Cardinals Have Rough Day Again vs. Brewers

Avisaíl García homered for the second day in a row, Travis Shaw and Manny Piña also connected and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 on Sunday.

García and Shaw hit early drives that helped the Brewers build a 7-0 lead in the second inning.

Brett Anderson (1-1) tossed five effective innings for Milwaukee, which has won four of five.

The Brewers scored four times in the first off Daniel Ponce de Leon (1-1) in batting around for the first time this season.

Shaw hit a three-run homer off Ponce de Leon in the second. Ponce de Leon lasted just 1 1-3 innings and gave up six hits and seven runs.

Shaw went 5 for 10 in the series with four RBIs.

Cardinals OF Tyler O’Neill was placed on the 10-day injury list with a right groin strain suffered during his first plate appearance on Saturday.

Cardinals: RHP John Gant (0-0, 0.00) will face Washington in the opening game of a three-game series on Monday in St. Louis, 5:50 with the pregame and the first pitch at 6:45 on KIRX.