ST LOUIS, MISSOURI – APRIL 26: Willson Contreras #40 of the St. Louis Cardinals makes gestures in the direction of William Contreras #24 of the Milwaukee Brewers through the sixth inning at Busch Stadium on April 26, 2025 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photograph by Jeff Le/
ST. LOUIS – Nolan Arenado homered off Trevor Megill in the ninth inning, giving St. Louis a 6-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday after the Cardinals wasted a five-run lead.
Ryan Helsley (1-0) entered with a 5-3 benefit however blew a save for the second time in six probabilities. Isaac Collins singled main off the ninth and Jackson Chourio, who had 4 hits and three RBIs, adopted together with his sixth homer on a first-pitch slider.
Arenado hit his third residence run of the season in the underside half on a 97.8 mph fastball from Megill (0-2).
St. Louis received consecutive video games for the primary time since April 13-14.
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Milwaukee has misplaced 4 in a row.
Cardinals starter Sonny Grey allowed three runs, seven hits and three walks in six innings.
Brewers starter Quinn Priester gave up 5 runs, eight hits and three walks in 5 innings.
St. Louis constructed its lead on Pedro Pagés’ sacrifice fly in the second, RBI doubles by Lars Nootbaar and Brendan Donovan in the third and an RBI single by Nootbar and run-scoring throwing error by second baseman Brice Turang in in the fourth.
Caleb Durbin and Chourio had RBI doubles in the fifth and Joey Ortiz hit into a run-scoring forceout in the sixth.
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Key second
Cardinals heart fielder Victor Scott II ran 65 toes to make a diving backhand catch to deny Jake Bauers in the fifth inning.
Key stat
Milwaukee is 1-5 on a 10-game journey.
Up subsequent
Milwaukee LHP José Quintana (3-0, 0.96) and St. Louis RHP Erick Fedde (1-2, 3.33) begins Sunday.
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