ST. LOUIS (AP) – Dexter Fowler had his first four-hit game in six years,
hitting his first home run this season and driving in four runs to lead the St.
Louis Cardinals over the Milwaukee Brewers 13-5 on Monday night.
Paul Goldschmidt hit his ninth home run and had three hits and three RBIs for
the Cardinals. St. Louis outhit Milwaukee 18-5, set a season high for runs and
won its third straight.
Fowler had the fifth four-hit game of his career, his first since June 9, 2013,
against San Diego.
Ryan Braun, Hernan Perez, Yasmani Grandal and Travis Shaw homered for
Milwaukee, which has lost five of six.
Jack Flaherty (2-1) allowed four runs and three hits _ all homers _ in six
innings. He struck out 10, reaching double digits for the fourth time in his big
league career.
Adrian Houser (0-1) lost in his season debut and first big league start. He
gave up five runs and nine hits in four-plus innings.
Kolten Wong hit an RBI single in the second, and Fowler made it 3-0 in the
third with his first home run since July 24, a two-run drive.
Braun’s solo homer and Perez’s two-run home run tied the score in the fifth,
but Goldschmidt put the Cardinals ahead to stay with a two-run homer in the
bottom half that chased Houser.
Grandal homered in the sixth, but St. Louis blew open the game with a seven-run
seventh off Jacob Barnes and Aaron Wilkerson that included a two-run, pinch-hit
single by rookie Lane Thomas.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cardinals: RHP Michael Wacha was placed on 10-day IL with patellar tendinitis
in his left knee.
UP NEXT
RHP Zach Davies (2-0) enters his start for Milwaukee on Tuesday with a 2-2
record against the Cardinals, including 0-2 with a 9.28 ERA in two starts last
season. RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon will start in place of Wacha after going 2-0
with a 3.24 ERA in three starts at Triple-A Memphis. He had one appearance in
2018 against Milwaukee, pitching one of scoreless relief.
Game time Tuesday evening is 6:45 with the pre-game at 5:50 on KTLO-AM.
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