(Sports Network) - Mike Burns hopes the Milwaukee Brewers have some runs left in them this afternoon when they close out a four-game series with the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

After being shutout twice in their last six games and managing just six runs through the first two tests of this series, the Brewers exploded on Saturday, as Casey McGehee finished a double short of a cycle with four hits, and drove in five to lead Milwaukee to an 11-2 win. Mike Cameron was 2-for-3 with a three-run homer and four total RBI for the Brewers, who snapped a three-game losing streak.

Ryan Braun extended his hitting streak to 11 games, while J.J. Hardy homered and finished with two of the Brewers' 14 hits.

Braden Looper (7-4) allowed two runs on six hits and three walks over six innings. Both his runs allowed came on Milton Bradley's two-run homer in the third inning.

"It was probably about as bad as I've felt on the mound in a while," Looper said. "I just was battling myself the whole time mechanically. I just was able to make a few good pitches when I needed to, and the guys made some plays behind me. They kept adding on [runs], too."

Aside from Bradley's homer, the Cubs had only six singles and hit into three double plays, as they had a three-game win streak broken, while losing for the first time in seven home tilts. Alfonso Soriano, dropped from the leadoff spot, finished 0-for-4 in the six hole and is hitless in his last 16 at-bats.

Chicago starter Rich Harden (5-5) surrendered seven runs on eight hits and a walk in two-plus innings, and took the loss.

"I was feeling pretty good, it was just getting that offspeed down. That's the key for me," Harden said. "Throwing my changeup for strikes, keeping it down in the zone. It was getting up, gave up a few hits off that. It was just ugly. It was embarrassing."

Burns is coming off of a win over the New York Mets on Tuesday, as he allowed two runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings to improve to 1-1, while lowering his earned run average to 3.31.

The 30-year-old right-hander will be making his first-ever start against the Cubs, but has faced them four times out of the bullpen and has pitched to a 1.80 ERA in those outings.

Chicago, meanwhile, will counter with left-hander Ted Lilly, who is 7-6 with a 3.35 ERA. Lilly lost his second straight start on Tuesday in Pittsburgh, despite a decent effort that saw him surrender two earned runs and eight hits in seven innings.

Lilly, who is winless in his last four outings, is 2-2 lifetime against the Brewers with a 4.72 ERA in seven games (six starts).

Milwaukee has lost five of its nine meetings with the Cubs this season, but won in five of its nine visits to Wrigley a year ago.