Tyrone Taylor drove in one run and scored twice to lead the visiting Milwaukee Brewers past the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 on Tuesday.

Taylor hit a double, drew two walks and stole a base for the Brewers (85-66), who reduced their magic number to win the National League Central to six.

William Contreras hit a homer and scored twice for the Brewers while Richie Palacios hit a home run for the Cardinals (67-84).

Alec Burleson hit an RBI double, stole a base and scored a run for St. Louis before exiting with a broken thumb suffered on a headfirst slide in the first inning.

The Brewers used reliever Trevor Megill as their opener. He allowed two runs on three hits and a walk in one inning.

Colin Rea (6-6) replaced Megill and assumed the bulk-innings role. He allowed one run on three hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out two.

Cardinals starting pitcher Drew Rom (1-3) allowed five runs on six hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings. He struck out three.

The Cardinals broke out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Lars Nootbaar hit a leadoff single, stole second base and scored on Burleson's ground-rule double.

Burleson stole third base and scored on Nolan Arenado's sacrifice fly.

Contreras cut the Milwaukee deficit to 2-1 in the third inning with his homer, his 17th of the season.

The Brewers surged ahead 5-2 in the fourth inning. Consecutive doubles by Willy Adames, Josh Donaldson, Taylor and Sal Frelick contributed to Rom getting knocked out of the game.

Mark Canha drove in the inning's fourth run with a fielder's-choice grounder.

Palacios cut the margin to 5-3 in the fifth with his fifth home run.

In the eighth inning, Taylor drew a leadoff walk, stole second base, took third on a groundout and scored on Andruw Monasterio's sacrifice fly to make it 6-3.

Milwaukee increased its lead to 7-3 in the ninth when Contreras walked, stole second base and scored on a single by Adames.

--Field Level Media