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The home runs were the 688th and 689th in Pujols' career.
Tyler O'Neill and Dylan Carlson also hit homers for the
Cardinals, who won two of three games in the weekend series to
boost their National League Central lead to 1½ games over the
Brewers.
Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas (9-9) allowed two runs
on four hits in eight innings. He struck out six batters and
walked nobody.
Brewers starting pitcher Aaron Ashby allowed two runs on three
hits in six innings. He struck out five batters and walked two.
Matt Bush relieved Ashby and pitched a scoreless seventh inning.
Taylor Rogers (1-6) took the loss by allowing four runs in the
eighth inning.
The Brewers broke out to a 2-0 second-inning lead when Hunter
Renfroe followed Andrew McCutchen's infield single with a
two-run homer. It was Renfroe's 20th blast of the season.
Mikolas settled in after that and retired his next 10 batters.
Pujols cut the lead to 2-1 in the bottom of the second inning
with a solo homer. Tommy Edman hit a one-out double and stole
third base, but Ashby struck out Andrew Knizner and Lars
Nootbaar to strand him.
O'Neill tied the game 2-2 with his solo homer, his seventh of
the season, in the sixth inning. That was just his second homer
since July 23; he had gone 6-for-49 with five RBIs in his
previous 15 games.
After Carlson hit his eighth homer with one out in the eighth
inning, O'Neill reached on an infield single and advanced to
second base on a throwing error. Paul Goldschmidt walked and,
one out later, Pujols hit a three-run homer to make it 6-2, his
10th blast of the season.
The Brewers made a belated comeback bid against Ryan Helsley in
the ninth inning. Rowdy Tellez hit a two-out homer, his 24th,
and McCutchen hit a single, but Helsley retired Renfroe on a
grounder to end the game.
--Field Level Media
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