MILWAUKEE (AP) Prince Fielder hit his NL-leading 46th homer, setting a Brewers franchise record, and Milwaukee beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 on Saturday night to stay close in the NL Central.

Milwaukee began the night two games back of the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs, who won the opener of a day-night doubleheader at St. Louis.

Fielder's solo homer in the third off Kirk Saarloos (1-5) gave the Brewers a 3-1 lead and surpassed the previous team home-run mark he shared with Gorman Thomas (1979) and Richie Sexson (2001, 2003).

Fielder extended his career-best hitting streak to 13 games and is batting .422 with seven homers and 12 RBIs in September. He came out for a curtain call and got a hug in the dugout from Damian Miller.

Reliever Jon Coutlangus walked Fielder in the fifth on an inside, head-high fastball that sent the hefty batter sprawling. Fielder glared at Coutlangus, then took his base and scored on Miller's single off Todd Coffey to make it 4-1.

Jeff Suppan (10-11) pitched in and out of trouble, allowing three runs and seven hits in 6 1-3 innings to beat the Reds for the first time in three years and give the Brewers four starters with 10 wins for the first time since 1992.

Cincinnati had runners in scoring position in the second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh. Suppan escaped a bases-loaded jam in the sixth when David Ross grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Francisco Cordero entered with a 4-3 lead with two outs in the eighth after a pair of walks by Derrick Turnbow, then struck out Norris Hopper. Cordero got four straight outs for his 42nd save in 48 chances, stopping Cincinnati's four-game winning streak.

J.J. Hardy also homered for the Brewers, an eighth-inning drive off Mike Gosling.

Saarloos (1-5) was a little better than in his previous start, when he gave up five runs without getting an out against Pittsburgh on May 27. He allowed three runs and six hits over four innings in this one.

Milwaukee took a 2-0 lead in the first on an RBI groundout by Ryan Braun and a run-scoring single by Geoff Jenkins, who had been in a 1-for-17 slump.

Joey Votto drove in Cincinnati's first run with an RBI single in the second. Cincinnati closed in the seventh when Hopper hit an RBI double against Suppan and Brandon Phillips singled in a run off Scott Linebrink. Ray King struck out Adam Dunn to end the inning.

Notes:@ Reds OF Josh Hamilton (hamstring) is not traveling with the team during its 10-game trip and may not play again this season. ... Brewers manager Ned Yost said ace Ben Sheets will be pushed up a day and start Tuesday at Houston. Sheets, who gave up five runs in three innings on Friday, will pitch on four days' rest, while Dave Bush will slide back to Wednesday and pitch on seven days' rest.