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William Contreras hit a homer and scored twice
for the Brewers while Richie Palacios hit a home run for the
Cardinals (67-84).
Alec Burleson hit an RBI double, stole a base and scored a run
for St. Louis before exiting with a broken thumb suffered on a
headfirst slide in the first inning.
The Brewers used reliever Trevor Megill as their opener. He
allowed two runs on three hits and a walk in one inning.
Colin Rea (6-6) replaced Megill and assumed the bulk-innings
role. He allowed one run on three hits and three walks in 4 2/3
innings. He struck out two.
Cardinals starting pitcher Drew Rom (1-3) allowed five runs on
six hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings. He struck out three.
The Cardinals broke out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Lars
Nootbaar hit a leadoff single, stole second base and scored on
Burleson's ground-rule double.
Burleson stole third base and scored on Nolan Arenado's
sacrifice fly.
Contreras cut the Milwaukee deficit to 2-1 in the third inning
with his homer, his 17th of the season.
The Brewers surged ahead 5-2 in the fourth inning. Consecutive
doubles by Willy Adames, Josh Donaldson, Taylor and Sal Frelick
contributed to Rom getting knocked out of the game.
Mark Canha drove in the inning's fourth run with a
fielder's-choice grounder.
Palacios cut the margin to 5-3 in the fifth with his fifth home
run.
In the eighth inning, Taylor drew a leadoff walk, stole second
base, took third on a groundout and scored on Andruw
Monasterio's sacrifice fly to make it 6-3.
Milwaukee increased its lead to 7-3 in the ninth when Contreras
walked, stole second base and scored on a single by Adames.
--Field Level Media
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