Hader, who had not allowed a run since last July 28, was away
from the Brewers for the previous three games to be with his
wife, Maria Macias, after she experienced pregnancy
complications.
By claiming the opener of a four-game series, the National
League Central-leading Brewers won for the sixth time in the
past eight games. The Cardinals took their second loss in a row
after a four-game winning streak.
Brewers starter Eric Lauer (5-1) allowed two runs on four hits
and four walks in five innings. He struck out one. Trevor
Kelley, Trevor Gott and Brad Boxberger pitched an inning each to
get the game to Hader, who worked around a two-on, one-out jam
in the ninth.
Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright (5-4) allowed four runs (three
earned) on 10 hits and a walk in five innings. He fanned two.
Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 for the Cardinals with a homer, a
walk and two runs while extending his hitting streak to 17 games
and his on-base streak to 31 games.
The Brewers jumped on Wainwright in the first inning to take a
2-0 lead.
Luis Urias started the scoring with a one-out solo homer.
Two-out singles by Andrew McCutchen, Rowdy Tellez and Tyrone
Taylor produced the second run before Wainwright coaxed an
inning-ending grounder from Omar Narvaez.
The Cardinals tied the game in their half of the inning. Tommy
Edman hit a leadoff double, Goldschmidt walked, Albert Pujols
hit an RBI single and Juan Yepez followed with a sacrifice fly.
Milwaukee regained the lead with an unearned run in the second
inning. Jace Peterson hit a one-out double, Urias reached on a
two-out error, and Christian Yelich hit an RBI single.
The Brewers expanded their lead to 4-2 in the fourth inning when
Kolten Wong hit a one-out single, Yelich walked with two outs
and McCutchen followed with an RBI single.
Goldschmidt cut the deficit to 4-3 with a seventh-inning homer
off Gott.
The Cardinals got two runners on base in the ninth inning, but
Hader got Pujols and Yepez to pop out to end the game.
--Field Level Media
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