St. Louis Cardinals

Brewers 6, Cardinals 4(10)

Brewers 6, Cardinals 4(10)

Shoulder strain sends Cardinals' Garcia to DL

The St. Louis Cardinals have placed left-hander Jaime Garcia on the 15-day disabled list with a left shoulder strain.

Brewers Top Cardinals In 10

The Brewers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-4 win over the Cardinals in ten innings.

Brewers top Cardinals in 10 innings

Out Of The Deep Freese

From Elias: David Freese entered Friday night's game homerless in his last 112 at-bats, the longest drought of his big-league career; he had not homered since September 19 of last season, off Lucas Harrell. But with the bases loaded and two outs in the first inning, Freese took a Wily Peralta pitch over the centerfield fence for his second career grand slam. The Brewers would rally but never tie the game, with the Cards winning, 7-6. Freese was the first Cardinals third baseman to homer this season, in their 41st game; the last time that the Cardinals went deeper into a season without a home run from the hot corner was 1986, when they went homerless from third base in their first 112 games of the season: their first homer from third base was hit by Terry Pendleton on August 14 of that year, against the Mets' Ron Darling at Shea Stadium.

Ramirez: 2 Homers, 6 Rbi And A Loss

From Elias: Aramis Ramirez belted a pair of three-run homers to account for all of the Brewers' runs at St. Louis, but those blasts were not enough to prevent a 7-6 Cardinals victory. You have to go back nearly four years to find the last time that a big-league player who produced a multiple-homer game with at least six RBI did not come up a winner; the last such instance came on July 20, 2009, when Justin Morneau had two home runs and seven RBI in a game that the Twins lost to the Athletics by a 14-13 score. (One reason that the Twins lost that game: Matt Holliday had two homers and six RBI for Oakland!) Following that 2009 game, major-league players had gone 69-0 in games in which they contributed two homers and six RBI -- until Ramirez's Brewers lost on Friday night.

Cards without Westbrook

The St. Louis Cardinals rotation, currently the best in baseball, will be missing Jake Westbrook for a bit longer. The veteran right-hander is on the DL with right elbow inflammation, is having continued discomfort in the area, according to Rick Hummel of the Post-Dispatch.

Freese hits grand slam; Ramirez 2 HRs, 6 RBI

David Freese hit a grand slam for his first homer of the season, and the St. Louis Cardinals used a five-run first inning to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Friday night.

Cardinals Hold Off Brewers

Aramis Ramirez hit two three-run home runs, but it was not enough as the Cardinals defeated the Brewers 7-6.