POSTGAME NOTES Milwaukee Brewers (63-78) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (74-66) Friday, September 9, 2016

R H E Starting Pitcher (Pitch Count) Pitcher of Record Milwaukee 3 9 1 Jimmy Nelson (89 pitches/55 strikes) WIN: Carlos Martinez (14-7) St. Louis 4 5 1 Carlos Martinez (102 pitches/70 strikes) LOSS: Jimmy Nelson (7-14) SAVE: SeungHwan Oh (17)

First Pitch: 7:15 p.m. Gametime Temperature: 82° – Mostly Cloudy Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 42,647

Cardinals Notes  Carlos Martinez made his 27th start of the season tonight, fourth against the Brewers in 2016 (3-0) and eighth career start (19th app.) vs. the Brewers (4-1)…had struck out 13 (8/29 at MIL) and 11 (7/9 at MIL) batters in each of his last two starts vs. the Brewers, and had a season-low one strikeout tonight …induced two ground into double plays tonight, bringing him two shy of the franchise single-season record (John Denny, 34, 1978)…matched his season-high win total of 14 (2015).  Matt Carpenter has scored in five straight games…hit his first home run with runners on base since June 10th (3-run HR at PIT off Neftali Feliz), last 8 HR have all been solo shots…his home run was his seventh of the season at Busch Stadium…recorded his first multi-hit game since 8/28 vs. OAK.  Stephen Piscotty’s 21st home run of the season, accounted for his 16th go-ahead RBI of the season, 2nd on the team behind Matt Holliday (17)…tied Matt Holliday for the team lead with 9 game-winning RBI….dropped his first career MLB sac bunt in the 9th.  SeungHwan Oh became the 4th Cardinals rookie pitcher to appear in 70 games (Mike Perez 77, Trevor Rosenthal 74, Todd Worrell 74).  The Cardinals hit their 203rd & 204th home runs of the season, the most in the National League since the 2009 Phillies (224)…have hit 15 home runs during the month of September, tied with the Brewers and Mets for most home runs in the National League during the month of September.

Brewers Notes  Jimmy Nelson made his 29th start of the season, third against the Cardinals in 2016 (0-2) and eighth career start (9th app.) vs. the Cardinals (0-7)…the only active pitcher without a win against the Cardinals with a minimum of six decisions and the 10th in the MLB history…suffered his 14th loss, a new single-season high…has pitched 6.0 innings in each of his last three starts vs. STL, with tonight as the first non-quality start.  Scooter Gennett hit his first home runs since 8/11 vs. ATL…was his first career home run against the Cardinals.  Jonathan Villar has hit safely in his last eight games against the Cardinals (11-34, .324).  Hernan Perez has multi-hit games in 3 of his last 4 games (10-18, .556).  The Brewers have homered in their last seven straight games (15 total)…batting .325 (78-240) during the streak.

Home Runs MIL – Scooter Gennett #11 (3rd inn., 1 on, 0 out, off Carrlos Martinez) – 392 feet (32nd career HR) STL – Matt Carpenter #19 (3rd inn., 1 on, 2 out, off Jimmy Nelson) – 398 feet (72nd career HR) STL – Stephen Piscotty #21 (3rd inn., 1 on, 2 out, off Jimmy Nelson) – 385 feet (28th career HR)