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But the Brewers did not come out of the game
unscathed. Shaw left the game for precautionary reasons after
fouling a ball off his shin and Christian Yelich exited the game
due to back soreness.
Cardinals starting pitcher Daniel Ponce de Leon (1-1) retired
just four batters and allowed seven runs on six hits and four
walks.
The Brewers sent 10 hitters to the plate in the first inning
while forging a 4-0 lead.
Lorenzo Cain led off with a double to the left field wall and he
scored on Daniel Vogelbach's single. One out later, Garcia
launched his two-run homer into the left field bullpen.
That was Garcia's 100th career homer -- and it gave him seven
RBIs in his past two games.
Shaw drew a walk and advanced to third on Pina's double. After
Ponce de Leon intentionally walked Luis Urias with two outs, he
unintentionally walked Anderson to force in the fourth run.
The Brewers knocked Ponce de Leon out of the game in the second
inning. Vogelbach walked, Yelich hit a single and Shaw crushed a
three-run homer into the right field bleachers to make it 7-0.
The Cardinals got one run back in their half of second inning.
Dylan Carlson walked, Austin Dean poked a single to right, Lane
Thomas walked and pitcher Johan Oviedo hit a run-scoring
groundout.
Eric Yardley relieved Anderson after five innings and
immediately ran into trouble. He walked Yadier Molina, hit Paul
DeJong with a pitch and allowed Carlson's single to load the
bases.
Dean delivered a two-run double down the right field line to cut
Milwaukee's lead to 7-3, but the potential for a big inning died
when Thomas chopped into a double play.
Pina's two-run homer in the ninth inning capped the scoring.
--Field Level Media
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