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Nolan Arenado added two RBIs for the Cardinals, who won for the
seventh time in their last nine games. They moved within 3 1/2
games of the San Diego Padres for the National League's second
wild-card spot.
Kolten Wong drove in two runs for the Brewers, who finished
their 10-game road trip with an 8-2 record.
Cardinals starting pitcher Jon Lester allowed four runs on six
hits, three walks and a hit batter in 4 1/3 innings. Junior
Fernandez (1-0) relieved Lester and earned the victory by
coaxing a double-play grounder.
Brewers starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff (7-7) allowed six runs
on eight hits in five innings.
The Cardinals struck first when Tommy Edman and Arenado hit
doubles to put them up 1-0 in the first inning.
Lester got through the first three innings unscathed, but the
Brewers jumped on him in the fourth when his command slipped.
First Lester hit leadoff hitter Avisail Garcia with a pitch,
then, one out later, he walked Luis Urias.
Manny Pina drove in one run with a double, Wong drove in two
runs with an opposite-field single, and Willy Adames hit an RBI
double into the left field corner to put the Brewers up 4-1.
But the Cardinals got to Woodruff in the fifth inning. Andrew
Knizner hit a leadoff single, Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-out
single, and Arenado hit an RBI single to start the rally.
O'Neill followed with a three-run homer and Lars Nootbaar hit a
solo shot to put the Cardinals up 6-4.
They added a run in the sixth inning when Austin Dean walked and
scored on Edman's double. In the seventh inning, O'Neill's
single and walks to Nootbaar, Paul DeJong and Harrison Bader
pushed the lead to 8-4.
--Field Level Media
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