Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado’s two-run homer in the top of the sixth gave St. Louis a 5-4 victory at American Family Field Wednesday night.
The loss drops the Brewers into second place in the National League Central Division with one game left in the four-game series.
Starter Eric Lauer took the loss.
St. Louis also got a two-run home run from Paul Goldschmidt and Rowdy Tellez and Andrew McCutchen had solo shots for Milwaukee.
Jason Alexander goes for his second big league win when he starts this afternoon’s series finale for Milwaukee.
