Pitchers take center stage as Cardinals host Brewers

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After suffering another major pitching injury and taxing their bullpen on Tuesday, milwaukee brewers Will be looking for a strong response from right-hander Corbin Burns on Wednesday night cardinal in st louis

Burns (4-2, 3.35 ERA) will start the final game of the three-game series.this cardinal 18-1 to win the opener, Winemaker Won 3-2 in midgame despite losing starter Wade Miley after 1 2/3 innings

Winemaker Miley will return to Milwaukee for further evaluation and will be placed on the injured list along with fellow starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff, manager Craig Counsell said.

five Winemaker rescuers held cardinal Devin Williams shuts game down with five saves after Miley left Tuesday’s game under control

“They’re unbelievable, they really are,” Counsell said. “Losing your first five innings in a game, and the work they all put in, doing something different tonight, and all the pitchers going multiple innings, was really, really impressive.”

But that effort will put Milwaukee’s bullpen at a disadvantage in the series’ tight end.

“Anytime (they) have (their) close to five outs in three games, you feel pretty good about what tomorrow will look like,” cardinal Manager Oliver Marmol says

Burns beat Kansas City 5-1 on Friday. He held the Royals in six innings with two hits and four walks.

After allowing 10 runs in 9 1/3 innings in his first two starts of the season, Burns has given up two or fewer homers in each of his past six starts .

“It’s getting there,” Burns said after a recent outing. “I think for the most part it was really good tonight. We got more swing and misses, we didn’t get a lot of hard contact. It’s getting there. It’s getting where I want to go place. I think we’re ‘close’.

Burns is 4-4 with a 2.84 ERA in 15 career starts cardinalIncludes 12 starts

this cardinal falling to Winemaker Tuesday

“They beat us,” Malmore said. “We didn’t give a lot. They just found a way to beat us.”

this cardinal Announced Tuesday night, they are calling up top pitcher Matthew Libertore from Triple-A Memphis, who will start Wednesday.this cardinal is moving to a six-man rotation, at least for now, and has pushed veteran Adam Wainwright’s start until Thursday

Liberatore, 23, made his major league debut last season, going 2-2 with a 5.97 ERA in nine games (seven starts). In Memphis this season, he is 4-2 with a 3.13 ERA in eight starts. He struck out 56 in 46 innings.

“It’s just a matter of time before he plays,” Marmore said of the southpaw. “It’s always good to do that for two reasons — one is to give our guys some rest. Two, he’s pitching really well there.”

The liberators came out against Winemaker Drove three hits in five scoreless innings last season

Switch hitting outfielder Dylan Carlson had batting practice before Tuesday’s game, but only from the right side of home plate. He still has a minor ankle sprain problem.

“Right now I feel good about where we are,” Carlson said Tuesday.

this Winemaker Recall pitcher JB Bukauskas from Triple-A Nashville and designate Gus Varland for assignment.They may move up another pitcher to replace Miley on Wednesday

–Field-level media

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