ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Domingo Santana and Orlando Arcia hit back-to-back homers as
the Milwaukee Brewers continued their recent road dominance routing the St.
Louis Cardinals 12-5 Thursday night.
Hernan Perez had four hits and three RBIs for the Brewers, who won their
season-high fifth straight on the road and have won seven of their last eight
games.
The Cardinals fell to 30-38 at home and dropped a half game behind the idle New
York Mets for the second wild card spot.
Santana and Arcia connected on consecutive pitches in the second inning. It was
the seventh time Milwaukee hit back-to-back homers this season and the second
time in four days as Chris Carter and Santana did it on Sunday at Pittsburgh.
Brewers righty Junior Guerra (8-3) needed 74 pitches to get through five
innings in his second start back from the disabled list.
Jaime Garcia (10-12) dropped a career-high fourth straight decision.
Game two of the four-game series is Friday night at Busch Stadium. Carlos
Martinez (13-7) starts for the Cardinals while Jimmy Nelson (7-13) goes for
the Brewers. Game time is 7:15 with the pre-game at 6:20 on KTLO-AM.
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