Late throwing error lifts Cardinals to 6-5 win over Brewers

Stephen Piscotty leads St. Louis with 132 hits, Yadier Molina has 40 RBI and Aledmys Diaz has 14 home runs. Jedd Gyorko and Kolten Wong also went deep in the victory.

RED SOX 9, RAYS 4: At Boston, Rick Porcello became the majors’ first 18-game victor and the first Red Sox pitcher in 70 years to open a season 13-0 in Fenway Park.

The Cardinals increased their lead to 1.5 games over Pittsburgh in the Wild Card as the Cubs rallied for an 8-7 win in 13 innings.

The Cardinals took the lead on a sacrifice fly by Wong in the fourth.

“It’s hard to get much better than that”, manager Craig Counsell said after that outing. The Brewers have allowed 18 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in 10 of their last 14 games. He threw eight shutout innings and struck out nine while allowing only three hits in a 3-1 Milwaukee victory back on June 1 at Miller Park.

“People should be more protected during batting practice since there is no game to even watch”, said Michael Sperling, Morelli’s Milwaukee attorney, said in his filing.

“You have to do a lot of things right against these teams”, Counsell said. “Just a couple things we didn’t do quite well enough; a couple of defensive things”. Martinez easily won both of his previous starts versus the Brewers this season, giving up only one run and nine hits while striking out 19 over 13 frames.Davies halted a three-game winless slide Wednesday with a strong showing at home versus Colorado, collecting the victory after holding the Rockies to a solo home run by Nolan Arenado and four other hits over six innings.

NOTES: The Cardinals placed RHP Mike Leake on the 15-day disabled list Monday with shingles.

A woman who was hit in the face by a foul ball at the Milwaukee Brewers’ Miller Field is suing Major League Baseball, a report says.

Following Guerra’s start, the rest of the Brewers’ rotation will fall into order, indicating the team will make at least one turn through the rotation with six starters. Adam Wainwright gets the ball, and he’s 9-8 with a 4.67 ERA and 122 strikeouts this season. Wily Peralta takes the hill, and he’s 5-9 with a 5.87 ERA and 59 strikeouts this season.