It was definitely a playoff atmosphere in St. Louis Wednesday night. The Brewers looked to take sweep the short 2 game series against the Cardinals and ho up 5 1/2 games in the wild card race. Manny Parra made the start for the Brewers and he definitely pitched good enough to win pitching 6.0 innings giving up only 6 hits and 1 run while striking out 7. The Brewers were facing Adam Wainwright who gave up 3 runs in his 6 innings of work. The Brewers looked to be cruising to their second straight road sweep of the Cardinals. Carlos Villanueva came in during the 12th inning and was able to get out of a bases loaded jam without giving up a run and keeping Albert Pujols in the on deck circle. After the inning ended Villanueva was visibly excited and apparently Pujols thought something was directed towards the Cardinals dugout, and he and Villanueva exchanged some words. In the bottom of the 8th inning Pujols lead off with a double, then Ludwick doubled. Troy Glaus then followed with a single, when he was down 0-2 and Riske threw 2 pitches over the middle of the plate. The Cardinals scored 4 runs total in the 8th and had a 5-3 lead. The Cardinals new closer Chris Perez came in and struck out the side, and you would have thought the Cardinals had just won the division the way they were jumping all over the field. The Brewers lost and their wild card lead fell to 3 1/2 games. The Brewers travel to Pittsburgh this weekend for another series with the Pirates.
Most Valuable Brewer: Manny Parra for his very solid outing against the Cardinals. Parra pitched well enough to win and he should have gotten the victory.
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