Andrew Vaughn rounds third base after hitting a three-run home run against the St. Louis Cardinals on May 6. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS - Aaron Ashby tied Atlanta's Chris Sale for the major league lead with his sixth win, backed by Andrew Vaughn's three-run homer in a four-run first inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 Wednesday.
By the numbers:
Aaron Ashby (6-0) entered to open the sixth and pitched two hitless innings, allowing his only runner to reach on a walk, as five pitchers combined on a four-hitter.
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Rookie Brandon Sproat started and gave up one hit and three walks over four innings while striking out five.
Andre Pallante (3-3) allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings as the Cardinals lost for the second time in nine games.
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St. Louis left fielder Nathan Church left after four innings with a bruised left leg. Milwaukee leadoff hitter and centerfielder Garrett Mitchell was scratched before the game because of illness.
St. Louis burst ahead in the first on Jake Bauers' two-out RBI single and Vaughn's first regular-season home run since last Aug. 15 — he went deep twice in the NL Division Series against the Chicago Cubs.
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Joey Ortiz scored on Pallante's wild pitch in the fifth and Jackson Chourio hit an RBI double in the ninth. Chourio went 6 for 10 with three doubles in the rain-shortened, two-game series, including 4 for 4 Monday in his first game after recovering from a broken left hand.
Alec Burleson had an RBI single in the eighth for St. Louis and José Fermín hit a run-scoring grounder in the ninth.
What's next:
Brewers: RHP Jacob Misiorowski (2-2, 2.84) starts Friday's series opener against the New York Yankees and LHP Max Fried (4-1, 2.39).
The Source: The Associated Press provided this report.