Brewers at Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are a season-high seven games above .500, and go for a three-game sweep of Milwaukee on Sunday. St. Louis has beaten the Brewers four out of five times this year after winning nine of the final 12 meetings last season en route to the World Series championship.
Milwaukee’s National League-worst pitching staff has no answer for St. Louis, giving up 20 runs in the series’ first two games. Even Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, known for his defense, went 4-for-4 with a two-run homer Saturday. The Brewers turn to ace Zach Greinke to stop the bleeding. The Brewers do lead the NL with 29 homers after third baseman Aramis Ramirez and shortstop Alex Gonzalez went deep Saturday.
TV: 2:15 p.m. ET, FS Wisconsin (Milwaukee), FS Midwest (St. Louis)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Brewers RH Zach Greinke (2-1, 4.56 ERA) vs. Cardinals LH Jaime Garcia (2-0, 2.49 ERA)
Greinke is 6-3 with a 3.30 ERA in 10 career appearances against the Cardinals, including seven shutout innings against St. Louis on April 7 in a 6-0 victory. For the season, he has struck out 28 and walked five.
Garcia is 4-2 with a 3.24 ERA in nine career appearances against the Brewers. On April 6, he allowed two runs over six innings at Miller Park in an 11-5 Cardinals victory. Garcia loves pitching at Busch Stadium, where he is 17-9 with a 2.33 ERA.
WALK-OFFS
1. Cardinals second baseman Skip Schumaker has five RBIs in the last two games.
2. Ramirez is batting .361 (13-for-36) during his six-game hitting streak.
3. Cardinals third baseman David Freese has a hit in 15 of the 17 games he's started and has a team-high 20 RBIs.