Peralta, Brewers hand the Cardinals their 7th straight loss with a 3-2 victory
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Steven Matz throws during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Brice Turang, left, misses a tag as St. Louis Cardinals' Nolan Arenado, right, makes it safely to second on an RBI double during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, June 13, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich hits an RBI single during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
Milwaukee Brewers' Jackson Chourio, right, scores against St. Louis Cardinals catcher Pedro Pagés, left, on a single by Brewers' Christian Yelich during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, June 13, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta (51) delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Friday, June 13, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta (51) delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Friday, June 13, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Steven Matz throws during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Brice Turang, left, misses a tag as St. Louis Cardinals' Nolan Arenado, right, makes it safely to second on an RBI double during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, June 13, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich hits an RBI single during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
Milwaukee Brewers' Jackson Chourio, right, scores against St. Louis Cardinals catcher Pedro Pagés, left, on a single by Brewers' Christian Yelich during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, June 13, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta (51) delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Friday, June 13, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Freddy Peralta struck out six over six innings of one-run ball and the Milwaukee Brewers' scraped out just enough against Erick Fedde for a 3-2 victory over the St. Cardinals on Friday night.
After retiring the Cardinals in order through the first three innings, Peralta (6-4) gave up four hits and a walk.
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St. Louis has lost seven straight to fall 1 1/2 games back of second-place Milwaukee and six games behind first-place Chicago in the NL Central.
St. Louis scored it's only run in the fifth when Alec Burleson and Nolan Arenado opened the inning with back-to-back doubles.
Fedde (3-6) also faced the minimum through three. Milwaukee's first hit came in the fourth when Sal Frelick led off with a single that hit Fedde on the left wrist.
After getting checked out by the training staff, Fedde stayed in the game and William Contreras put Milwaukee on the board with an RBI double in the inning.
The Brewers opened the sixth with back-to-back singles before taking the lead on Contreras' sac fly that brought Fedde's day to an end.
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The Brewers scored once more in the inning when Christian Yelich reached on a fielder's choice.
Milwaukee got two scoreless innings from Jared Koenig and Abner Uribe before the Cardinals cut the deficit to a run in the ninth on Victor Scott's RBI single off Trevor Megill.
Key stat
Peralta is 4-0 with a 1.09 ERA in seven home starts this season. Milwaukee is 6-1 in those contests.
Up next
Milwaukee LHP Jose Quintana (4-1, 2.86 ERA) was set to face RHP Andre Pallante (4-3, 4.75 ERA) on Saturday.
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