Major League Baseball
St. Louis 2, Milwaukee 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 16, 2022
Where: American Family Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Bill Welke, 1B - Alfonso Marquez, 2B - Lance Barrett, 3B - Ramon De Jesus
Attendance: 26356

Steven Matz took a shutout into the sixth inning to outduel Adrian Houser, and the St. Louis Cardinals held on for a 2-1 victory over the host Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.

The Cardinals capitalized on two walks for a run off Houser in the fourth and added a run against the bullpen in the eighth on an RBI single by Corey Dickerson.

Victor Caratini, acquired from San Diego on April 6, brought Milwaukee within 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth with his first homer, a two-out solo shot to left off Genesis Cabrera.

Willy Adames opened the Brewers' ninth with a sharp single to left off Giovanny Gallegos, but Hunter Renfroe popped out and pinch-hitter Rowdy Tellez bounced into a game-ending double play.

Matz (1-1) allowed three hits with six strikeouts and no walks in 5 2/3 innings for his first victory with St. Louis. The left-hander, 14-7 last season with Toronto, was tagged for seven runs on nine hits in three innings in his Cardinals debut, a 9-4 loss to Pittsburgh last Sunday. Gallegos got the final four outs for his second save.

Houser (0-2), who dominated the Cardinals last season, allowed one run on four hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out four and walking three. Last season, Houser was 3-0 in four starts against St. Louis, allowing one earned run in 25 innings.

The Cardinals capitalized on a loss of command by Houser in the fourth when Tyler O'Neill and Nolan Arenado drew consecutive one-out walks. Houser retired Dickerson on a fly to shallow left, but Paul DeJong capped a seven-pitch at-bat with an RBI double down the left-field line.

Houser exited with two aboard in the sixth following a two-out walk, but Trevor Gott relieved and retired DeJong on a popout to short.

St. Louis added a run in the eighth off Jake Cousins when Arenado doubled with two outs, advanced on a wild pitch, and came home on Dickerson's single to right.

After winning the series opener 5-1, the Brewers managed just one run in losing each of the next two games.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
St. Louis   Milwaukee
Steven Matz Player Adrian Houser
Win W/L Loss
5.2 IP 5.2
6 Strikeouts 4
3 Hits 4
0.00 ERA 1.59
Hitting
St. Louis   Milwaukee
Nolan Arenado Player Victor Caratini
1 Hits 1
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
2 TB 4
.333 Avg .333
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
St. Louis 8 0 11 .235 16 6 2 3 0 0
Milwaukee 5 1 9 .161 6 10 1 0 1 0