Kyle McClellan’s strong come-back edge St Louis Cardinals past Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 - MLB Update
The St Louis Cardinals’ starter, Kyle McClellan had an outstanding day with the ball, as the club won a three-game series 2-1 over-powering the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 at Busch Stadium on Sunday, May 8.
The 26-year-old pitcher, who was a setup man before becoming a starter, held the Brewers scoreless and took out three batters over eight innings. The right-hand ball thrower, who is unbeaten this season, gave just one earned run and allowed three walks for
his fifth win of the season and sixth of his career.
With this win, McClellan has become the National League’s third five-game winner and now has a 3.30 ERA. To perform in such conditions is always nerve-racking, said McClellan.
He further said, "That could have been the difference in the game, but we're used to seeing that. All the time, Albert’s is looking to make the big play."
The Brewers’ starter, Chris Narveson, pitched four strong innings before allowing his first run in the fifth to Cardinals’ Colby Rasmus, who hammered a grounder to deep right-field for an RBI double. Nick Punto, then hit a sacrifice fly to centre-field to
take his team to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning.
"I was one pitch away from getting out of the inning," Narveson said. "Rasmus did a good job; he got his count and hit the ball where he needed to."
These three runs ended Narveson’s six innings spell in which he allowed seven hits and two walks, as he got five strike-outs for his third loss of the season. Narveson now has a 1-3 record with a 4.38 ERA.
The Brewers’ reliever LaTroy Hawkins pitched one strong inning and closer Sergio Mitre threw a perfect save-worthy inning, but the batters did not provide them strong support. The sluggers touched only five hits in combined 32 at-bats. During their 2-8 road
trip, the Brewers made just seventeen runs with .169 batting averages and were swept three times.
Ryan Braun hit a broken-bat single in the late ninth inning to add the only run for the team.
"Hey, it's been a rough trip," manager Ron Roenicke said. "I know we're a little bit hot and cold, but I don't think we're like this."
Eduardo Sanchez relieved McClellan in ninth inning, and tossed 17 strikes off a total 27 pitches and did not give away any run on just one hit while walking two and made got strike-out. Closer Fernando Salas tossed just three pitches and all went for strikes
for his third save of the season.
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