Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals

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Shane Drohan (3-2, 2.97 ERA) took the ball for Milwaukee off a strong turn against Cincinnati, while Dustin May (5-6, 4.55) started for St. Louis on a pitch restriction after a line drive off his ankle wrecked his last outing, a start that lasted just 0.2 innings and cost him 5 earned runs. First pitch went off at 6:45 PM CT at Busch Stadium.

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Brewers(55-33)

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4

-1.5+153-117o7.5-127

Cardinals(47-40)

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3

+1.5-150+156u7.5+117

Best BetBrewers -139

Postgame

Milwaukee won outright 4-3, cashing the moneyline as both the record and the sharp money suggested.

Pregame

Milwaukee came in as the moneyline pick, and the Brewers' league-best record backed it up. Drohan gave a steady floor on the mound while May worked under a pitch restriction that limited how deep St. Louis could lean on its best arm. Sharp money also stacked heavily on Milwaukee before first pitch.

St. Louis also lost reliever Max Rajcic to the 15-day IL earlier Monday with an elbow issue, thinning a bullpen that had carried the club through a scorching week. Milwaukee is still navigating life without Brandon Woodruff, sidelined with shoulder inflammation, though Logan Henderson's return from a rehab assignment gives the rotation a proven arm to lean on. Bettors leaned Brewers before first pitch, with notable sharp money piling onto Milwaukee.

Shane Drohan

(5-3)·3.20 ERA

Jul 1 vs Reds

ND

5.2IP

2ER

7K

1BB

78P

07/06 Lineup

Dustin May

(5-7)·4.78 ERA

Jul 2 @ Braves

ND

0.2IP

5ER

1K

2BB

34P

07/06 Lineup

St. Louis came in having won 3 of its last 5, punctuated by a 17-1 demolition of the Cubs and back-to-back series wins over Atlanta and Chicago. Milwaukee's own last five was choppier at 3-2, but the Brewers still carried the league's best record into the night.

Milwaukee Brewers

(55-33)

Jul 5W@ Diamondbacks3-2

Jul 5L@ Diamondbacks3-4

Jul 4W@ Diamondbacks7-4

Jul 2Lvs Reds2-7

Jul 2Wvs Reds4-2

St. Louis Cardinals

(47-40)

Jul 5L@ Cubs4-6

Jul 5W@ Cubs3-0

Jul 3W@ Cubs17-1

Jul 2W@ Braves11-5

Jul 1L@ Braves1-5

Both lineups went quiet for most of the game before Milwaukee finally broke through. The Brewers plated all 4 of their runs in the top of the 7th, erasing a 3-1 deficit that St. Louis built on 2 runs in the 3rd and 1 more in the 6th.

Milwaukee Brewers

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• 10-Day-ILBrandon Lockridge (LF) — Lockridge's timeline for a return has been pushed back to late July after imaging showed a chondral flap in his right patella, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.06/23
• 15-Day-ILBrandon Woodruff (SP) — The Brewers placed Woodruff on the 10-day injured list Sunday due to right shoulder inflammation, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.07/05
• 15-Day-ILLogan Henderson (SP) — Henderson (back) will be activated from the IL to make his next start for the Brewers, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.07/05
• 15-Day-ILJoel Kuhnel (RP) — The Brewers placed Kuhnel on the 15-day injured list Saturday, retroactive to July 3, due to a right shoulder injury.07/04
• 15-Day-ILRob Zastryzny (RP) — Zastryzny (shoulder) will begin a rehab assignment with the Brewers' rookie-level Arizona Complex League affiliate Friday, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.07/03
• 15-Day-ILCarlos Rodriguez (RP) — Rodriguez (shoulder) struck out a batter and allowed three earned runs on two hits and one walk across 1.1 innings Wednesday in a rehab start for the Brewers' rookie-level Arizona Complex League affiiate.07/02
• 15-Day-ILDL Hall (RP) — Hall (pectoral) has progressed to throwing on flat ground from 60-to-75 feet, Jack Stern of BrewerFanatic.com reports.06/30
• 15-Day-ILColeman Crow (SP) — Crow (forearm) will throw a live batting practice session Tuesday, Jack Stern of BrewerFanatic.com reports.06/30
• 60-Day-ILBrian Fitzpatrick (RP) — Fitzpatrick (elbow) underwent Tommy John surgery over the past week, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.07/05
• 60-Day-ILQuinn Priester (SP) — Priester will undergo thoracic outlet compression surgery on Monday and is expected to be sidelined 8-to-10 months, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.06/18
• 60-Day-ILAngel Zerpa (RP) — The Brewers transferred Zerpa (elbow) to the 60-day injured list Sunday.05/31

St. Louis Cardinals

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• 15-Day-ILMax Rajcic (RP) — The Cardinals placed Rajcic on the 15-day injured list Monday with a right elbow injury.07/06
• 60-Day-ILRamon Urias (3B) — Urias (elbow) returned to St. Louis to undergo an examination on his left elbow, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.06/12

Woodruff's absence looms larger than one start given his shoulder history already cost him most of 2024 and part of 2025, but Henderson slotting back in gives Milwaukee real rotation depth to lean on. May, for his part, got through his capped outing without further ankle trouble, a small silver lining for St. Louis in a loss.

Milwaukee out-hit St. Louis 8-7 and survived 2 Cardinals errors in a game decided by a single inning. For a Brewers team chasing the division, it's the kind of quiet road win a first-place club is supposed to grind out; for the Cardinals, another close one against the class of the NL Central that got away late.