​The Milwaukee Brewers fell 5-1 to the St. Louis Cardinals, their first loss since Saturday, as the Cardinalspieced together a string of extra-base hits and Milwaukee found little to respond with. The Brewers threatened immediately in the top of the first when Christian Yelich singled, Jake Bauers walked, and Garrett Mitchell laced an infield single to load the bases with two outs for Luis Lara in his second major-league game. Lara grounded out to third, and Michael McGreevy escaped without allowing a run.
St. Louis answered quickly, greeting Kyle Harrison with a burst of offense. Masyn Winn, Jordan Walker, and Alec Burleson all doubled, giving the Cardinals a 2-0 lead after one inning. Winn’s double was aided by a misplay in right field by Lara, who tracked a ball into the sun, took it off his face, and contributed to the defensive miscue. Cooper Pratt led off the second with a single but was caught stealing, and Joey Ortiz and Greg Jones both struck out, allowing McGreevy to navigate a cleaner frame in the second.
Harrison then delivered a 1-2-3 inning of his own, highlighted by another rough moment for Lara in right field, as he twisted around in the sun and made a catch before crashing into the wall. Still, it was a solid bounce-back frame for the left-hander and for Lara after the earlier miscue. McGreevy likewise mowed down Milwaukee’s top-order in the third, while Harrison avoided trouble after an error by Jones at second base. Lara contributed another defensive highlight, robbing Iván Herrera of a hit with a diving grab.
After another clean inning for McGreevy in the fourth, St. Louis padded their lead with a solo homer from José Fermín in the bottom half, his fourth of the season, making it 3-0. McGreevy continued to dominate the Brewers by retiring the side in the fifth, though there was a tense moment when Pratt’s 103-mph line drive deflected off McGreevy’s body, which he managed to knock down to prevent a dangerous moment.
Harrison exited after four innings in what was another short start for the 24-year-old. He threw 70 pitches, allowing three runs on four extra-base hits with no walks and two strikeouts. Grant Anderson took the mound in the fifth and worked a clean 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout, while Milwaukee went down in order in the sixth. This pushed McGreevy to 14 consecutive hitters retired before Pratt reached on a second-inning single—the last Brewers batter to reach safely until later in the game.
Anderson remained in for the bottom of the sixth, yielding a leadoff single to Walker before tallying a strikeout of Nelson Velázquez. Jared Koenig then came in to pitch, giving up a stolen base to Walker before Burleson connected for a two-run homer to right, stretching the Cardinals’ lead to 5-0 after six frames.
William Contreras led off the seventh with the Brewers’ first baserunner of the night, but the team could not convert, and the offense stalled for Milwaukee. The late rally would have to wait as the game progressed without a breakthrough, leaving the Brewers to reflect on what they needed to improve as they look ahead to their next matchup.