Caleb Durbin ripped a game-tying RBI double in the 10th inning then scored the winner on Andruw Monasterio’s single as the host Milwaukee Brewers topped the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 on Saturday.
The Brewers celebrated their 11th walk-off victory of the season hours after they officially clinched their seventh postseason berth in eight years with the New York Mets’ 3-2 loss to the Texas Rangers.
After Jordan Walker scored on a double-play groundout in the top of the 10th inning, Durbin forged an 8-8 tie with a double into the left-center field gap. Monasterio then capped a 10-pitch at-bat against Kyle Leahy (4-2) with a single to center.
Abner Uribe (3-2) got the win after allowing the 10th-inning run on no hits and one walk.
Milwaukee’s William Conteras had an RBI infield single to cap a three-run outburst in the ninth inning. He had three RBIs and Sal Frelick drove in two runs for the Brewers (91-58), who trailed by five runs entering the bottom of the sixth.
St. Louis’ Ivan Herrera homered to highlight a three-hit performance and Brendan Donovan also went deep. Thomas Saggese had an RBI single among his three hits for the Cardinals (72-77), who have lost five in a row.
Herrera deposited a first-pitch fastball from rookie right-hander Jacob Misiorowski over the wall in left-center field to open the scoring in the first inning.
Willson Contreras was hit by a pitch two batters later and scored on Lars Nootbaar’s double to center field.
Donovan sent a 0-2 curveball from Misiorowski over the wall in right-center field to lead off the third inning.
Frelick’s sacrifice fly in the third inning trimmed Milwaukee’s deficit to 3-1, but St. Louis regained its three-run cushion in the fifth when Herrera ripped a one-out double and came around to score on Willson Contreras’ single to right field.
Victor Scott II had a sacrifice fly and Pedro Pages scored on a wild pitch by Rob Zastryzny in the sixth inning to push the Cardinals’ advantage to 6-1.
