"I was joking about us being the new Wallbangers," said Thames, MLB's early leader with eight home runs. "This team can hit, man."
In Cardinals ace Carlos Martinez's third straight shaky start, Shaw hit a 458-foot three-run homer in the first inning, and Thames hit a two-run shot in the fifth to reclaim the lead. Bandy added insurance against reliever Kevin Siegrist in the sixth with a two-run homer that gave the Brewers a big league-best 32 dingers in their first 17 games.
Thames has hit all eight of his home runs in the last eight days, and Bandy and Shaw have each homered in three straight games.