Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 2
When: 8:15 PM ET, Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Derryl Cousins, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Dan Bellino
Attendance: 35397
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Derryl Cousins, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Dan Bellino
Attendance: 35397
Kyle Lohse pitched six shutout innings to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday.
Jon Jay and Matt Holliday homered in the third inning for St. Louis, which trails Atlanta by 7 1/2 games in the National League wild card standings and Milwaukee by 9 1/2 in the NL Central.
Lohse (13-8) allowed four hits, three walks and struck out six while winning for the fifth time in six decisions.
Prince Fielder had a run-scoring single in the ninth for Milwaukee before Jason Motte retired Casey McGehee on a double-play grounder for his third save.
St. Louis' Lance Berkman had a run-scoring single in the first and Jay added a run-scoring single in the seventh to boost the Cardinals' lead to 4-0.
Jonathan Lucroy’s eighth-inning double plated Milwaukee’s first run.
Yovani Gallardo (15-10) gave up three runs and four hits in six innings while dropping to 1-7 in 11 career starts against St. Louis.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Milwaukee | St. Louis | |
| Yovani Gallardo | Player | Kyle Lohse |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 6.0 | IP | 6.0 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 6 |
| 4 | Hits | 4 |
| 4.50 | ERA | 0.00 |
Hitting
| Milwaukee | St. Louis | |
| Nyjer Morgan | Player | Jon Jay |
| 3 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 2 |
| 0 | HR | 1 |
| 3 | TB | 5 |
| .600 | Avg | .667 |
Team Stats Summary