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Garza finds form to help Crew push past Cards
- Updated: September 1, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Matt Garza foiled the Cardinals’ quest to pad their Wild Card position with a series sweep by coming up with the deepest start of his season on Wednesday. With one Kirk Nieuwenhuis swing offering all the necessary offense, the Brewers turned Garza’s strong start at Miller Park into a 3-1 victory that halted a season-worst, six-game losing streak.
The loss sent the Cardinals out of town trailing the Giants by two games for the National League’s top Wild Card spot. St. Louis does hold a 1 1/2-game advantage over the Mets for the second Wild Card berth.
After dropping the first two games of the series by one run, the Brewers took advantage of a brief third-inning blip by Cardinals rookie starter Luke Weaver to steal their fourth win in 15 games against the Cardinals this season. Weaver opened the fourth start of his career by retiring eight straight, but lost Garza to a two-out walk after getting ahead, 1-2, in the count. Over the next four pitches, he served up a double and three-run blast, the latter marking Nieuwenhuis’ 13th home run of the season.
Garza held that lead as he limited the Cardinals to three hits while pitching into the eighth inning for the first time this year. Yadier Molina tagged him for a solo homer, but the Cardinals finished 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.
He had some help from Carlos Torres to navigate through a troublesome eighth. Garza was pulled after allowing the first two batters to reach. Torres followed with two outs and, after walking the bases full, garnered a flyout from Jhonny Peralta to end the Cardinals’ final threat.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED Cardinal sin: With two quick outs in the third, Garza came to the plate …
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