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Milwaukee lost a day after becoming the first
major league team to clinch a playoff berth.
Riley O’Brien allowed a two-out walk to Andruw Monasterio in the
ninth before striking out Sal Frelick to earn his fourth save in
seven opportunities. It was a measure of redemption for O’Brien,
who allowed three runs without retiring a batter in a 9-8,
10-inning loss to Milwaukee on Saturday.
In the second inning, Brewers starter José Quintana (11-7)
allowed six of the first seven Cardinals batters to reach.
Thomas Saggese hit a leadoff single, advanced to third on Nolan
Gorman’s double and scored on a Pedro Pagés sacrifice fly before
Jordan Walker walked. Fermin singled home Gorman, and Church
singled home Walker.
Milwaukee got solo homers from Caleb Durbin in the fourth and
Danny Jansen in the fifth. Jansen’s homer was his 12th of the
season but first since July 20. It also was the first time he’d
gone deep since the Brewers acquired him from Tampa Bay at the
trade deadline.
Those were the only runs Miles Mikolas (8-10) allowed in his
five innings.
Key moment
The Brewers had runners on first and second with two outs in the
sixth when Blake Perkins greeted Jorge Alcala with a 104.3-mph
liner to right that Walker snared to the the threat.
Key stat
Over his last four starts, Mikolas has allowed six runs in 21
innings. He hasn't given up more than two runs in any of those
appearances.
Up next
The Cardinals return home to begin a series with the Cincinnati
Reds. Monday's scheduled pitchers are Matthew Liberatore (7-12,
4.35 ERA) for St. Louis and Cincinnati's Zack Littell (9-8,
3.78).
The Brewers are off Monday before starting a home series with
the Los Angeles Angels. The scheduled pitchers for Tuesday are
Milwaukee's Freddy Peralta (16-8, 2.89) and Los Angeles' Caden
Dana (0-1, 8.32).
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