Milwaukee, which had scored 23 runs in its previous two games, didn’t have a hit until Yasmani Grandal kept Giovanny Gallegos’s slider just fair inside the right-field line for a double with two outs in the eighth. But that was the final Milwaukee hit as the Cardinals blanked the Brewers 3-0.
A paid crowd of 44,843 was hoping to see a no-hitter in St. Louis, even if it was combined, for the first time since Bob Forsch pitched his second on Sept, 26, 1983 at Busch II. But the fans settled for the Cardinals, winning their eighth game in their past 10, taking a half-game lead over the Cubs in the National League Central Division race and shoving the third-place Brewers three games behind.