St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers

Peralta, Brewers hand the Cardinals their 6th straight loss with a 3-2 victory

After retiring the Cardinals in order through the first three innings, Peralta (6-4) gave up four hits and a walk.

St. Louis has lost six straight to fall 1 1/2 games back of second-place Milwaukee and six games behind first-place Chicago in the NL Central.

The Cardinals scored a run in the fifth when Alec Burleson and Nolan Arenado opened the inning with back-to-back doubles, and cut it to one run in the ninth on Victor Scott’s RBI single off Trevor Megill.

Fedde (3-6) also faced the minimum through three. Milwaukee’s first hit came in the fourth when Sal Frelick led off with a single that hit Fedde on the left wrist.

After getting checked out by the training staff, Fedde stayed in the game and William Contreras put Milwaukee on the board with an RBI double in the inning.

The Brewers opened the sixth with back-to-back singles before taking the lead on Contreras’ sac fly that brought Fedde’s day to an end.

The Brewers scored once more in the inning when Christian Yelich reached on a fielder’s choice.

Key stat Peralta is 4-0 with a 1.09 ERA in seven home starts this season. Milwaukee is 6-1 in those contests.

Up next Milwaukee LHP Jose Quintana (4-1, 2.86 ERA) was set to face RHP Andre Pallante (4-3, 4.75 ERA) on Saturday.

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