

1B Chris Carter hit his team-leading 26th home run of the season Wednesday. He has hit 19 of those home runs at Miller Park, the most for any major league player in his home stadium this season.

1B Chris Carter was start a day off when left-hander hitting Andy Wilkins opened at first base against Arizona RHP Archie Bradley, although he was 0-for-2 after entering the game as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning. "We'll probably over the next few weeks try to get everybody a day here or there," manager Craig Counsell said. "I thought today was a good day to do it." Carter was 1-for-8 with two walks in the first two games of the series.

1B Chris Carter smacked his 24th homer of the season and second in three games on Sunday. Before going deep Friday night, Carter had gone 15 games without a homer. He also walked twice Sunday and is second on the team with 43 free passes. Jonathan Villar leads with 49.

1B Chris Carter blasted his 23rd homer of the year in the first inning on Friday night, ending a stretch of 15 games without a homer. He has 17 of his homers at Miller Park, the most home runs at home in the major leagues.

1B Chris Carter had one of his most impressive at-bats of the season, not getting a full swing on a Jeff Locke pitch to start the second yet still delivering a drive to left that missed by one foot of landing in the seats. Carter took what effectively was a half-swing, but still hit a 379-foot double. Carter also walked twice and hit a sacrifice fly.

1B Chris Carter clobbered his 20th homer of the year in the second inning, a 423-foot bolt over the center field wall that accounted for Milwaukee's only run. It was the fourth first-pitch homer of the year for Carter, who joins Toronto's Edwin Encarnacion and Seattle's Nelson Cruz as the only players who have 20 homers this year and in the prior three years.

1B Chris Carter hit his 19th home run of the season Saturday, a three-run, first-inning shot off Gio Gonzalez in a 6-5 victory over the Nationals. The home run moved him into third among NL hitters.

INF Chris Carter smoked a line drive over the wall in right-center for a two-run homer in his club's win over the Dodgers. It was the 18th home run of the season for Carter. Carter, who also had a double, went 2-for-4.

1B Chris Carter hit his team leading 17th home run of the season and drew a pair of walks Saturday. He's reached base safely in each of his last 10 games and is two behind Colorado's Nolan Arenado for the National League lead in home runs this season.

1B Chris Carter hit two home runs Tuesday, increasing his team-leading total to 16 on the season and giving him three in his last five games. Both homers came against left-handed pitchers, giving him four against lefties this season. Carter also finished with five RBIs Tuesday, matching his career high.

1B Chris Carter hit his 14th home run of the season in Thursday's victory over Philadelphia, a solo shot in the fourth inning off Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff. Carter hit a 1-2 breaking ball for the homer, one of the few pitches Eickhoff regretted in an outing he called "pretty good." It gave the Brewers a 2-0 lead. Carter, who leads the team with 33 RBIs, failed to deliver in the eighth however, striking out against reliever Hector Neris with the bases loaded and none out. Neris also retired the next two hitters to escape the jam unscathed.

1B Chris Carter had two hits, including his team-leading 11th home run of the season Sunday afternoon, snapping an 0-for-23 slump. It was the second-longest hitless streak of Carter's career, following an 0-for-33 stretch from Aug. 9-Sept. 20, 2010.

1B Chris Carter got a day off Saturday. The Brewers hope the rest will snap their leading slugger out of a weeklong slump. Carter was batting .288 after going 2-for-5 against the Reds on May 7, but since then he's 0-for-20 with 11 strikeouts in his last six games. He leads the Brewers with 10 home runs this season and is second on the team with 23 RBIs while starting 35 of the Brewers' 37 games.