MILWAUKEE (AP) Jesus Aguilar homered to break up rookie Jack
Flaherty’s no-hit bid in the seventh inning, then homered again in
the ninth to lift the Milwaukee Brewers over the St. Louis
Cardinals 2-1 on Friday night.
Both teams got just three hits. The benches and bullpens briefly
cleared in the eighth after Eric Sogard slid into St. Louis
shortstop Yairo Munoz, who caught a wide throw on a bunt play in
the eighth.
Cardinals reliever Bud Norris (3-2) started the ninth by striking
out Travis Shaw. Aguilar followed with a drive an opposite-field
drive to right for his 16th home run.
Corey Knebel (1-0) pitched the ninth for the NL Central leaders.
(Cincinnati, OH) — Eugenio Suarez drilled the go-ahead two-run homer in the fifth inning as the Reds ripped the Cubs 6-3 in Cincinnati. Luis Castillo pitched into the sixth inning to earn the win for the Reds. Raisel Iglesias notched his 12th save. Joey Votto scored two runs and drove in a run. Jose Quintana pitched five innings and took the loss for Chicago. Kyle Schwarber nailed a two-run home run for the Cubs, who have lost the first two games of a four-game set.
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