ST. LOUIS - Jake Bauers gave the Brewers two very different moments Wednesday at Busch Stadium, and both mattered in an 8-4 win over the Cardinals.
The flashiest play came first. In the second inning of a scoreless game, Bauers reached second on a single and a wild pitch, then tried to take third on Andrew Vaughn’s comebacker to pitcher Andre Pallante.
Pallante threw to José Fermín at the bag, and Bauers looked trapped. Fermín charged in, caught the throw and then stumbled and fell, giving Bauers just enough of an opening to slam on the brakes, plant both feet and dive headfirst into third.
Umpire Jen Pawol called him safe.
That sequence set up the Brewers’ first run, with Sal Frelick and Cooper Pratt following with back-to-back singles.
Bauers wasn’t done. One inning later, he turned in a much simpler trip around the bases, crushing his 17th home run of the season - a three-run shot that finished off a four-run inning and pushed Milwaukee ahead 6-0.
St. Louis trimmed the margin to 6-4 in the sixth, but Brice Turang answered with a solo homer in the seventh, and the Brewers’ bullpen closed it out.
The win gave Milwaukee four victories in five games against the Cardinals in the marathon series. The Brewers have now won six of the first eight games on their longest road trip of the season, and 10 of the first 15 during an 18-game stretch played over 17 straight game days leading into the All-Star break.
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