Caleb Durbin hit a tying double in the 10th inning, Andruw Monasterio followed with the winning single and the playoff-bound Milwaukee Brewers rallied from five runs down to defeat the skidding St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 on Saturday night.Milwaukee players took the field aware they were already ensured at least a National League wild card, after the New York Mets lost to Texas a little earlier. But the NL Central leaders hardly let up.
After trailing 6-1 in the sixth, they scratched across five runs in the eighth and ninth to tie it 7-all on RBI infield singles by Jackson Chourio and William Contreras, who drove in three runs.
Abner Uribe (3-2) loaded the bases with none out in the 10th but held St. Louis to one run, which scored when Iván Herrera grounded into a double play.
Durbin delivered an RBI double off Kyle Leahy (4-2) with one out in the bottom half and scored on Monasterios single to center field, handing the Cardinals their fifth consecutive loss.
Milwaukee improved the majors best record to 91-58, two games ahead of NL East-leading Philadelphia, and increased its NL Central cushion to 6 1/2 games over the Chicago Cubs, who lost 5-4 to Tampa Bay.
Up next
Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (7-10, 4.84 ERA) faces LHP Jose Quintana (11-6, 3.88) in the series finale Sunday.
First pitch at Family American Field is set for 1:10 with pregame coverage by Ameren Total Access beginning at 12:15. Sunday’s game can be heard on KTLO AM 1240.
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