MILWAUKEE • Having used Seung Hwan Oh three days in a row and not having either Trevor Rosenthal or Kevin Siegrist available, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny was hopeful of extracting as many innings as he could from starter Carlos Martinez on Saturday.
Martinez gave him just five innings although they were five dynamite ones as he fanned 11, giving up one run on four hits albeit walking four. But into the breach stepped, first, lefthander Tyler Lyons, who fanned four in 2 1/3 scoreless innings.
When Lyons walked two men in a row with one out in the eighth, rookie Matt Bowman was summoned, only to encounter pinch hitter Jonathan Lucroy, the Brewers’ lone All-Star.