Cards beat the Brewers 4-3 to move to 2-1 in the NLCS.
The Cardinals scored all the runs they needed in the first inning. Chris Carpenter was a little shaky but he and the bullpen were able to hold it together as the Cardinals beat the Brewers 4-3, to take a 2-1 lead in the NLCS.
The Cardinals got RBI doubles from Jon Jay, Albert Pujols and David Freese to take a 4-0 in the first. Thankfully it was all the team would need thanks to some good pitching and defense.
Carpenter pitched five innings, gave up six hits, three earned runs – including a home run to Mark Kotsay. And he struck out three. Fernando Salas had a scoreless sixth inning. Lance Lynn effectively pitched the seventh and faced a batter in the eighth. Mark “Zepper” Rzepczynski faced Prince Fielder in the eighth and gave the crowd a jolt as he struck the big guy out.
Jason Motte, “not-the-closer”, faced the last four Brewers batters striking out three of them.
Great game for the Cardinals as they are now up 2-1 against the Brewers, with two games left at Busch.
Go Cardinals!
Miranda Remaklus is lead St. Louis Cardinals contributor to Aaron Miles Fastball. She is also senior reporter at Aerys Offsides over in the NFL section. Follow her on Twitter, @missmiranda.
