Brewers Explode for Seven in the Seventh, Rout Cardinals 10-2
Milwaukee turned a tense three-run lead into a laugher with a seven-run seventh inning, finishing off St. Louis 10-2 on July 7. Robert Gasser was nearly untouchable, going 7.2 innings and allowing just 2 earned runs on 4 hits.
The Brewers built their lead methodically before blowing the door off. Cooper Pratt scored the game's first run in the third on a Yelich groundout, and Milwaukee pushed it to 3-0 in the fifth when Luis Lara singled to right, scoring Pratt and Gary Sánchez with Ortiz advancing to third. That single was the moment the game effectively changed hands — St. Louis's win probability dropped from 34% to 15% on that one swing of the bat. The Cardinals answered in the sixth when Nelson Velázquez launched a 403-foot two-run homer to center, cutting it to 3-2 and briefly making things interesting.
Briefly. Joey Ortiz answered immediately in the seventh with a 415-foot shot to left center, pushing Milwaukee back ahead 4-2, and then the inning simply refused to end. Brice Turang doubled to center to score Lara. Sánchez singled to left, scoring Turang and Vaughn to make it 7-2. Chourio singled to center to score Mitchell. Pratt capped it with a two-run double to left, scoring Chourio and Sánchez. Seven runs, one inning, game over. The story of the night was Milwaukee's lineup depth — five different players drove in runs, and the damage came in waves rather than one big swing.
Gasser was the backbone of it all. Seven and two-thirds innings, 4 hits, 2 earned runs, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts — that's a performance that looks like a pitcher operating with full command and zero concern. Hunter Dobbins took the loss for St. Louis, lasting just 5 innings and allowing 3 earned runs on 4 hits and 3 walks. The Cardinals' bullpen kept it clean after that — Bryan Torres threw 2 scoreless innings — but by then Milwaukee had already made the final score irrelevant. Velázquez's homer was the lone bright spot for St. Louis, finishing 1-for-4 with 2 RBI, but one two-run shot in a 10-2 game is a footnote, not a narrative. Milwaukee's offense looks like a machine right now, and Gasser appears to be pitching as well as anyone in this rotation.