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The Brewers earned their MLB-leading 15th shutout while snapping
the Cardinals' six-game winning streak.
Former Cardinals second baseman Kolten Wong reached base four
times and drove home a run for the Brewers, who improved to 7-1
on their 10-game road trip.
The National League Central-leading Brewers increased their lead
over the second-place Cincinnati Reds to 8 1/2 games and the
third-place Cardinals to 11 games.
Burnes (8-4) allowed just two hits and two walks in six innings.
Boxberger, Williams and Hader worked an inning each, with Hader
earning his 24th save.
Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright (11-7) allowed two
runs on nine hits and two walks in six innings.
He opened the game by hitting Wong with a pitch. Willy Adames
followed with a single and Eduardo Escobar lined a one-out
single to left field. Wong tried to score on the play, but left
fielder Tyler O'Neill threw him out at the plate.
Omar Narvaez drew a walk to load the bases, but Avisail Garcia
grounded out to end the threat.
The Brewers took a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Rowdy Tellez
led off with a double and scored on Wong's two-out bloop double.
Christian Yelich led off the third inning with a double and
scored on Narvaez's one-out double to make it 2-0.
Burnes lined a one-out single in the fourth inning and advanced
to third on Wong's ground-rule double. Adames walked to load the
bases, but Wainwright struck out Yelich and got Escobar to hit
an inning-ending grounder.
Burnes held the Cardinals hitless until Tommy Edman's one-out
single in the sixth inning. Edman raced to third on
Goldschmidt's single, but Nolan Arenado and O'Neill popped out
to strand the runners.
--Field Level Media
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