The Cardinals made Milwaukee Brewers ace Corbin Burnes work hard in the first two innings Thursday night at Busch Stadium, but had little to show for it other than the 1,999th hit of Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina’s career.
Molina legged out an infield single to deep short—or short left field—to open the second inning and Brad Miller also singled. But Burnes, who needed 46 pitches to complete the first two innings, struck out Paul DeJong, mired in a terrible slump at nothing for 16 and one for 27. Burnes got Dexter Fowler on a groundout and Dylan Carlson on a liner to left to maintain a 0-0 tie.