Brewers throttle Cardinals 6-2

Aaron Ashby tied Atlanta’s Chris Sale for the major league lead with his sixth win, backed by Andrew Vaughn’s three-run homer in a four-run first inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 Wednesday.

Andre Pallante (3-3) allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings as the Cardinals lost for just the second time in nine games.

St. Louis left fielder Nathan Church left after four innings with a bruised left leg.

Alec Burleson had an RBI single in the eighth for St. Louis and José Fermín hit a run-scoring grounder in the ninth.

Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (1-1, 4.50) starts Thursday at San Diego, which starts RHP Michael King (3-2, 2.95).


(AP Photo Jeff Roberson)