St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 21, 2013
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Alfonso Marquez, 1B -
Ted Barrett, 2B -
Mike DiMuro, 3B -
Scott Barry
Attendance:
35008
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Cardinals 7, Brewers 2: Matt Adams hit a two-run homer for the second straight game to back 6 1/3 strong innings from Lance Lynn as visiting St. Louis inched closer to a postseason slot.
Lynn (14-10) allowed one run on four hits and struck out seven as the Cardinals maintained a two-game lead over Pittsburgh atop the National League Central and reduced their magic number to one for clinching a playoff berth. Lynn ended an eight-start winless drought to notch his first victory since Aug. 4.
David Freese and Daniel Descalso each had two-RBI hits in a five-run eighth inning against Milwaukee's bullpen to break the game open and give St. Louis its fourth win in five games.
Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo (11-10) struck out seven in as many innings, giving up two runs on four hits to halt his three-game win streak. Rob Wooten relieved in the eighth and was battered for five runs on four hits in two-thirds of an inning.
Adams continued his torrid stretch by crushing a 1-2 breaking ball from Gallardo into the seats in right field for his 16th homer and fifth blast in 11 games. Khris Davis accounted for both of Milwaukee's runs with a groundout in the first and a ground-rule double in the eighth.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cardinals 2B Matt Carpenter collected his 54th double to surpass Hall of Famer Stan Musial for the most by a left-handed hitter in franchise history. ... Brewers 3B Aramis Ramirez, who homered and drove in five runs Friday night, was not in the starting lineup due to a scheduled day off. ... St. Louis' victory on Friday night was the 30th 90-win season in franchise history, third in the National League behind the Giants (42) and Dodgers (34).
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| St. Louis
|
9 |
1 |
14 |
.265 |
11 |
9 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Milwaukee
|
7 |
0 |
10 |
.212 |
17 |
8 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
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