Burleson, Fermín homers power Cardinals to a 5-1 win that snapped 8-game
skid against Brewers
[July 09, 2026]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Alec Burleson and José Fermín homered,
Michael McGreevy worked 6 1/3 strong innings and the St. Louis Cardinals
snapped a seven-game losing streak against Milwaukee with a 5-1 win over
the Brewers on Wednesday night.
NL Central-leading Milwaukee had its four-game winning streak halted. |
St. Louis Cardinals' Jordan Walker follows through on an RBI double
during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers
Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) |
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McGreevy (4-7) struck out six and allowed five hits and one run
on his 26th birthday. The 26-year-old right-hander in his third
big league campaign made his career-high 18th start of the
season.
After the Cardinals' Masyn Winn hit a leadoff double in the
first, Jordan Walker followed with an RBI double and Burleson
drove in Walker with the third double of the inning.
Walker, who was selected to the All-Star Game for the first time
in his career on Saturday, was 2 for 4 with two runs scored.
Fermín hit a 404-foot solo homer to left-center in the fourth,
extending the lead to 3-0. Burleson homered on a cutter from
Jared Koenig that traveled an estimated 443 feet to right in the
sixth.
The Brewers got one back on Cooper Pratt's sacrifice fly in the
seventh inning.
Kyle Harrison (8-2) allowed four hits and three runs in four
innings, striking out two in the loss. Garrett Mitchell led the
Brewers with a single and a double.
Up next
Brewers RHP Logan Henderson (2-1, 2.74 ERA) faces Cardinals RHP
Andre Pallante (10-5, 3.60) in the series finale on Thursday.
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