Peralta K's seven, but bats quiet vs. Cards

Wily Peralta strikes out Matt Carpenter looking in the bottom of the 4th inningThe Brewers fell 90 feet short of erasing that deficit in the seventh and eighth innings. Martinez wiggled out of the first jam with his third strikeout of the night. Reliever Brett Cecil, who relieved Martinez after 7 1/3 innings, then froze cleanup hitter Travis Shaw on a 2-2 fastball to strand runners at the corners for the second straight inning. One night earlier, Shaw blasted the three-run homer that sealed Milwaukee's win.

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