Milwaukee pitcher Jimmy Nelson’s struggles continued in St. Louis on Friday night as the Cardinals ended the Brewers 3-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory.
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Grichuk made a ideal throw to the plate to cut down Jake Elmore trying to score from second in the eighth.
Grichuk threw a runner out at the plate in the second and then doubled in the bottom half to set up a five-run rally.
Wainwright (11-8) struck out seven in eight innings in his most impressive outing since he shut out San Diego on July 21. He was helped by double plays in the second and seventh and Grichuk’s big throw in the eighth. Scooter Gennett launched a two-run homer and Hernan Perez notched a pair of hits to improve to 6-for-9 in the series for Milwaukee, which has lost 12 of its 17 meetings with St. Louis this season. The Brewers have homered in eight straight games. The Brewers have scored 16 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in four of their last eight games. Anderson comes off of a 10-0 win at Pittsburgh with five hits allowed over five scoreless innings.
After the ejection, Perez ran to the plate and made a kicking motion near the batter’s box indicating where he thought the pitch was.
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill was removed after throwing seven ideal innings against the Marlins in a shutout victory in Miami on Saturday night.
Junior Guerra tossed five innings of three-run ball to up his record to 8-and-3.
MARLINS 4, DODGERS 1: At Miami, Jose Fernandez tied a career high with 14 strikeouts, overshadowing Clayton Kershaw’s return from injury and leading Miami to a win. Martinez (14-7) allowed nine hits, walked one and hit two batters over seven innings, not recording a 1-2-3 inning until the seventh.
YANKEES 7, RAYS 5 Mark Teixeira broke open the game with a fourth-inning grand slam, and surprising NY beat visiting Tampa Bay to extend its winning streak to six. The Yankees closed within three games of AL East-leading Boston, their closest to the lead since mid-April.
Even though Martinez was far from dominant, he was good enough to deliver a 4-3 win for the Cardinals, thanks to two-run homers from Matt Carpenter and Stephen Piscotty.
St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Adams (32) hits and RBI into a fielders’ choice in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday, Sep.
TWINS 2, INDIANS 1 (12) Joe Mauer’s single off Joe Colon scored Brian Dozier from second in the 12th inning to lift Minnesota over visiting Cleveland.
The Cardinals had not had a starter last past the fifth inning in any of their four previous games, and had seen their starter allow four or more runs in seven of their last 12 home games dating back to August 6.
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The Cubs also were able to gain ground in the race for home-field advantage in the National League as the Washington Nationals were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in the nation’s captial.
