Against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Milwaukee Brewers win their eighth straight game, a franchise record…

The Milwaukee Brewers have had the St. Louis Cardinals number over their past eight contests as the Brew Crew have emerged victorious each time. Per Tim Stebbins this is the longest streak from either team in their history of playing one another. A Rhys Hoskins three run home run was the difference in the most recent ball game.

Eight straight Milwaukee Brewers victories over the St. Louis Cardinals is the longest streak from either team in the history of them playing one another.

Currently the Brewers have won eight straight games against the Cardinals. This wins streak dates back to last September in which Milwaukee won the final two contests against St. Louis in 2023. They then swept the Red Birds at Busch Stadium in April 2024 and have won the first three games of their current four game series at American Family Field.

Rhys Hoskins delivered a go-ahead three run home run against the St. Louis Cardinals.

On Saturday, May 11 the Brewers trailed the Cardinals by a score of 3-2 entering the seventh inning. Rhys Hoskins changed that with one swing of the bat as a go-ahead three run homer ended up being the difference in a 5-3 ball game. Hoskins long ball came with two outs in the inning and on a full count.

What has led to the Brewers recent success against the Cardinals? 

As mentioned Milwaukee currently has won eight straight games against St. Louis, they are 6-0 against them this year, and have won 11 out of their last 12 match ups. Rhys Hoskins was asked about the Brewers success against the Cardinals this year and he alluded to the brand of baseball that his team plays with.

“We are playing good baseball right now. We were the last time we were playing them in St. Louis. A little bit different, but I think it’s just the brand of baseball that we are playing. We never feel like we are out of a game.”

The Milwaukee Brewers picked up comfortable victories in the first two games of this series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Tonight, they had to sweat a little more, but they picked up an exciting come-from-behind victory, winning 5-3. In the spirit of Hughie Jennings and Ron Hunt, the Brewers scored their first two runs—in separate innings—on RBI hit-by-pitches, and finally got the big hit in the bottom of the seventh when Rhys Hoskins hit a two-out, three-run home run to give the Brewers a 5-3 lead. It was the Brewers’ eighth straight victory against the Cardinals, their longest ever streak against St. Louis.

After serving his five-game suspension for hitting Jose Siri on April 30th, Freddy Peralta was back on the hill for the Brewers (a day later than he otherwise would have been), with St. Louis countering with Kyle Gibson.

William Contreras got things started for Milwaukee’s offense with a one-out ground-rule double in the bottom of the first, extending his on-base streak to 19 games, the longest active streak in the majors. Willy Adames hit a hard ground ball up the middle that looked off the bat like it would be a hit, but St. Louis had their defense in the right place and he was retired. Jake Bauers followed with a strikeout and the Cardinals got out of it.

Peralta, who took a little bit to get his fastball up to speed, got into a little bit of trouble in the third when Nolan Gorman and Masyn Winn started the inning with back-to-back singles. But Peralta got Cardinals leadoff hitter Brendan Donovan to fly out to right and then struck out Lars Nootbaar and Paul Goldschmidt (on a 98.9 mph fastball!) to end the inning.

Milwaukee got on the board first in the bottom of the third. Oliver Dunn led off with a double off of Gibson, which was followed by a Blake Perkins walk, a Brice Turang sacrifice bunt, and an unofficial intentional walk to Contreras, which loaded the bases. Gibson looked like he might get out of it unscathed after he struck out Adames on a 3-2 pitch, but his first pitch to Bauers rode up and in and clipped him, which brought in the game’s first run. The Cardinals avoided further damage when Gibson induced a weak ground ball from Hoskins that ended the inning.

The Cardinals went down easy in the fourth but Matt Carpenter, fresh off the injured list, led off the fifth with a double. Things were exacerbated when Peralta was charged with a pitch clock violation in a 3-2 count with Gorman at the plate, and Winn—trying to sacrifice bunt—reached when Peralta tried (and failed) to catch the bunt on the fly. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Donovan popped out, but Nootbaar came through for St. Louis with a solid single on a 2-2 pitch that scored two. Peralta was able to limit the damage, though, as he struck out Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado to end the inning with the score at 2-1.

After a 1-2-3 bottom of the fifth, the Cardinals tacked on another in the top of the sixth. Peralta was back out there, and though he didn’t have his best stuff today it looked like he was going to get through six innings while allowing just two runs. But with two outs, Gorman hit one into the right field corner, scoring Iván Herrera from first. Winn followed and nearly added another when he crushed a ball to center field, but Blake Perkins made a good catch (on a ball that Statcast had at a .910 xBA). After five-and-a-half, it was Cardinals 3, Brewers 1.

Looking to answer in the bottom of the inning, the Brewers got something cooking right away. Adames blooped a single to center to lead off the inning and Bauers followed with a walk. With two on and nobody out, Hoskins got in a long battle with Gibson, his former teammate, who walked him on the ninth pitch of the at bat, his 104th and final pitch of the evening.

Gibson was replaced by lefty JoJo Romero, and the Brewers countered by pinch hitting Jackson Chourio for Sal Frelick. Chourio worked the count, but got fooled by a 3-2 slider that froze him for the first out. Gary Sánchez followed, and after Romero got ahead 0-2, a slider got away from him and it hit Sánchez in the foot, giving the Brewers their second RBI HBP of the game. Joey Ortiz came on to pinch hit for Dunn with one out and the bases still loaded, but popped out; with two outs, Perkins got a good pitch to hit on 0-2 but flew out to right, and Milwaukee fell to 0-for-7 in with runners in scoring position. They did get one back, and the seventh inning began with a 3-2 Cardinals lead.

After a scoreless top of the inning from Hoby Milner, the Brewers made their move in the bottom of the seventh. Turang nearly led off with a double against Romero, but Donovan made a nice sliding catch down the left field line. Romero was replaced by Andrew Kittredge, who walked Contreras, got Adames to pop out, and gave up a bloop single to Bauers. Hoskins, who grounded out with the bases loaded and two out in the third, battled back from an 0-2 count and got a hold of a 3-2 slider just below the zone and snuck it over the glove of Michael Siani in center field for a three-run homer, giving Milwaukee a 5-3 lead going into the eighth.