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05/10 22:44 CDT Gasser pitches 6 shutout innings in his debut as Brewers roll
past slumping Cardinals 11-2
Gasser pitches 6 shutout innings in his debut as Brewers roll past slumping
Cardinals 11-2
By STEVE MEGARGEE
AP Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) --- Robert Gasser allowed just two hits over six shutout innings
in his major league debut and the Milwaukee Brewers trounced St. Louis 11-2 on
Friday night to hand the Cardinals their sixth consecutive loss.
"It was everything I could have dreamed of, playing in front of that many
people in probably the biggest game of my life so far," Gasser said. "It was
awesome."
Willy Adames hit three doubles with two runs and a pair of RBIs as the Brewers
beat the Cardinals for a seventh straight time, continuing a streak that began
last year. William Contreras scored three times, Christian Yelich had two runs
and Rhys Hoskins, Sal Frelick and Jake Bauers each delivered two RBIs.
Gasser walked none, hit one batter and became just the fifth Brewer ever to
throw at least six shutout innings in his debut. The others were Jim Slaton in
1974, Steve Woodard in 1997, Chris Senz in 2004 and Brandon Woodruff in 2017.
Milwaukee acquired Gasser, along with outfielder Eury Prez and pitcher
Dinelson Lamet in the 2022 trade that sent star closer Josh Hader to the San
Diego Padres.
"I think Gass came with a little chip on his shoulder, like, ?I should have
been here last year in my mind, and they made me wait,' " Brewers manager Pat
Murphy said. "Maybe that's something that we could think about sometimes. Maybe
we need to make some guys wait. Gass is a talked-about guy as a minor leaguer.
It's great to see. They get here, they pay their dues, they get here and
they've got a little edge to them when they get here."
The 24-year-old left-hander continued the Cardinals' scoring woes. St. Louis
has scored 129 runs through its first 38 games. The Chicago White Sox are the
only MLB team with fewer runs this season.
Nolan Gorman homered for the Cardinals, who totaled just five hits.
"At the end of the day, we're not putting up enough runs," Cardinals manager
Oliver Marmol said. "We're not stringing together quality at bats. Some guys
are trying to do too much. It's been a struggle."
Milwaukee has outscored St. Louis 18-3 through the first two matchups of the
four-game series. The last-place Cardinals fell eight games behind the NL
Central-leading Brewers.
The game started out as a pitchers' duel between Gasser and St. Louis' Lance
Lynn before the Brewers broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the fourth.
Contreras led off with a double and Yelich singled him to third before both
scored on Hoskins' one-out single. Hoskins was credited with only one RBI on
the play, since Yelich scored from second after Lars Nootbaar mishandled the
ball in left field.
The Brewers broke the game open by scoring five runs in the fifth and four in
the seventh. All the fifth-inning runs came with two outs.
TRAINERS' ROOM
Cardinals: RHP Keynan Middleton (forearm flexor strain) had a bullpen session
Friday and will have a rehabilitation appearance Tuesday. LHP Steven Matz
(lower back strain) played catch off the mound Friday and will have a bullpen
session Monday.
Brewers: Manager Pat Murphy said RHP Devin Williams is less than two weeks away
from playing catch. The two-time NL reliever of the year is expected to miss
the first half of the season as he recovers from fractures in his back. LHP DL
Hall (knee) will throw live batting practice Tuesday.
UP NEXT
RHP Kyle Gibson (2-2, 3.68 ERA) starts for the Cardinals and RHP Freddy Peralta
(3-1, 3.49) pitches for the Brewers when this four-game series continues
Saturday.
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