Cardinals Go Long In Win Over Brewers

Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado hit two-run homers as the Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 on Wednesday night and moved into sole possession of first place in the NL Central. Since Goldschmidt and Arenado became teammates in 2021, the Cardinals have gone 5-0 when they’ve homered in the same game. The Cardinals used Goldschmidt as a designated hitter rather than putting him at first base because they wanted to keep him off his feet as much as possible.

St. Louis trailed 4-3 before Arenado’s sixth-inning drive to left-center — his 14th homer of the season — put the Cardinals ahead for good. The Cardinals’ bullpen once again took over from there.

Johan Oviedo (1-1) got his first career win with 2 1/3 innings of perfect relief, Genesis Cabrera notched his first save.

Dakota Hudson (5-3, 3.31 ERA) starts for the Cardinals and Jason Alexander (1-0, 2.42) pitches for the Brewers as this four-game series concludes with a Thursday afternoon matchup of right-handers, 12:15 with the pregame and the first pitch at 1:10 on KIRX.