MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — Jacob Misiorowski struck out 12 over seven innings as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Monday afternoon at American Family Field. The Brewers jumped ahead early, scoring three runs in the first inning. William Contreras singled in Jackson Chourio, and Christian Yelich followed with a two-run homer. St. Louis got on the board in the sixth on an Iván Herrera groundout that scored Victor Scott II, but Milwaukee answered in the bottom half when Garrett Mitchell singled in Andrew Vaughn. Vaughn added a ground-rule double in the seventh to drive in Brice Turang. Misiorowski allowed two hits and one earned run with no walks. Matthew Liberatore took the loss, giving up three earned runs on seven hits with 10 strikeouts over five innings. Aaron Ashby threw two scoreless innings in relief. Milwaukee improved to 31-20, while St. Louis dropped to 29-23. The attendance was 35,695, and the game lasted 2 hours, 29 minutes.