Cardinals fall to Brewers 3-2 moving losing skid to six games

By MATT PIKE

The St. Louis Cardinals battled hard to snap a losing skid, but came up short against the Milwaukee Brewers, losing 3-2 on Friday evening as their losing streak moved to six games and the Redbirds fell another game behind the Brew Crew in the NL Central standings. 

The Brewers opened the scoring in the fourth inning.  Sal Frelick singled to open the inning and after Jackson Chourio flew out to center field, William Contreras, the brother of Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras, doubled to score Frelick.  The Cardinals tied the game up in the fifth inning on back to back doubles by Alec Burleson and Nolan Arenado.

Milwaukee retook the lead in the sixth inning, Contreras driving in another run on a sacrifice fly that scored Frelick who had singled to open the inning.  Christian Yelich reached first on a fielders choice as Nolan Gorman attempted to throw Chourio out at home, but failed as the Brewers extended their lead 3-1. 

In the ninth inning, the Cardinals set themselves up to tie the game after Gorman doubled and was driven in on a single by Victor Scott II.  Scott stole second base with two outs, but with the tying run in scoring position, Lars Nootbaar struck out for the fourth time in the game, ending the rally and the game. 

Erick Fedde took the loss, falling to 3-6 on the season, pitching 5 1/3 innings and giving up three runs on four hits, striking out five and walking one.  At the plate, Burleson led the way going 2-for-4 with a run scored.  Scott was 1-for-1 with the RBI after coming in as a defensive replacement in the seventh, while Arenado was 1-for-4 with the double and an RBI.

St. Louis hopes to end their losing streak as they continue their series with Milwaukee on Saturday.  Andre Pallante (4-3, 4.75 ERA) takes the mound for the Cardinals against Jose Quintana (4-1, 2.66 ERA) for the Brewers.  First pitch is at 3:10pm, pregame will be joined at 3 on KY 102 (102.5 FM).

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