Need a win?
Give the ball to Quinn.
Quinn Priester, that is, whose 5 ⅓ solid innings helped set the stage for an 8-2 Milwaukee Brewers victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at American Family Field on Friday night, Sept. 12.
It marked the 18th straight time the Brewers won a game in which Priester pitched – a convergence that was sorely needed for a Milwaukee team hoping to snap a three-game losing streak while also potentially clinching a playoff spot with help from a couple other teams.
A four-run third inning got the Brewers out to the lead and Priester (13-2) maintained it before being pulled in favor of Aaron Ashby in the sixth. Priester has now won 12 consecutive decisions, extending his franchise record.
BOX SCORE: Brewers 8, Cardinals 2
Christian Yelich’s two-run home run in the seventh electrified what was the 19th sellout crowd of the season for Milwaukee, which can officially punch its postseason ticket with losses by the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants.
Both those teams were playing late games on the West Coast.
Jackson Chourio added two hits and two RBI while Isaac Collins and Joey Ortiz both also logged two-hit games.
Milwaukee also became the first team in the major leagues to reach 90 wins on the season (90-58).
Christian Yelich provides some breathing room
A leadoff single by Chourio – a nice piece of hitting in a full count – put a runner on against Jorge Alcala, who three batters later got to within a pitch of keeping it a 5-2 game when Yelich blasted a 98-mph fastball over the plate 432 feet out to straightaway center.
His homer hit off the video board, an impressive blast that left him two away from 30 and five runs batted in away from 100 for the season.
Another single to right by Chourio with two outs in the eighth upped Milwaukee’s lead to 8-2.
St. Louis narrows the gap
Priester began the sixth by brushing Iván Herrera with a pitch, a mistake that quickly came back to bite him as Alec Burleson followed by sending a drive to the wall in center that Chourio whiffed on and left Burleson with a run-scoring triple.
Priester struck out Willson Contreras then was pulled for Ashby, who immediately surrendered a run-scoring single to Lars Nootbaar before inducing a ground-ball double play to keep it a 5-2 game.
Priester allowed five hits, two runs and a walk with five strikeouts over his 88-pitch effort.
Jake Bauers stays hot
Jake Bauers has been on a tear over the last week and it carried over to the fourth inning when he followed a one-out Isaac Collins single with a ringing double to the gap in left-center that upped Milwaukee’s lead to 5-0.
Bauers has eight runs batted in and counting over the last week.
A prototype Brewers inning in the third
After Pallante retired the first six batters he faced via groundout, he walked Bauers and Caleb Durbin in succession to start the bottom of the third.
Joey Ortiz followed with a bunt single, then Sal Frelick drew another walk to force in a run.
Chourio, up next, sent a fly ball to medium right field that Jordan Walker caught and fired home on. Durbin tagged and on the head-first slide into home Walker’s throw plunked him in the side of the helmet and ricocheted near the Brewers’ dugout, allowing Ortiz to then score without issue.
Brice Turang rounded out the inning by hitting a grounder to Contreras at first base on which he fielded and threw home only to have catcher Jimmy Crooks drop the ball as Frelick scored.
Four runs on an inning that featured only a bunt single? On-brand Brewers baseball this season.
Brewers re-shuffle their rotation
Earlier Friday, the Brewers announced some changes to their probable starters this next turn through the rotation.
Now, Jacob Misiorowski will start on Sept. 13 and José Quintana on Sept. 14, with Freddy Peralta, Brandon Woodruff and Quinn Priester following against the Angels in Milwaukee’s next series.
The primary reason for the moves is to get Woodruff additional rest days.
“The guy has come back from a major surgery,” manager Pat Murphy said. “Just want to make sure that health is important.”
What time is the Brewers game tonight?
Time: 7:10 p.m.
What channel is the Brewers game on tonight?
TV channel: FanDuel Sports Wisconsin.
Brewers 2025 record
89-58 (best in the major leagues, 5 1/2-game lead in the National League Central Division).
Brewers lineup
Cardinals lineup
Brewers schedule
Brewers vs. Cardinals, Sept. 13, 7:15 p.m.: Milwaukee RHP Jacob Misiorowski (5-2, 4.09) vs. St. Louis RHP Sonny Gray (13-8, 4.45). TV – Fox. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.
Brewers vs. Cardinals, Sept. 14, 1:10 p.m.: Milwaukee LHP José Quintana (11-6, 3.88) vs. St. Louis RHP Miles Mikolas (7-10, 4.84). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Brewers 8, Cardinals 2: Milwaukee wins 18th straight game in which Quinn Priester pitches
Reporting by Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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