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NEW ORLEANS (4-7) at PITTSBURGH (7-4)Sunday, 1 p.m., EST, FoxOPENING LINE — Steelers by 3RECORD VS. SPREAD — Saints 4-7, Steelers 5-6SERIES RECORD — Tied 7-7LAST MEETING — Saints beat Steelers 20-10, Oct. 31, 2010LAST WEEK — Ravens lost to Ravens 34-27; Steelers had bye, beat Titans 27-24 on Nov. 17AP PRO32 RANKING — Saints No. 22, Steelers No. 12 (tie)SAINTS OFFENSE — OVERALL (2), RUSH (8), PASS (3)SAINTS Defence — OVERALL (27), RUSH (23), PASS (23)STEELERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (5), RUSH (10), PASS (5)STEELERS Defence — OVERALL (13), RUSH (10), PASS (16)STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Saints are tied for first-place in woeful NFC South despite losing three straight. .... Steelers have won four of five and are in three-way tie for second in AFC North. ... Pittsburgh is 3-2 against New Orleans at home. ... Saints QB Drew Brees is 6-11 in career against AFC North teams. ... New Orleans Jimmy Graham leads all NFL tight ends with 65 receptions. ... Saints are second in total offence but are tied for 28th with a minus-9 turnover differential. ... New Orleans is 1-4 on road. ... Saints are 17-6 in November since 2009. ... Pittsburgh is 6-1 in games after bye week under coach Mike Tomlin. ... Steelers RB LeVeon Bell needs 49 yards rushing to become first Pittsburgh back to reach 1,000 yards since 2010. Bells 57 receptions are already club-record for a season by running back. ... Pittsburgh WR Antonio Brown needs one catch to become fifth player in team history with 350 career receptions. ... Steelers lead NFL with 48 points scored in final two minutes of first or second half. ... Tomlin needs one victory to become fourth coach in NFL history to win at least eight games in each of his first eight seasons with one franchise. ... 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Jonathan Lucroy tacked on a two-run shot in the ninth, and Francisco Rodriguez finished up for his 18th save in 20 attempts. Thats been a functional formula for the Brewers, whove been in first place in the NL Central since April 5. "Theyve got a lot of guys who can hurt you, and you have to be careful," Correia said. "Obviously you make one pitch at the wrong time, its three runs. Thats happened to us twice in the last two nights." Arcia gave the Twins a 4-0 lead in the third inning, but the young slugger left the game after spraining his right ankle while being picked off second base in the sixth. Peralta was in trouble every other inning, but Arcia was the only one who actually made him pay for it -- and in a big way. After two walks sandwiched around a single, all with two outs, Brewers pitching coach Rick Kranitz visited the mount for a talk with Peralta. Then, the burly 23-year-old Arcia clobbered a 2-2 slider onto the open concourse behind the right field seats, the first grand slam of the season by the Twins. Arcia responded to his curtain call, emerging from the dugout, flipping his helmet off to reveal his intimidating faux-hawk haircut and thrusting both arms in the air to acknowledge the crowd. Peralta (5-5) finished five innings, giving up five hits and three walks while striking out four. He was 0-4 in his previous five starts despite a couuple of strong performances.dddddddddddd Naturally, as he matched his shortest turn this season he picked up the win. "He works really hard on every single batter, and you cant keep doing that," Roenicke said. Gomez gave him a boost in the second inning with a sprinting, leaping grab of Trevor Plouffes drive to right-centre field. Gomez crashed against the wall, crow-hopped away from it as he flashed his glove and chopped his arms below his chest in celebration. Then came the bigger play by Gomez, whose all-around potential showed in two seasons with the Twins but was too raw at the time for them to trust him. He tapped his helmet and pumped his arm at each base as he sprinted around the diamond following his three-run drive that brought the Brewers roaring back in the fourth. "Huge getting back in the game. The grand slam just takes that good feeling out of you, and then Gomez comes through," Roenicke said. Gomez batted cleanup for the 13th straight game, hitting .333 with two homers and 12 RBIs in that span. "Every time he walks to the plate hes in scoring position," Davis said. Coincidentally, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire praised in his news briefing before the game the flair that Arcia and Gomez carry, which can irk some players. "I think thats part of the game, man. Youre supposed to have fun," Gardenhire said. Correia hasnt had much fun lately. He was the most reliable starter for the Twins last year, but he gave up a season-high 10 hits while striking out three. His ERA spiked to 6.11, putting his spot in the rotation in question. There was no question for Gardenhire, though. "Kevins one of our starters. Hes paid good money to do that," the manager said, "and hes still going to get paid no matter what." NOTES: Roenicke said Aramis Ramirez, used as the DH to ease him back in from the DL, will return to 3B on Friday. ... Arcia is batting .366 in his last 10 games. ... Gomez is batting .333 in 22 career games against the Twins, with six HRs and 16 RBIs. ' ' '