Overview
- St. Louis snapped its six-game losing streak with an 8-5 win Saturday at American Family Field.
- Solo home runs by Nolan Gorman and Willson Contreras highlighted an eight-run effort that overwhelmed the Brewers’ staff.
- Milwaukee ace Freddy Peralta held the Cardinals to one run over six innings Friday, and William Contreras’s sixth-inning sacrifice fly decided a 3-2 Brewers victory.
- Peralta is 4-0 with a 1.09 ERA in seven home starts this season and Milwaukee is 6-1 in those games.
- The Cardinals had scored just four runs in their previous three games and dropped to 1½ games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central before Saturday’s win.