It's a slippery hold on the top notch, But the Brewers are still there...for the time being. There's still games to be played this evening.
Dave Bush made it through seven innings, but got no support in the Brewers' 8-0 loss to the Cardinals on Thursday at Miller Park.
Catcher Yadier Molina homered twice and drove in three runs as St. Louis finished a three-game sweep and pulled within 2 1/2 games of the reeling National League Central Division leaders. The Brewers have lost six straight games to the Cardinals and eight of their last 10 games overall.
The Brewers were shut out on two hits over seven innings by Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright (11-9), who allowed three walks and set a career high with eight strikeouts. Wainwright's toughest jam came in the third inning, when he surrendered a Gabe Gross double and walked the next two hitters before getting Ryan Braun on a called third strike to end the inning.
Bush (9-9) topped the 40-pitch mark before the end of the second inning and threw a season-high 127 pitches over seven innings of work, allowing three runs on seven hits and one walk. Molina did all of the damage against Bush, hitting a two-strike, two-out solo home run in the second inning and a two-strike, two-out, two-run home run in the fourth. Molina batted in the No. 7 spot, with the pitcher Wainwright hitting eighth for St. Louis.
Making his first start since returning to the Brewers on Wednesday from Triple-A Nashville, Gross had two of the team's four hits.
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