Cardinals-Brewers - Series Recap

The Cardinals swept the Brewers in the three-game set. The Brewers were outscored by the Cardinals 28-7 in the series. St. Louis has now won six straight games against the Brewers. In the first six games between the two teams this year, the Brewers were 5-1. Also, with the sweep the Cardinals pulled within two and a half games of the first place Brewers. That is the closest the Cardinals have been to first place since April 20th.

Tuesday - Cardinals win 12-4: On the night the Brewers celebrated the 25th anniversary of winning their only AL Championship, the Crew started fast with a three-run first inning. Home runs by Prince Fielder and Geoff Jenkins gave the Brewers a 3-0 lead against Cardinals starter Kip Wells after one inning. The Cardinals answered back with two runs in the third inning against Brewers starter Chris Capuano. Ryan Ludwick had a two-run double to bring the Cardinals within one run. Then in the fifth inning, the Cardinals took the lead in a big way. They put up six runs in the inning and knocked Capuano out of the game. The Cardinals scored those six runs without an extra base hit and with help from a two-run single by Wells. St. Louis picked up two more runs in both the eighth and ninth innings. Capuano has now lost ten games in a row and the Brewers have lost the last 15 games that Capuano has started. Wells improved his record to 6-13.

Wednesday - Cardinals win 8-3: St. Louis got things going early Wednesday night at Miller Park. Albert Pujols hit a solo home run in the first inning to give the Cardinals the lead. Then two batters later, Jim Edmonds hit a two-run homer that also scored Scott Rolen. Bill Hall cut the lead to two runs with a solo homer in the second inning. That would be the closest the Brewers would get for the rest of the game. The Cardinals picked up a single tally in the fourth inning and then three more in the sixth inning. The first seven runs scored by the Cardinals were charged to Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo who lost for the second time in a row. The Brewers tried to mount a comeback in the final three innings but it was too little too late. Joel Pineiro pitched seven innings and gave up two runs to pick up the win for St. Louis. Rolen was 4-5 with two RBI and three runs scored.

Thursday - Cardinals win 8-0: Yadier Molina led the way with the bat for the Cardinals with his first career multi-home run game. Molina was 3-3 with three runs and three RBI. Adam Wainwright pitched seven shutout innings to pick his 11th win of the season. Molina hit both of his homers against Brewers starter Dave Bush. Those were the only runs that Bush gave up in the game. Bush threw seven innings and gave up seven hits and three runs. Even though he had a quality start, Bush picked up his ninth loss of the year. Derrick Turnbow gave up five runs, four earned in the top of the inning to make the game a total blowout.