MILWAUKEE • Cardinals starter Mike Leake issued only his second walk in four starts when he passed Milwaukee leadoff man Jonathan Villar on a full-count pitch to start the first inning Sunday. It cost him.
Eric Thames forced Villar and then Ryan Braun doubled over the head of third baseman Greg Garcia into left field. Thames slowed as he got to third but was waved home when Cardinals left fielder Randal Grichuk didn’t play the carom cleanly and Thames scored the game's first run. Braun took third as catcher Eric Fryer, who had moved up to take the relay home, dropped the ball.