St. Louis Cardinals seal NL Central title with win over Milwaukee Brewers

MILWAUKEE — Paul Goldschmidt and the St. Louis Cardinals clinched the Nationwide League Central title Tuesday evening by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 6-2 behind six robust innings from Miles Mikolas.

Andrew Knizner hit a two-run homer and Goldschmidt added two RBIs as St. Louis sealed its first division crown since 2019 and fourth straight playoff berth by defeating the workforce that received the NL Central final 12 months. This marks the third straight 12 months the Cardinals have wrapped up a postseason spot with a victory over the Brewers.

The Cardinals (90-65) assured themselves at the least a tie with second-place Milwaukee (82-72), and so they now personal the tiebreaker as a result of the victory Tuesday gave St. Louis an insurmountable 10-8 lead within the season sequence.

The Brewers stay 1 1/2 video games behind Philadelphia for the ultimate NL wild card. The Phillies received the season sequence with Milwaukee and would get the playoff bid if the 2 groups find yourself tied.

St. Louis trailed Milwaukee within the NL Central standings for a lot of the season and was 4 video games again on the morning of July 31. The Cardinals are 37-17 and the Brewers 25-28 since.

The Cardinals grabbed sole possession of first place on Aug. 6 and have been there ever since as a part of an thrilling season that is included Albert Pujols hitting his 700th profession homer and Goldschmidt making a convincing MVP case.

Tuesday’s clincher did not characteristic a lot suspense as St. Louis scored the primary six runs to please the big contingent of Cardinals followers at American Household Discipline.

Mikolas (12-13) struck out 9 and allowed solely 4 hits and one stroll. The Brewers’ lone run off him got here within the sixth when Rowdy Tellez hit his thirty fourth homer.

Milwaukee trailed 2-0 when starter Adrian Houser (6-10) left as a consequence of a strained proper groin with one out within the fourth. Houser was pitching to Pujols when the right-hander reacted with apparent discomfort.

Brent Suter took over and allowed a two-out homer to Knizner that made it 4-0. The homer was Knizner’s third of the season and ended his 0-for-22 hunch.