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The first-place Cardinals improved to 11-3 in their past 14
games and moved 1 1/2 games ahead of the second-place Brewers.
St. Louis has won nine straight home games.
Cardinals starter Jordan Montgomery (5-3) allowed four hits over
six scoreless innings while throwing a career-high 108 pitches.
Andre Pallante allowed a run in the seventh before Ryan Helsley
tossed two scoreless innings for his 12th save.
Victor Caratini had three hits and an RBI for Milwaukee, which
outhit St. Louis 8-6 but lost for the seventh time in 10 games.
Goldschmidt gave the Cardinals a first-inning lead with a
two-run homer against Eric Lauer (8-4). The blast, which
traveled 429 feet, was Goldschmidt's second in as many games and
28th of the season.
Lauer settled in and retired 12 of the next 14 batters. The
Cardinals had two runners on with two outs in the fifth before
Goldschmidt grounded out to end the inning.
St. Louis tacked on a run in the sixth on Arenado's leadoff
homer. The seven-time All-Star has gone deep in three straight
games and has six homers in his past 10 games, 25 on the year.
Lauer allowed three runs on five hits with two walks and five
strikeouts over six frames.
Montgomery departed after striking out Keston Hiura to end the
sixth. He walked two and struck out eight in his second start
since being acquired from the New York Yankees.
Milwaukee pushed a run across in the seventh against Pallante.
Luis Urias hit a leadoff triple off the left field wall and
scored on Caratini's single.
Pallante escaped further trouble when Tyrone Taylor grounded
into a double play and Christian Yelich lined out to third.
Kolten Wong hit a leadoff single in the ninth before Helsley
retired the next three batters in order to end the game.
--Field Level Media
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