“We put pressure on them to make pitches and guys came through with the big hits when we needed them”, Matheny said. I’ve had stretches this year where I’ve felt really good and was hitting balls right at people. “Baseball has a amusing way of working itself out”.
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The Cardinals, by the way, have outscored the Brewers 27-7 in four games (three of them St. Louis wins) this season. “He’s tough to pitch to when he’s like that”.
Matt Holiday went 3-for-4 on Monday against the Brewers, including the final run of the game when he hit a single-run homer in the Top of the 7th.
Tuesday night, Carpenter doubled, singled and tripled twice.
Third-place hitter Matt Holliday was 3 for 4 with three RBIs. He says he’s been more relaxed since then.
“You’re down 4-0, I think a lesser group rolls over and just gives up, and they won’t do that”, Chicago manager Robin Ventura said.
That would be all they’d need with Davies dominant performance.
BULLPEN INTRIGUE: Tuesday’s blowout victory spared Trevor Rosenthal a work day and gave Matheny an opportunity to use Jonathan Broxton in a low-leverage situation to steady himself.
Little then called Hazelbaker out on a bang-bang play at first base, but the Cardinals challenged and had it overturned for a single.
Martinez (5-5) allowed five singles, walked one and struck out eight, rebounding nicely after having allowed at least four runs in each of his three previous starts.
Cubs 2, Dodgers 0 – At Chicago: Travis Wood and three other relievers combined for seven ideal innings after starter Jason Hammel left with cramps, leading Chicago to victory.
“While that part of the Cardinals” game hasn”t been a consistent one this season, the offense has been. He is 13 for 28 with six runs scored and five RBIs in his last seven games. The Royals have won four straight, matching their season best streak, and have scored 19 runs after the sixth innings in those victories. Manager Craig Counsell said Ramirez would join the club on Wednesday. Milwaukee had three players start rehab assignments Tuesday.
Monday’s Memorial Day game was one the Brewers would not like to remember. Brewers left field Ryan Braun has sat out two straight games due to an ailing neck and has missed nine of the past 15 games.
Milwaukee got a run back in the second as Lucroy led off the inning with a home run. RHP Matt Garza was slated to start for Class A Wisconsin, while RHP Corey Knebel was scheduled to pitch for Class A Brevard County and OF Domingo Santana was in the starting lineup for Double-A Biloxi. The win moved the Brewers season record to 24-29. He pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout in a 6-1 win at Busch Stadium on April 30. The Mets went 2-4 on a six-game homestand.
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Milwaukee scored two runs off Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia in the first and added a Martin Maldonado home run in the sixth.
