Jon Lester notched his 200th profession win, Nolan Arenado hit a two-experience homer and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 Monday night for their ninth consecutive win.
The Cardinals have won 9 straight for the first time since 2004 to solidify their grip on the 2d NL wild card. They entered the night three agmes sooner than Cincinnati and Philadelphia for the wonderful postseason website online.
The longest winning plug in franchise history is 14 games, build in 1935.
Milwaukee’s magic quantity over the Cardinals to clinch the division title remained at three.
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Lester (7-6) is the third stuffed with life pitcher with 200 wins, becoming a member of Houston teammates Justin Verlander (226) and Zack Greinke (219). He’s the 30th left-hander in foremost-league history to be triumphant within the designate.
St. Louis bought on the board within the first on Arenado’s homer, his 33rd of the season, off Freddy Peralta (9-5).
Milwaukee clawed correct reduction within the 2d. Avisail Garcia, who returned to the starting lineup after missing four games with lower reduction spasms, led off with a homer off Lester. Luis Urias adopted two batters later with a solo shot of his get to tie it.
Lester retired 10 straight unless giving up a single to Jackie Bradley Jr. with two outs within the fifth. Lester surrendered three runs and seven hits in six innings. He struck out two and didn’t hotfoot a batter in an efficient, 77-pitch time out.
Cardinals’ relievers Kodi Whitley, T.J. McFarland and Luis García held the Brewers scoreless over the wonderful three innings. García bought his first set of the season.
Peralta retired 11 of 12 unless allowing the first two batters to be triumphant in within the sixth. The Cardinals took a 3-2 lead on Yadier Molina’s experience-scoring single.
Peralta gave up seven hits and three runs in six innings. He struck out 9 and walked one.
St. Louis tacked on a experience within the seventh when Matt Carpenter, batting for Lester, hit a leadoff double and scored on Paul Goldschmidt’s sacrifice soar. Molina drove in a single other experience within the eighth to boost the lead to 5-2.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cardinals: OF Tyler O’Neill seem like in no doubt wide anguish after fouling a ball off his left shin within the sixth. He remained within the sport after a search suggestion from from the teacher.
Brewers: Reinstated SS Willy Adames (left quadriceps stress) from the 10-day injured listing and optioned INF/OF Tim Lopes to Triple-A Nashville. “He’s been disturbing for a couple days, in a pleasant system,” manager Craig Counsell acknowledged of Adames. “He’s been ready to play. It’s doubtless you’ll well presumably form of sense that.” … OF Lorenzo Cain remained out of the starting lineup as he continues to take care of soreness from crashing into an outfield wall on Saturday. “It’s no longer as ghastly as we conception,” Counsell acknowledged. … Bradley began in build of Cain but goes by plantar fasciitis. … LHP Brent Suter had a abdominal bug that just no longer too lengthy within the past restricted his availability, based mostly on Counsell.
UP NEXT
RHP Jake Woodford (2-3, 4.30 ERA) will win the mound for the Cardinals within the 2d sport of the sequence while RHP Brandon Woodruff (9-9, 2.55) goes for the Brewers. Woodford will likely be making his 2d profession initiating against Milwaukee. Woodruff is 3-2 with a 3.32 ERA in eight profession games (six starts) vs. St. Louis.
