MILWAUKEE Paul Goldschmidt And the St. Louis Cardinals By beating the, he clinched Wednesday night the National League Central title Milwaukee Brewers Six strong innings and a 6-2 victory for the NL Miles Mikolas.
Andrew Knizner St. Louis won its fourth consecutive playoff berth with a victory over the team that won NL Central last season. It also hit a two-run homer. Goldschmidt had two RBIs and St. Louis secured its first division title since 2019. The victory over the Brewers marks the third consecutive year that the Cardinals have secured a playoff spot.
The Cardinals (90-65) guaranteed at least a tie with Milwaukee (82-72) and now hold the tiebreaker. Tuesday’s win gave St. Louis a 10-8 lead in the series.
The final NL wildcard spot is up to Philadelphia, where the Brewers are still one and a half games behind. The Phillies won the season series against Milwaukee and would be eligible for the playoff bid if they tie.
St. Louis was in the NL Central standings behind Milwaukee for most of the season. It was four games back as of July 31. Since then, the Cardinals have a record of 37-17 while the Brewers have a record of 25-28.
The Cardinals took sole possession on Aug. 6 of the first place and have held it ever since. This is part of an exciting, thrilling season. Albert Pujols Goldschmidt winning the MVP case after hitting his 700th career homer.
The clincher on Tuesday was not suspenseful as St. Louis scored six runs in the first inning to delight Cardinals fans at American Family Field.
Mikolas (12-13), struck out nine batters and allowed just four hits and one run. In the sixth, the Brewers scored their only run against him. Rowdy Tellez He scored his 34th homer.
Milwaukee was 2-0 behind in the starter Adrian Houser (6-10) Houser was forced to leave due to a strain in his right groin. One out in the fourth. Houser was pitching Pujols and the right-hander became clearly uncomfortable.
Brent Suter Overtook and permitted a two-out homer to Knizner It made it 4-0. Knizner’s third homer this season was the result of his 0-for-22 slump.