Christian Yelich homered and Trevor Megill escaped a jam in the ninth inning, sending the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday in the finale of a four-game series.
Drew Avans and Sal Frelick each drove in a run for Milwaukee, which won for the fourth time in six games. Yelich had three hits, and Caleb Durbin went 2 for 3.
Iván Herrera hit his eighth homer for St. Louis with two out in the eighth inning. Willson Contreras also drove in a run.
The Cardinals wasted a prime scoring opportunity against Megill in the ninth. Nolan Arenado hit a leadoff single on the 12th pitch of his at-bat, and Nolan Gorman followed with a bunt single.
The runners advanced on a one-out wild pitch, but Megill fanned Victor Scott II and Masyn Winn for his 15th save in 17 opportunities. It was the Brewers’ third win of the four-game set.
Yelich hit a solo drive in the fourth for his 14th homer and Avans’ sacrifice fly off Miles Mikolas gave Milwaukee a 2-1 lead. It was Avans’ first career RBI.
The Brewers added another run in the seventh on Frelick’s groundout.
Mikolas (4-4) struck out seven in six innings.
Alec Burleson followed Herrera’s homer with a ground-rule double, but Nick Mears relieved and struck out Contreras to end the inning.
Up next
The Cardinals are off Monday before opening a three-game series at the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
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