Corbin Burnes took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Kolten Wong had three hits and was hit by a pitch against his former team as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 Tuesday night.
Burnes (8-4) allowed two hits and two walks and had three strikeouts in six innings of work. He is 6-0 in his last 13 starts.
Josh Hader pitched the ninth inning to earn his 24th save in 25 chances.
Adam Wainwright (11-7) allowed just two runs in six innings despite surrendering nine hits and two walks.
The loss snaps a six-game winning streak for the Cardinals and a four-start winning streak for Wainwright.
The Cardinals placed OF Dylan Carlson (right wrist sprain) on the 10-day injured list retroactive to Aug. 14. He was originally in the starting lineup but was scratched after experiencing soreness from taking swings on Monday’s off day. OF Austin Dean was recalled from Triple-A Memphis to take Carlson’s roster spot. RHP Miles Mikolas (right forearm tightness) is scheduled to start against Pittsburgh this weekend. Mikolas missed all of 2020 and has only made one start in 2021.
Brewers RHP Freddy Peralta (9-3, 2.26 ERA) has a 1.85 ERA over his last 15 starts. He will oppose Cardinals RHP Jack Flaherty (9-1, 2.65 ERA) Wednesday, 5:50 with the pregame and the first pitch at 6:45 on KIRX.
The first place Brewers lead the second place Reds by 8 1/2 games, the third place Cardinals are 11 games behind.
St. Louis is 4 games out in the Wild Card race.