Cardinals Vs. Brewers Score Update: Milwaukee Avoids Sweep

A dominant performance from Zack Greinke proved to be enough to prevent the St. Louis Cardinals from pulling off a sweep against their Central Division rivals. Greinke allowed only one earned run in 6 innings to help lead the Brewers to a 3-2 victory in the series-finale.

Apart from a tough sixth inning, Jaime Garcia was actually very impressive on the mound in the loss. Garcia allowed three earned runs, all of which came in the sixth, in 7.0 innings pitched. Garcia struck out six batters, but it wasn't enough to avoid his first loss of the season.

Jonathan Lucroy drove in what proved to be the the game-winning run with two outs in the sixth inning, as his double scored both Aramis Ramirez and Corey Hart. This two-run double gave the Brewers a 3-1 lead, which proved to be enough for Greinke and the bullpen.

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Cardinals Vs. Brewers Preview: St. Louis Looks To Bust Out Brooms

The red hot St. Louis Cardinals will be going for a sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday, as well as their fifth win over the Brew Crew in six games in the young 2012 season. But to do so, they'll have to get past Milwaukee ace Zack Greinke, who has as good of a shot as anyone to ice a Cardinals line up that has scored 20 runs in the series' first two games.

The good news for the Cards is that they'll be countering with Jaime Garcia. The lefty has been pretty solid so far this season, posting an ERA under three despite a WHIP of 1.42 that is higher than you'd like to see. Garcia faced the Brewers in his first start of 2012, giving up two earned runs on five hits over six innings while striking out three and walking two.

Greinke is responsible for the Brewers' lone win over St. Louis this year, when he threw seven shutout innings on April 7.

Game date/time: Sunday, April 29, 1:15 p.m. CT

Location: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Mo.

TV: FSN Midwest

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Brewers Vs. Cardinals Final Score: St. Louis Downs Milwaukee 7-3

The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 7-3 today at Busch Stadium. St. Louis scored two in the third, one in the fourth, two in the sixth and two in the eighth to secure the victory. The win improves the Cards to 14-7 on the season, while Milwaukee falls to 9-12.

Kyle Lohse picked up the win for St. Louis, running his record to 4-0 on the season. Lohse pitched six innings and allowed three runs and six hits while striking out five.

David Freese hit his fifth homer of the season, a solo shot in the fourth inning off of Milwaukee starter Marco Estrada. Catcher Yadier Molina added a two-run homer in the sixth, his fourth dinger of the season.

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Cardinals Vs. Brewers Recap: St. Louis Blows Past Milwaukee, 13-1

The St. Louis Cardinals had the last laugh over the Milwaukee Brewers in last year's NLCS, and they've started 2012 off on the same foot. After taking two of three from the Brewers in the teams' first series of the season, the Cardinals roughed Milwaukee up by the score of 13-1 on Friday night.

Cardinals Vs. Brewers Score Update: Cardinals Put Up Eight In Third, Up 12-1

The Milwaukee Brewers entered Friday night's game vs. the St. Louis Cardinals with an advantage in the starting pitching match up— at least on paper. The Cardinals hitters had something to say about that, though, as they beat up on Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo early on Friday night, knocking him out after two innings after putting up eight runs, all of which were charged to Gallardo.

The Cardinals got on the board in the second inning on a Skip Schumaker triple which scored Yadier Molina and Matt Carpenter, but that was only a prelude to what would be an epic top of the third. In that third, the Cardinals collected seven hits to go along with two walks, all of which resulted in eight runs. The inning started with a Jon Jay single and a Matt Holliday walk. Carlos Beltran then singled to score Jay and David Freese singled to plate Holliday and put the Brewers up 4-1. Yadier Molina then walked, and Carpenter delivered the major blow with a double to center that brought home Beltran and Freese.

That Carpenter hit would be the end of Gallardo, but reliever Mike McClendon did little to stop the bleeding. With St. Louis up 6-1, Schumaker singled to score Molina, which was followed by a Jake Westbrook sacrifice and a Rafael Furcal walk. Jay, who started the inning, then singled again to score Carpenter and Schumaker. Holliday followed that up by singling home Furcal to make it 10-1. The inning came to its merciful end when Beltran lined into a double play.

In the bottom of the fifth, a Jay single scored Schumaker and a Holliday single plated Furcal. That made it 12-1, which is where the score now stands.

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St. Louis Cardinals Kick Off Series With Milwaukee Brewers Friday

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers start a weekend series on Friday at Busch Stadium. Follow this storystream for schedules, lineups, and score updates.