By COLIN FLY
AP Sports Writer

MILWAUKEE(AP) -- Derrek Lee says the clubhouse distractions cease
when he steps on the field. He only wishes the Cubs had more on
the line.

Lee hit his 35th homer and drove in two runs to set a new career
mark with 109 RBIs, leading Chicago to a 7-2 win over the
Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night. The Cubs have won three in a
row since suspending Milton Bradley for the season.

"You're playing a baseball game and you're not worried about
anything else," said Lee, who has 10 homers in his last 20 games
and leads the majors with 24 since July 1.

Bradley's replacement on the roster, Tyler Colvin, again made an
impact.

This time, it was on defense in center field when he made a
leaping catch with one out in the ninth that saved what would've
been a three-run homer by Ryan Braun.

Braun got credit for a sacrifice fly instead of his 30th homer
and was left with his hands on his head in disbelief.

"It's fun to go back on those balls at the wall," said Colvin,
who joked he was so comfortable playing in his second game that
he was able to eat after struggling with nerves on Tuesday
night. "I luckily timed it right."

The Cubs are clicking since Bradley's banishment by scoring at
least six runs per game in the three games since he left after
reaching that mark only once in a 3-6 stretch prior to that.

The volatile outfielder signed a $30 million, three-year deal
before the season to boost Lee and Aramis Ramirez, but Bradley
struggled and was suspended Sunday after criticizing the
organization in a newspaper interview.

None of it has affected Lee, who continued his sizzling
September. He's hitting .408 for the month and is 6 of 8 in this
series with two home runs and six RBIs, but he said the games
don't have the same affect as last year.

"It's kind of a bad atmosphere with both teams being out of it,"
Lee said. "You think back to last series last year when we were
clinched (for the postseason) and they were trying to clinch and
the crowd was electric. That's kind of what you hope for in
September."

Neither team will be returning to the postseason barring an epic
collapse, but players on both sides are chasing individual
marks.

Brewers slugger Prince Fielder led off the second with his 41st
home run to extend his franchise-best RBI mark to 129, keeping
him tied with Albert Pujols for the major league lead.

But Milwaukee didn't give Cubs starter Randy Wells (11-9) any
other trouble over six solid innings.

Cubs manager Lou Piniella said he planned to give Wells one more
start in the Cubs' doubleheader against the Pirates next
Wednesday.

"That's it?" the rookie said. "I want to get as many as I can
just to show him that I can handle the workload and head into
next year with some confidence that I can handle the load. I
don't know, we'll talk about it. Maybe I can talk him into it."

Chicago will go for the sweep on Wednesday, but can be
eliminated from the NL Central race with a loss and a victory by
St. Louis over Houston.

For the second straight night, the Cubs' first four batters
reached to start the game.

Ryan Theriot walked, Kosuke Fukudome singled, Lee doubled in a
run and Ramirez drove in two more with a single to give Chicago
a 3-0 lead off Brewers starter Dave Bush (5-8).

And just like the night before, the Cubs kept tacking on runs in
the second.

After Bush walked Colvin to lead off the inning and Wells moved
him over on a sacrifice bunt, Theriot walked again and Fukudome
hit a ground-rule double to make it 4-0.

Bush allowed both runners to score on a wild pitch over the head
of Lee. Theriot came home on the offering to the backstop and
catcher Jason Kendall's throw skipped past Bush at the plate.

With no one backing the play up, Fukudome alertly scored as the
ball came to rest halfway between the pitcher's mound and the
plate to put the Cubs ahead 6-0.

Bush walked Lee and was pulled for Chris Smith after 1 1-3
innings, the second shortest start of his career. He struggled
with a small tear in a muscle after being hit by a line drive on
June 4, but insists he's not injured.

"I'm sure I'm not hurt. I feel fine. I just couldn't get things
together," Bush said. "It's a step in the wrong direction I
guess. Disappointing effort on my part today. It's been a
difficult season for me."

NOTES: Lee had 46 HRs and 107 RBIs in 2005. ... Cubs RHP Angel
Guzman (triceps) will not pitch again this season. ... Brewers
LHP Manny Parra (neck spasms) will start Friday. Parra missed
his last two scheduled starts, but is replacing RHP Yovani
Gallardo (workload) in the rotation. .... Piniella said after
the game the Cubs plan to pitch Ryan Dempster on Thursday,
Carlos Zambrano on Friday, Tom Gorzelanny on Saturday and Ted
Lilly on Sunday. Rich Harden will continue to be pushed back.