Brewers at Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals will try to finish off their second straight series sweep of the visiting Milwaukee Brewers when the National League Central rivals finish their three-game set Wednesday night. The Cardinals have won six straight matchups with the Brewers after coasting to a 9-4 win Tuesday.
Dexter Fowler drove in four runs and Marcell Ozuna had three hits and two runs scored for first-place St. Louis, which remained a half-game up on the Chicago Cubs in the division and moved four ahead of Milwaukee. Paul DeJong chipped in one hit and scored twice for the Cardinals on Tuesday and the shortstop is batting .383 in 12 games versus the Brewers this year. Orlando Arcia drove in a pair of runs in Tuesday's loss for Milwaukee, which lost its third straight and sixth in the last eight contests. The Brewers will try to salvage the finale behind Adrian Houser on Wednesday while St. Louis turns to veteran Adam Wainwright.
TV: 7:45 p.m. ET, FS Wisconsin (Milwaukee), FS Midwest (St. Louis)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Brewers RH Adrian Houser (5-5, 3.76 ERA) vs. Cardinals RH Adam Wainwright (9-8, 4.33)
Houser is 1-5 with a 5.28 ERA in 10 starts this year but has allowed just two runs and five hits in 13 innings over his last two starts. He worked a career-high seven frames in a dominant effort at Washington on Friday. The Oklahoma native opened his season by giving up five runs over four innings at St. Louis on April 22.
Wainwright is looking to reach double digits in victories for the 10th time after picking up win No. 9 at Cincinnati on Friday. He limited the Reds to three earned runs in 6 2/3 innings while striking out six and walking one. A three-time All-Star, Wainwright is 16-9 with a 2.33 ERA in his career versus Milwaukee.
WALK-OFFS
1. The Cardinals recalled OF Harrison Bader from Triple-A Memphis and optioned OF Randy Arozarena.
2. Fowler has 12 RBIs over his last nine games.
3. Brewers CF Lorenzo Cain had three hits Tuesday after being kept out of the starting lineup in the series opener due to an oblique issue.