<p>ST. LOUIS — Avisaíl García homered for the second day in a row, Travis Shaw and Manny Piña also connected and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 on Sunday.</p>
<p>García, who homered and drove in five runs in a 9-5 win Saturday, and Shaw hit early drives that helped the Brewers build a 7-0 lead in the second inning.</p>
<p>Brett Anderson (1-1) tossed five effective innings for Milwaukee, which has won four of five.</p>
<p>Austin Dean had a two-run double for the Cardinals, who have lost two in a row after a four-game winning streak.</p>
<p>The Brewers scored four times in the first off Daniel Ponce de Leon (1-1) in batting around for the first time this season. Lorenzo Cain began the game with a first-pitch double, Daniel Vogelbach followed with an RBI single and García homered.</p>
<p>Shaw hit a three-run homer in the second off Ponce de Leon in the second. Shaw left the game as a precautionary measure after fouling a ball off his shin in a fourth-inning plate appearance. </p>
<p>Milwaukee outfielder Christian Yelich left the game in the second inning with back soreness.</p>
<p>Piña added a two-run homer in the ninth.</p>
<p>Anderson allowed one run on four hits. He struck out one and walked two. </p>
<p>St. Louis newcomer Nolan Arenado extended his hitting streak to nine games with a first-inning single.</p>
<p>NEW TERRITORY</p>
<p>St. Louis C Yadier Molina batted in the cleanup spot on Sunday for the first time since June 2, 2017, when he went 0-for-3 in a 3-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs. Molina went 1 for 3 on Sunday and his hitting .367.</p>
<p>TRAINER’S ROOM</p>
<p>Brewers: Milwaukee INF Jace Peterson made his first start of the season replaced Kolten Wong, who is on the 10-day injury list with an oblique issue. Peterson underwent cryotherapy on a sore thumb after spring training was completed. “It seems to be working,” he said. </p>
<p>Cardinals: OF Tyler O’Neill was placed on the 10-day injury list with a right groin strain suffered during his first plate appearance on Saturday.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Brewers: RHP Freddy Peralta (1-0, 0.00) will take on Chicago Cubs RHP Adbert Alzolay (0-,1, 7.20) in the first of a three-game series on Monday in Milwaukee. Peralta is 3-1 with a 3.78 ERA in seven lifetime appearances against Chicago.</p>
<p>Cardinals: RHP John Gant (0-0, 0.00) will face Washington RHP Erick Fedde (0-1, 27.00) in the opening game of a three-game series on Monday in St. Louis. Gant has not allowed a home run in his last 39 1-3 innings, the longest current streak in the NL.</p>
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