Cardinals-Brewers - Series Recap

The Brewers took two of three from the Cardinals at Miller Park. The Cardinals won the season series 8-7.

Monday - Brewers win 13-5: The Brewers started fast in this game with four-run first inning. J.J. Hardy got the scoring going with an RBI double that scored Rickie Weeks. Two batters later, Prince Fielder hit a long (458 feet) three-run homer to put the Brewers up by four. The Brewers picked up five more runs in the fifth inning after the Cardinals cut the Brewers lead in half the inning before. Ryan Braun, Bill Hall, Corey Hart, Damian Miller (2) each had RBI in the fifth inning. Braun homered in the sixth inning to give the Brewers two more runs. Geoff Jenkins also had an RBI single in that inning. Fielder finished the game with three hits and three RBI.

Dave Bush started the game and picked up his 12th win of the season, tying his career high for wins set last year. Bush pitched six and two thirds innings giving up five runs, three of which were earned. Cardinals Adam Wainwright was having a big second half but got knocked around pretty well by the Brewers. He gave up eight hits and nine runs but only four were earned. Wainwright picked up his 12th loss of the year.

Tuesday - Brewers win 9-1: Once again the Brewers started fast in the first inning. Weeks got things started with a lead off homer. Three batters later, Fielder hit a two-homer to give the Brewers a 3-0 lead after one inning. The Brewers picked another run in the second inning to go up 4-0. The Cardinals scored their only run of the game in the fourth inning. Hall answered back for the Brewers in the fifth inning with a three-run homer that put the Brewers up 7-1. Fielder then made some history in the seventh inning with his 50th homer of the season. He is now the youngest player to reach 50 runs home runs in a year. Hall was 3-4 in the game for the Brewers.

Jeff Suppan was solid for the Brewers as he pitched eight innings and gave up just one run to pick up his 11th win of the year. Braden Looper started for the Cardinals and gave up seven runs in five innings of work. Looper was charged with his 11th loss of the year.

Wednesday - Cardinals win 7-3: The Brewers were unable to finish the sweep of the Cardinals. The Crew stayed within one run of St. Louis until the eighth inning where things fell apart. The Cardinals scored four runs in the inning to take a commanding 7-2 lead over the Brewers. It took five pitchers for the Brewers to get out of the inning. All four runs scored after two outs were recorded. Derrick Turnbow came in the game with one out and one on. He struck out Ryan Ludwick but then could not find the plate after giving up a bloop single to Skip Schumaker. Turnbow walked two and was replaced by Brian Shouse who gave up a double and single.

The Brewers scored their first two runs in the first two innings. However, in both of those innings the Brewers left the bases loaded. The Cardinals took the lead for good in the third inning when Ludwick doubled home Albert Pujols and Aaron Miles. Brad Thompson, pitching on three days rest, got the win for the Cardinals. He pitched six innings and gave up two runs, none earned. Carlos Villanueva got a quality start but picked up the loss for the Brewers. He threw six innings and gave up three runs. The Brewers did not have a runner reach base in the fifth through eighth innings. Braun was 3-5 and had all three RBI for the Brewers.