ST. LOUIS, MO (WHBL) – The St. Louis Cardinals roughed up Brandon Woodruff and beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 on Thursday night at Busch Stadium.
The Brewers scored four runs in the 4th inning to take a 4-1 lead but the Cardinals struck for five in the fifth. They added single tallies in the 6th and 7th innings.
Tyler O’Neill and Lars Nootbaar hit back to back home runs off Woodruff in the fifth inning. Woodruff gave up 6 runs on eight hits over five innings.
Kolten Wong drove in two runs for Milwaukee. The other RBIs went to Willy Adames and Manny Pina.
The Brewers also placed Freddy Peralta on the 10 IL with a sore shoulder. He’s only expected to miss one start. Hoby Milner was brought up from AAA Nashville.
The Crew returns to American Family Field to kick off a three-game weekend series against the Washington Nationals beginning Friday night. Pregame coverage on WHBL gets underway at 6:35.
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