Brice Turang's decisive 10th-inning RBI single lifted the visiting Milwaukee Brewers past the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Saturday -- and pushed them to the brink of another National League Central title.
The magic number for the Brewers (95-60) to win the division is now one. They have a seven-game lead over the second-place Chicago Cubs, who lost their third straight game Saturday.
Milwaukee catcher William Contreras exited the game in the eighth inning. He injured his glove hand earlier in the seventh inning on a catcher's interference incident.
Brewers starter Chad Patrick allowed two runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out three and walked none.
Reliever Jared Koenig (6-1) pitched two innings and earned the victory.
Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas allowed two runs on seven