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Rea allowed five hits and three walks while
striking out three. Bryan Hudson (1-0) worked 2 1/3 innings,
Elvis Peguero got two outs and Joel Payamps closed out the ninth
for this third save.
Cardinals starting pitcher Sonny Gray (2-1) struck out 12 in 6
1/3 innings, but he allowed two runs on five hits and a walk.
The Cardinals, who lost their fourth straight game, failed to
convert a golden scoring opportunity in the first. Brendan
Donovan led off with a bunt single and Willson Contreras
extended his hitting streak to 14 games with a single.
After the runners advanced on long flyout by Lars Nootbaar --
Blake Perkins robbed him with a leaping catch at the center
field wall -- Rea walked Nolan Arenado to load the bases.
Then Paul Goldschmidt flied out to shallow right field and Alec
Burleson grounded out to strand the runners.
The Cards' Masyn Winn led off the second with a double and took
third on a groundout. Michael Siani walked and stole second
base. But Rea struck out Donovan and coaxed an inning-ending
groundout from Contreras to leave two more runners in scoring
position.
St. Louis failed to convert another scoring opportunity in the
fifth. Siani hit a leadoff single and reached second on a
two-out bunt single by Nootbaar, but Arenado popped out. The
Cards went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position and stranded
10 basrunners.
Milwaukee took a 2-0 lead in the seventh. Perkins hit a one-out
single and went to third on Brice Turang's single. Turang stole
second base, then Miller hit a two-run single.
In the eighth, Arenado drew a one-out walk, moved to second on
Goldschmidt's single and advanced to third on Burleson's flyout.
He was stuck there when Winn flied out to end the inning.
--Field Level Media
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