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Victor Caratini hit a three-run homer and Blake
Perkins hit a solo shot for the Brewers (87-66), who reduced
their magic number to win the division to three games. Milwaukee
is closing in on its fifth playoff appearance in six seasons.
The Cardinals (67-86) have lost three straight games and five of
their last seven.
Miley (9-4) allowed three hits and two walks with seven
strikeouts in six innings. Bukauskas gave up two hits in one
inning and Teheran handled the last two frames to complete the
shutout.
Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas (7-13) allowed six runs
(five earned) on nine hits in five innings. He struck out four
and walked one.
Mikolas dodged major trouble in the first inning. Sal Frelick
led off the game with a single, then William Contreras grounded
into a double play. Mark Canha followed with a double and Willy
Adames walked, but Rowdy Tellez grounded out to strand the
runners.
The Cardinals stranded two runners of their own in the second
inning. Jordan Walker walked with one out and raced to third on
Jose Fermin's two-out single, but Miley struck out Masyn Winn to
end the threat.
Perkins broke the scoreless tie in third inning with his homer,
his third of the season.
Sloppy Cardinals fielding helped the Brewers increase their lead
to 2-0 in the fifth inning.
Brice Turang led off by reaching third base on two errors by
Walker in right field. First Walker failed to catch Turang's fly
ball, then he made a wild throw back to the infield.
Frelick hit a foul popup that catcher Andrew Knizner lost in the
sun, then made the most of his second chance with an RBI single.
The Brewers pushed their lead to 6-0 in the sixth inning. Adames
hit a double, moved to third on Tellez's single and scored on
Andruw Monasterio's single.
Caratini followed with a three-run blast, his seventh homer of
the season, to put the game away.
--Field Level Media
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