Brewers lose 5-4 to Cardinals

The Brewers can’t afford mistakes against the St. Louis Cardinals.

According to Short, the exit velocity of the ball when it left Pham’s bat was 108 miles per hour.

Carpenter had to be reminded by a coach to run to home with the Cardinals’ third run of what would become a 6-3 victory.

He’s batting.308 in 24 games since being recalled from Triple-A Memphis after Randal Grichuk went on the disabled list last month.

“I don’t think it’s easy for anybody to see”. Kevin Siegrist pitched the ninth for the win. “But we’ve been very fortunate, we’ve had some other young players step in”. “But you can’t press it”, he said. He’s lost three straight on the road behind a 9.45 ERA, including his two most recent outings. The Cardinals managed to avoid a four-game sweep at last-place Cincinnati but the division race is becoming closer than they would prefer.

“It was literally one pitch”, Garcia said. But he took a low and away from Martinez swinging for the second out. When I got sent back down I was really disappointed with myself. “I don’t remember doing that, but just enough to where it caught me on a better spot (instead of) head-on”.

Jonathan Broxton retired the side in order in the eighth.

Nelson got through his second with only allowing one hit.

Jhonny Peralta smacked an RBI single in the sixth for St. Louis, which became the first team with 90 wins this season. “Two (at-bats), two homers”. I an on the Cardinals once again.

Heyward, Matt Adams and Kolten Wong drew walks in that frame, loading the bases with two outs before Jon Jay grounded out sharply to first base to end the threat.

The Milwaukee Brewers are running out of time to get right-hander Wily Peralta squared away this season. St. Louis extended its lead to 5-0 with a three-run third inning. He is 2-0 with a 2.70 over that span.

Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jimmy Nelson lays on the ground… Peralta is now 5-9 with a 4.41 ERA. September. The Brewers brought a four-game home winning streak into the game Tuesday but have gone 10-25 in their last 35 meetings with the Cardinals at Miller Park…. Stephen Piscotty replaced him at first Wednesday night in a precautionary move. Holliday pinch-hit for 1B Matt Adams in the seventh. The Brewers were spared a fourth error when Segura’s eighth-inning bobble was ruled a hit. NOTES: Ryan Braun returned to the Brewers’ lineup Thursday, still battling back tightness that kept him sidelined the night before….

“We weren’t sweating too much what was going on before”, St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said. “It was a little tight yesterday, worse today”. Considering how poorly the season started it’s surprising the Brewers were a theoretical playoff team until mid-September.