The St. Louis Cardinals fell to the to the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night by the score of 8-3. Ryan Braun hit two home runs off Adam Wainwright who also gave up another home run to Bill Hall as he took the loss. Wainwright is now 3-2 on the season.
Wainwright tossed six innings and gave up eight hits and eight runs. The three home runs were all solo shots so it wasn’t like Wainwright just made three mistakes in the game. He just didn’t have his good stuff in the game and that is why the Cardinals got down by so many runs and lost.
The Cardinals did get on the board first with a Rick Ankiel solo home run in the first inning. The home run was Ankiels seventh of the season. The Cardinals then scored back to back runs in the in the eighth and ninth inning on a Skip Schumaker rbi single and a bases loaded walk to Jason LaRue.
The Cardinals are now one full game behind the Chicago Cubs who crushed the San Diego Padres. It is key for the Cardinals to come back and get a win on Tuesday against the Brewers because the Cubs are playing some really good baseball the past four games.
