By MATT PIKE
Garrett Mitchell hit a three-run homer and Kyle Harrison tossed six innings of four-hit ball to help lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-0 shutout victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at American Family Field.
Harrison allowed two singles to open the third and two singles in the sixth, but did not allow a runner past second base. He struck out two and walked none, lowering his ERA from 1.77 to 1.57 and improved to 4-0 in five starts in May, allowing three runs in 28 innings. Grant Anderson, Abner Uribe and Trevor Megill followed with a scoreless inning apiece. Milwaukee has won 14 of its last 18 games and is now 3 ½ games ahead of second-place St. Louis in the NL Central.
The Brewers loaded the bases with no outs when Christian Yelich led off with a double, followed by walks to Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang. William Contreras then extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a two-run double that one-hopped the wall in center to put Milwaukee up 3-0, chasing starter Michael McGreevy. Mitchell’s blast capped the five-fun fifth that put Milwaukee up 6-0.
Jake Bauers opened the fourth inning with his team-best eighth home run which started the scoring for Milwaukee against McGreevy,. who fell to 3-4 on the season, allowing five runs and seven hits in four-plus innings, striking out six and walking three.
St. Louis and Milwaukee close out their series tomorrow. Dustin May (3-5, 5.00 ERA, 42K's) starts for the Cardinals while the Brewers have not named a starter. First pitch is 12:40pm, coverage will begin around 12:30 on KY 102 (102.5 FM).
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