Milwaukee Brewers’ Keon Broxton (23) hits a solo home run in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday, Sep.
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In a game that could be a shootout, Chase Anderson (8-11, 4.73 ERA) and the Milwaukee Brewers (63-78) are in St. Louis to square off against Adam Wainwright (10-8, 4.61 ERA) and the Cardinals (74-66).
St. Louis trailed 3-0 when Martinez started the winning rally with a two-out single that was followed by Carpenter’s 19th home run, a walk to Kolten Wong and Piscotty’s 21st homer. Braun got himself back in the count and he made a mistake.
Martinez gave up 9 hits and hit 2 batters in 7 innings but was helped by 3 double plays. “That’s one of the best plays we’ve seen here”, Matheny said. “Carlos has been so consistent that you begin to anticipate he’s going to have that kind of outing”. In their first six games since making the change the Brewers were 5-1 and the starters allowed just eight earned runs in 34 innings, a 2.12 ERA.
Early on, manager Craig Counsell was still trying to properly fill holes at each position and now that the team has mostly settled after trades, call-ups, and position shifts, it seems to be faring quite well offensively.
“It kind of had that feel in the air, and after I got that last out, Jhonny Peralta came up to me and he said we’re going to pick you up right here and then he went out and got a knock, and Grichuk got the double obviously”, Wainwright said. The Yankees closed within three games of AL East-leading Boston, their closest to the lead since mid-April. “You don’t want to think there’s something wrong and start overanalyzing stuff so you just try to keep it simple”. Milwaukee scored an unearned run in the first when Gennett walked, Chris Carter was hit by a pitch and Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit a hard one-hopper that shortstop Jedd Gyorko did not handle.
After the first-inning error, the Cardinals’ defense later stopped two potential rallies.
“That’s kind of a buzz kill for sure”, Elmore said.
Wong reached base three times by walking twice and getting hit by a pitch.
NEW YORK – Gary Sanchez homered and nearly hit another while Tampa Bay was trying to intentionally walk him, leading Masahiro Tanaka and the hard-charging New York Yankees to their season-best seventh straight win, 5-1 over the Rays on Saturday. “I believe in myself to the fullest”.
Joey Votto celebrated his 33rd birthday with four hits, including a home run, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the collapsing Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7 on Saturday night. The three runs matched the total number of runs Martinez had allowed in his last six starts against the Brewers, a span of 34 innings, dating back to the start of last season.
In Miami, Jose Fernandez tied a career high with 14 strikeouts, overshadowing Clayton Kershaw’s return from injury and leading the Marlins over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Milwaukee ranks in the bottom half of the league at 17th when it comes to home runs, hitting 164 this season.
Brewers first baseman Hernan Perez was ejected by home plate umpire Carlos Torres after taking a called strike three to end the top of the eighth, stranding the bases loaded.
“We know the importance of each game”, said outfielder Stephen Piscotty, who hit one of the Cardinals’ two two-run homers Friday night.
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Pence has seven hits in eight at-bats in the first two games of the three-game set.
