Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 2
When: 8:15 PM ET, Thursday, September 18, 2014
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Jim Reynolds, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 44823

Cardinals 3, Brewers 2 (13): Tony Cruz delivered an RBI single with one out in the 13th inning as host St. Louis rallied for its eighth walk-off victory of the season.

Jhonny Peralta singled with one out and one on to put runners on first and second for Cruz, who hit a grounder up the middle off Jimmy Nelson (2-8) to plate Matt Adams with the winning run. Adams and Jon Jay each recorded two hits and an RBI while Sam Freeman (2-0) notched the win for the Cardinals, who maintained their 2 1/2-game lead over second-place Pittsburgh in the National League Central.

Aramis Ramirez and Scooter Gennett registered two hits and an RBI apiece for the Brewers, who fell 3 1/2 games behind the Pirates for the second NL wild-card spot. Jonathan Lucroy and Ryan Braun each added two hits as Milwaukee dropped six games behind St. Louis with nine remaining.

Cardinals starter Shelby Miller retired the first 11 batters he faced before Lucroy delivered a two-out double in the fourth and scored on Ramirez's single. Milwaukee doubled its lead in the fifth as Matt Clark led off with a single and scored on an error by first baseman Adams later in the inning.

St. Louis rallied to tie it in the eighth as Jay ripped a two-out RBI single to left field and Adams drew a bases-loaded walk from Jonathan Broxton after video review determined Matt Holliday beat out a grounder to second base with a head-first slide. Broxton retired Peralta on a groundout to keep the game even.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Milwaukee LF Gerardo Parra was hitless in five at-bats after going 4-for-8 over the first two games of the series. ... Miller allowed two runs - one earned - and five hits in six innings, while Milwaukee's Kyle Lohse yielded one run and four hits over 7 1/3 frames. ... St. Louis has won 10 of its last 11 home games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Milwaukee   St. Louis
Kyle Lohse Player Shelby Miller
No Decision W/L No Decision
7.1 IP 6.0
2 Strikeouts 4
4 Hits 5
1.23 ERA 1.50
Hitting
Milwaukee   St. Louis
Ryan Braun Player Matt Adams
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
.333 Avg .400
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Milwaukee 10 0 11 .208 22 11 2 3 0 0
St. Louis 12 0 13 .267 19 8 3 4 0 1