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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Kyle Peterson escaped a first-inning jam, and
the Milwaukee Brewers didn't let Dustin Hermanson off the hook in the second.
|  | | Kyle Peterson made the most of his recall from Triple-A Indianapolis, allowing two runs in five innings. |
Peterson earned his first major league win since 1999, helping
himself with an RBI double Thursday night in a 6-2 victory over the
St. Louis Cardinals. He survived a tense beginning after walking Fernando Vina and giving up a double to Placido Polanco to start
the first.
Three popups, along with an intentional walk to Jim Edmonds, and
he was out of the hole.
"That's a huge confidence boost to get out of that," Peterson said. "I kind of settled down a little bit after that."
Geoff Jenkins, who had three hits, and Richie Sexson each drove
in two runs during a six-run second against Hermanson (5-3).
Milwaukee took three of four games from the Cardinals, outscoring them 24-3 in the past three games. The Brewers also took two of three from St. Louis last week at Miller Park.
"They've got a great team over there," manager Davey Lopes said. "They're not full-force yet. Big Mac's not back."
Mark McGwire got the day off for St. Louis after going 0-for-3
in the Brewers' rain-shortened 11-1 victory Wednesday. He is
expected to play Friday in the series opener against the Reds.
Lopes couldn't resist needling his counterpart, Tony La Russa,
about his decision to let Peterson warm up to start the sixth before replacing him with Chad Fox.
"I was just making sure my other guy was ready," Lopes said. "That's a La Russa trick from years ago."
La Russa said everybody deserves blame.
"There's nobody in our clubhouse pointing any fingers," La
Russa said. "No part of the club can say, 'Hey, we were great and
you stunk.' We were all not good enough together."
Peterson (1-0) was called up from Triple-A Indianapolis on
Saturday to replace the injured Jamey Wright in the rotation. He
allowed two runs on five hits in five innings for his first victory
since Sept. 26, 1999.
Peterson missed all of last season after undergoing arthroscopic
shoulder surgery. He made his 13th career start, but first since
Oct. 2, 1999.
"That's worth the wait, that's for sure," Peterson said. "I
was pretty excited in the first inning, but after that I felt all
right."
Peterson, a career .136 hitter, and Raul Casanova each had RBI
doubles as the Brewers batted around in the second inning.
After that, Hermanson faced the minimum 15 batters in the next
five innings, helped by a double play.
"Sometimes that one inning can beat you," Hermanson said.
"They were hitting some good pitches. It was just a frustrating
inning, but I guess my job is to battle back and give us some
innings."
J.D. Drew hit his 18th home run for the Cardinals, extending his
hitting streak to a career-best 11 games. He's 17-for-42 (.405)
during the streak with three homers.
"I'm just trying to have a good attitude and have the best
concentration and effort I can have every day," Drew said. "It's
working out."
Vina added an RBI double in the second for the Cardinals.
Game notes
Mark Loretta was 2-for-4 and is 15-for-35 (.429) during a
nine-game hitting streak. ... Hermanson is 1-4 with a 7.16 ERA for
his career against the Brewers. ... Drew batted .366 (37-for-101)
in May with 10 homers. ... Edmonds is in a 7-for-49 slump and Edgar
Renteria pinch-hit for him in the eighth. ... Jenkins is 5-for-6
against Hermanson. He was 7-for-17 with four RBIs in the series.
... The Brewers have won three in a row on the road for the first
time since Aug. 20-22, 2000.
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