ST. LOUIS -- Milwaukees Ryan Braun fouled off the pitch he liked before coming through for the Brewers.Braun hit a solo home run in the ninth inning and the Brewers beat St. Louis 2-1 on Sunday, dropping the Cardinals back in the NL wild-card race.The Cardinals are a half-game behind the Mets for the second wild-card slot.Braun connected on a 3-2 fastball off Kevin Siegrist (5-3) for his 27th homer of the season and 19th in his career against the Cardinals.The 0-1 pitch was the best pitch to hit, said Braun, who fouled it off. It was better than the one I hit. The one I hit out was on the black in.Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell liked Brauns approach in the at-bat.He hit a couple of foul balls there where he took really good swings, Counsell said. Hes (Siegrest) tough on rightys, always has been. Braun got himself back in the count and he made a mistake. It was a no-doubter.St. Louis had tied it in the eighth when Matt Carpenter doubled and scored on Stephen Piscottys sacrifice fly off Tyler Thornburg (6-5).Thornburg struck out three in the ninth.We only used Thorny once in the last week so he was well rested, Counsell said. We gave him the extra outs. Hes got a great mentality in this role.The Cardinals fell to 32-39 at home this season.Its always disappointing, St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said. In these close games, you feel like you got a real shot and theyre always hard to swallow when it doesnt work out.The Brewers other run came in the first on singles by Scooter Gennett and Braun and a sacrifice fly from Chris Carter.Milwaukee had just four hits in the game, with Braun getting the only one after the fifth inning.Zach Davies pitched 7 1/3 innings and gave up one run on five hits while striking out seven and walking one.This is a game where you have to battle even harder, Davies said. Every pitch counts.Cardinals rookie Luke Weaver allowed three hits in six innings. He struck out eight with one walk.TRAINERS ROOMCardinals: RHP Michael Wacha, who has missed 29 games with shoulder inflammation, is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Monday. He threw one Friday.ACTIVATEDThe Cardinals activated All-Star shortstop Aledmys Diaz from the disabled list. Diaz, 26, had missed 36 games since he broke his right thumb when he was hit by a pitch from the Marlins Andrew Cashner. At the time he was injured, Diaz was hitting a team-leading .312 with 14 homers and 57 RBI in 96 games.ATTENDANCEThe Cardinals eclipsed the 3 million mark in attendance for the 13th consecutive year and joined the Los Angeles Dodgers as the second team to pass the figure this season. It is the 20th time overall St. Louis has passed the 3 million total.UP NEXTBrewers: Wiley Peralta (6-9) will face Cincinnatis Keyvius Sampson(0-1). 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"We may do better against him than other teams, maybe, because we see him more often being in our division and we always seem to get him," Moss said. "But at the same time, it is really hard to face him because hes so unique and so different." Darvish (7-3) had 10 strikeouts in his six innings, but the As never trailed after Moss led off the second with his 13th homer. Jaso added a leadoff shot an inning later for 3-0 lead. Parker (6-6) limited the Rangers to two runs and three hits over seven innings to improve to 4-0 his last five starts. The right-hander is 4-1 in five career starts against Texas. And this time, he outpitched Darvish, though he tried not to think about the opposing pitcher. "You know who youre going up against," Parker said. "Its something you know you have to be on your game, but you dont change too much because then you catch yourself trying to do too much and not be who you are." Oakland (43-30) has a three-game division lead and will leave Texas later this week after the four-game series is done still in first place. A night after breaking a six-game losing streak with a series-opening 8-7 victory in which the Rangers matched their run total during the skid, their only runs came on a play in the third when Ian Kinsler had a vicious collision at the plate. Kinslers face slammed into the mask of catcher Jaso while sliding feet-first. Kinsler needed three stitches near his left jaw and had blood on his jersey when he finally returned to the field to play second base. He scored on a two-run single by A.J. Pierzynski, having to hold up momentarily from second to make sure the ball dropped before running and then was waved home by third base coach Gary Pettis. The jarring hit jerked Kinslers head backward, but he reached over with his foot to touch the plate, picked up his helmet and got up to go back to the dugout with the Rangers within 3-2. Home plate umpire Paul Nauert pointed out the cut to Kinsler, and rookie teammate Jurickson Profar cringed when he saw it. The start off the fourth was delayed several minutes while Kinsler got stitches and team physician Dr.dddddddddddd Keith Meister also screened him for any concussion symptoms. "We had trainers making sure to relay the message to the umpires I was trying to get back in the game," said Kinsler, who otherwise offered mostly short, terse answers to questions in an interview that lasted less than a minute. As manager Bob Melvin was informed by umpires what was going on and had no problem with how the situation was handled. "No rule for it, more of a judgment. Its just like someone going to the bathroom I guess," he said. "It wouldnt have broken my heart if Kinsler came out of the game, lets put it that way. Hes a tough kid." While getting stitches, Rangers team physician Dr. Keith Meister also screened Kinsler for any concussion symptoms. The blood-stained jersey conjured up the memory of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan when he was hit on the mouth by a Bo Jackson comebacker on Sept. 8, 1990, and kept pitching with blood dripping onto his jersey. Ryan, now the Rangers CEO, was sitting in the front row near the Texas dugout Tuesday night. After play resumed, Josh Donaldson singled and Seth Smith doubled for the As. Donaldson scored on a wild pitch and Smith came home on first baseman Lance Berkmans error. Moss had a leadoff triple in the eighth, and scored on Donaldsons sacrifice fly. Darvish had a 2.08 ERA his previous five starts, including four consecutive no-decisions after a 1-0 loss to Oakland on May 21 started his winless streak. That was five days after his last victory, 10-4 over Detroit. The only 1-2-3 inning for Darvish was the sixth. He allowed five runs, four earned, and six hits. There were also two walks, a balk and that wild pitch and he fell to 1-4 in his career against Oakland. "I didnt feel that I pitched badly," Darvish said through his interpreter. "But I think I gave up runs too easily." Notes: Oakland is 25-11 since May 11, best record in the majors during that stretch. ... Jaso has reached based in 17 consecutive games, a career high. ... It was Darvishs 14th career 10-strikeout game. .. Texas starters have gone 17 games this month without a victory. That broke the team record of 16 in a row in 1975. ... Rangers SS Elvis Andrus, hitting .167 his last 25 games, was given a day off by manager Ron Washington. Wholesale Hoodies NFL Shirts Outlet Jerseys NFL Wholesale Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Jerseys Cheap Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '
