MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – Nolan Arenado hit two home runs in the first three innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 15-4 on Friday night, in a game in which Adam Wainwright and Puerto Rican Yadier Molina reached a milestone together. .
St. Louis had six home runs, his highest number of the season. Arenado hit a two-run homer in the first inning and repeated in the third for his 28th and 29th homers of the season.
Molina had a grand slam, Harrison Bader dispatched with a three-run homer, Tyler O’Neil hit a two-run homer and Edmundo Sosa of Panama added a solo.
The game was the 300th game that Wainwright and Molina have seen action together with the Cardinals, the first as a starter and the second as a receiver. The figure made them the fourth most prolific drummer of all time.
The Cardinals came within a game and a half of Cincinnati for the second NL wild card after the Reds were crushed 15-5 by Detroit.
Molina and Sosa hit their home runs back-to-back with two outs in the top of the ninth inning.
The pitcher-catcher brand is held by Mickey Lolich and Bill Freehan, who were the Detroit Tigers’ starting battery for 324 games.
Wainwright (14-7) worked six 1/3 innings, during which they scored two runs. Milwaukee starter Freddy Peralta took the loss.
For the Cardinals, Puerto Rican Yadier Molina 4-1, two runs scored, four produced. Panamanian Edmundo Sosa 4-2, three runs scored, one RBI. Venezuelan José Rondón 1-0.
For the Brewers, the Dominicans Willy Adames 4-0 and Pablo Reyes 2-2. Venezuelans Eduardo Escobar 2-0 and Omar Narváez 3-1, one scored. The Mexican Luis Urías 4-3, one scored, one produced.
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