"The Milwaukee Brewers still haven't lost consecutive home games this season — Zack Greinke helped make sure of that Tuesday night.

Turning in his best outing of the season, the right-hander scattered four hits and struck out 10 over seven innings to lead the Brewers past the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-1, in front of a crowd of 40,079 at Miller Park.

It was the second win in five interleague games for Milwaukee, which remains the lone team in the major leagues to have not experienced a losing streak on its home field.

More important, though, was the fact it got the team back into sole possession of first place in the National League Central after the Philadelphia Phillies beat down the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-2.

Ryan Braun delivered the big hit, a two-run single in the bottom of the seventh to break the game open for the Brewers, who close out just their second series ever with the Rays and a stretch of 20 consecutive games on Wednesday afternoon.

Greinke, meanwhile, remained dazzling at Miller Park. In improving his record to 7-2 on the season, he's now 5-0 with a 4.26 earned-run average in starts on his home mound. Throw in 43 strikeouts against just two walks - an unbelievable ratio - and it's clear Greinke's had a big hand in Milwaukee's 26-10 home mark.

"This is what I expect from Zack," said manager Ron Roenicke. "When I picture Zack, this is what I picture."

The Brewers made Rays starter Jeremy Hellickson work in the opening innings.

The right-hander walked three of the first four batters he faced to load the bases with one out, setting the stage for a sacrifice fly to left by Casey McGehee that plated Rickie Weeks with the first run of the game."