Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Match Player Stats On Jun 13, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 14, 2017

ST. LOUIS -- Travis Shaw's tie-breaking RBI single in the top of the eighth inning Tuesday night helped the Milwaukee Brewers salvage a split of a day-night doubleheader with an 8-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium.

Domingo Santana and Jesus Aguilar led off the inning with walks against Trevor Rosenthal (1-3) before Shaw lined a 3-2 pitch up the middle, easily scoring Santana from second.

Manny Pina added a run-scoring single and Keon Broxton tacked on a sacrifice fly, his third RBI of the game, as Milwaukee (34-32) snapped a three-game losing streak.

The Cardinals won the opener 6-0 as Jose Martinez hit two homers and Lance Lynn and two relievers combined on a six-hit shutout.

In the second game, Jared Hughes (2-1) got the win despite allowing Matt Carpenter's game-tying homer in the seventh, his 12th of the year. Corey Knebel worked the ninth for his ninth save in 12 chances.

Neither starter got a decision. Brewers right-hander Jimmy Nelson allowed nine hits and four runs over 5 2/3 innings, walking two and fanning four. Nelson, who is 0-8 in his career against St. Louis, was in line for the win prior to Carpenter's long ball.

Cardinals left-hander Marco Gonzales, making his first big league appearance since 2015, gave up six hits and five runs in 3 1/3 innings. Gonzales, who missed last year due to Tommy John surgery, walked none and whiffed two.

The result snapped a four-game winning streak for St. Louis (30-33).

St. Louis hit the scoreboard first in the nightcap. Jose Martinez, who homered twice in the opener, knocked in Carpenter with a fielder's choice grounder in the first inning.

Carpenter made it 2-0 in the second with a two-out RBI single to right-center that plated Greg Garcia. Milwaukee scored its first run on Broxton's leadoff homer to left-center in the third, his eighth of the season.

The Brewers knocked out Marco Gonzales with four runs in the fourth.

Aguilar and Shaw started the inning with back-to-back solo homers, their sixth and 11th of the year, respectively. Broxton tripled home Pina and scored on Orlando Arcia's fielder's choice grounder to third, beating Garcia's throw home.

NOTES: St. Louis finally got to make its first choice in the 2017 Major League draft Tuesday, taking CF Scott Hurst of Cal State-Fullerton with the 94th overall pick. The Cardinals lost their first-round pick for signing Dexter Fowler in free agency and two other selections to Houston as part of their penalty for "Hackgate." ... St. Louis C Yadier Molina (lower back stiffness) returned to the lineup for Game 1 of the doubleheader and went 1-for-4. He rested in Game 2, with Eric Fryer getting the call. ... Milwaukee placed RHP Brandon Woodruff (hamstring), who was scratched from his major league debut in Game 1, on the 10-day DL and recalled RHP Paolo Espino from Triple-A Colorado Springs.