Milwaukee Routs St. Louis, 12-5

BY ESPN

Orlando Arcia is finding his balance. Domingo Santana and Arcia hit back-to-back homers as the Milwaukee Brewers continued their recent road dominance routing the St. Louis Cardinals 12-5 on Thursday night.

Hernan Perez had four hits and three RBI for the Brewers, who won their season-high fifth straight on the road and have won seven of their last eight games.

"You're always happy to be in a good streak," Arcia said through an interpreter. "We try to keep it loose, we try to play games before the game just trying to keep everybody loose and just going out there and having fun."

The Cardinals fell to 30-38 at home and dropped a half game behind the idle New York Mets for the second wild card spot.

Santana and Arcia connected on consecutive pitches in the second inning. It was the seventh time Milwaukee hit back-to-back homers this season and the second time in four days as Chris Carter and Santana did it on Sunday at Pittsburgh.

"I just went out there looking for a pitch I could hit hard, looking for my pitch," Arcia said. "I was able to get one and hit it hard and get it out."

Perez's four hits matched a career high he set Tuesday against Chicago.

Thursday, September 8 Scoreboard

Cleveland 10, Houston 7

New York Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 4

Philadelphia 4, Washington 1

Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 1

Milwaukee 12, St. Louis 5

Seattle 6, Texas 3

San Diego 14, Colorado 1

Friday, September 9 Schedule (All Times Central)

Tampa Bay at New York Yankees, 6:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Detroit, 6:10 p.m.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

New York Mets at Atlanta, 6:35 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.

Texas at Los Angeles Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 9:40 p.m.

Saturday, September 10 Schedule (All Times Central)

Boston at Toronto, 12:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Houston, 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New York Yankees, 3:05 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Detroit, 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.

New York Mets at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 7:40 p.m.

Texas at Los Angeles Angels, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday, September 11 Schedule (All Times Central)

Tampa Bay at New York Yankees, 12:05 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Detroit, 12:10 p.m.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Miami, 12:10 p.m.

New York Mets at Atlanta, 12:35 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 12:35 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago  White Sox, 1:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m.

Texas at Los Angeles Angels, 2:35 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 3:10 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 3:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Houston, 7 p.m.