MILWAUKEE -- Carlos Lee has won plenty of games with his bat, but this time, he helped win a big one with his legs.

"He's an excellent baserunner," Brewers manager Ned Yost said. "He's smart and he knows when to pick his spots. You won't see Carlos picking up a base just to pick up a base. When you see Carlos picking up a base, it's in a big spot."

That was precisely the case on Tuesday night, when the Brewers' cleanup hitter knocked a game-tying single, notched a key stolen base and scored the go-ahead run on Prince Fielder's single through an unconventional Atlanta infield defense. That was enough for Tomo Ohka and two Brewers relievers, who led the way to a 4-2 win over the Braves in front of 16,276 at Miller Park.

The Brewers have won consecutive games for the first time since they started the season 5-0, they have won a home series against the Braves for the first time and find themselves a Wednesday win away from their first series sweep over the Braves at any locale.

"We have played some crazy games," said Lee, who leads the Brewers with 17 RBIs and 16 runs scored this season. "Teams know that we are not going to just go away."

The only damage in Ohka's (2-1) seven innings of work was done by Braves third baseman Chipper Jones, who returned to the lineup and hit a two-run home run in the top of the fourth.

Brewers right fielder Geoff Jenkins hit a solo homer in the bottom of the inning to cut the deficit to one, and Gabe Gross sparked the Brewers' go-ahead rally with a one-out double in the sixth. After Jenkins grounded out, Lee lined an RBI single to center field.

Three pitches later, Lee decided to leave the friendly confines of first base.

"In that situation of the game, the last thing going through their minds in a 2-2 game is that I am going to run," Lee said. "That's what I tried to take advantage of."

"I just picked the right time to go," added Lee, who quietly stole 13 bases last season while hitting 32 home runs and driving in 114, but had yet to swipe a base before Tuesday. "I think that was my fourth time that I've tried, but every time I go, they swing and hit at foul ball."

This time, Lee got such a good jump on Tim Hudson's 2-0 pitch to Fielder that he was halfway to second base before the Braves right-hander delivered to the plate.

"I'm like, 'Go to the plate, please!'" Lee cracked.

Did it surprise the man at the plate?

"I used to watch Carlos when I was in high school, and I've seen him steal bases before," Fielder said. "He just knows baseball, so it doesn't surprise me at all."

All of a sudden it was an RBI situation for Fielder, who was facing for the first time in his career an exaggerated infield shift usually reserved for the likes of Barry Bonds and Adam Dunn. Three Braves infielders played to the right of second base, leaving only Jones between second and third.

"His pitches were going away, so I just tried to go with it," said Fielder, who bounced a Hudson (1-2) fastball where the shortstop would normally have been playing. Lee scored easily for a 3-2 Brewers lead.

Fielder saw his share of shifts in the Minor Leagues, especially, he said, against Angels affiliates. It was a strange sight at first, but by Tuesday, he had his approach down pat.

"You just try to stay up the middle," Fielder said. "Even if they come in, if you hit it hard enough, it will go through."

Jose Capellan pitched a perfect eighth inning and Derrick Turnbow worked the ninth for his seventh save to preserve the win for Ohka. The Brewers right-hander surrendered two runs on seven hits, no walks and three strikeouts.

"Coming out of the bullpen, I was a little nervous because it took him 30 or 40 pitches before his stuff got a little better," said catcher Damian Miller, who added an RBI single in the seventh and is hitting .533 (8-for-15) on the homestand.

Turns out there was no need for worry.

"Walking off the field I said, 'Now let's put two of them together,'" said Yost, who was referring to Ohka's habit of alternating good and not-so-good starts this season.

"He said, 'Yeah, 2:14!' That was the time of the game. I don't think he quite understood me."