Left-hander Brent Suter stopped the St. Louis Cardinals on two hits in seven innings, leading Milwaukee to an 11-3 blowout win in the first game of a four-game weekend series. The Cardinals scored first on a Matt Carpenter homer, but Milwaukee crossed the plate seven times before the visitors to Miller Park scored again. Suter spoke about how he recovered from the homer.
This was Suter’s second start in a row were he went seven innings.
Eric Thames drove in three runs and Manny Pina hit his fifth home run. Counsell Was impressed with Pina’s offensive performance.
Milwaukee benefited from four Cardinal errors leading to six unearned runs. Junior Guerra looks for his fourth win of the season when he starts tonight against the Cardinals. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 PM.
