Brewers edge Cardinals 4‑3 in opener of doubleheader
ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — Jacob Misiorowski struck out 11 over seven innings Tuesday afternoon as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 in the first game of a doubleheader at Busch Stadium III.
Milwaukee, which improved to 57-33, trailed 2-0 after Jordan Walker’s two-run homer in the first. The Brewers tied it in the third on Joey Ortiz’s RBI double and Christian Yelich’s run-scoring single. St. Louis regained the lead on Iván Herrera’s solo homer in the third, but Milwaukee answered in the sixth when Garrett Mitchell’s single tied it. Yelich’s go-ahead double in the seventh scored Cooper Pratt.
Misiorowski (10-4) allowed three earned runs on three hits. Abner Uribe closed with a perfect ninth for his sixth save. Ryne Stanek (2-2) took the loss. Yelich went 3 for 5 with two RBIs, and Ortiz had three hits. Walker drove in two runs for St. Louis (47-42). Attendance was 24,422, and the game lasted 2:38.