Matt Carpenter hit a three-run homer off Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson with two outs in the seventh for a 4-3 lead, but Khris Davis hit two homers, including a two-run shot in the eighth inning off former teammate Jonathan Broxton, and the Brewers won 5-4 Sunday and ended the Cardinals’ four-game winning streak.
Since being moved back into the leadoff spot on July 30th, Carpenter is batting .375 (15-for-40) with a National League-best seven home runs in 10 games and 13 RBIs.
His 17 home runs this season are a single-season high for a left-handed-hitting third baseman in club history .