Paul Goldschmidt and Tyler O’Neill homered as the St. Louis Cardinals won their 11th straight game, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 10-2 Wednesday night.
Goldschmidt also doubled, singled and scored four runs to help St. Louis stretch its best winning streak since an 11-game string in 2001.
The Cardinals’ longest winning streak in franchise history is 14, in 1935 with a team led by Hall of Famer pitcher Dizzy Dean.
The Brewers clinched their fourth straight playoff berth on Sept. 18, but have since lost four straight, including three to the Cardinals. The Brewers, whose magic number to clinch the NL Central stayed at three, lead the Cardinals by 8½ games. The Cards lead the Reds and Phillies by 4 1/2 games for the number two wild card spot.
Miles Mikolas (2-2), who missed all of 2020 with an injured right shoulder and a considerable part of this season with forearm tightness, gave up two runs and four hits in seven innings. It was his longest outing of the season.
The four-game series ends Thursday afternoon with Cardinals RHP Adam Wainwright (16-7, 2.89 ERA) 12:15 with the pregame and the first pitch at 1:10 on KIRX.
RHP Jack Flaherty will start the second game of Friday’s doubleheader in Chicago against the Cubs. Flaherty went on the 10-day IL (right shoulder strain) on Aug. 25.