Nolan Arenado Dylan Carlson, and Jose Rondon homered to back Adam Wainwright, and the Cardinals extended their winning streak to 17 games and clinched an NL wild card berth with a 6-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.
St. Louis will play in the NL wild-card game on Oct. 6 at the Los Angeles Dodgers or San Francisco, whichever does not win the NL West. The postseason trip will be the third in a row for the Cardinals.
Wainwright (17-7) allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings, throwing 102 pitches and stranding seven runners. Wainwright has won six consecutive decisions for the Cardinals and 10 of his last 11.
Milwaukee’s Brandon Woodruff allowed two runs and seven hits in four innings.
Yadier Molina (right shoulder stiffness) was scratched from a start and is considered day-to-day.
RHP Miles Mikolas (2-2, 4.15 ERA) goes for the Cardinals Wednesday, 5:50 with the pregame and the first pitch at 6:45 on KIRX.