ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jhoulys Chacin had some extra motivation.Mike Moustakas hit a two-run double Tim McCarver Jersey , giving Chacin all the runs he needed to beat St. Louis for the first time in his career with the Milwaukee Brewers‘ 2-1 victory over the Cardinals on Sunday.“I can die now,” Chacin joked to reporters.Milwaukee (69-57) snapped a three-game losing streak and moved back ahead of St. Louis (68-57) for the second National League wild card. The Cardinals lost for just the second time in their last 12 games.“We talk about racking up wins and banking wins and we banked a win today and got a great pitching performance,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “I thought we swung the bats pretty good. It’s a good win. That’s a team that’s right in the thick of things and going to be there for the rest of the year.”Chacin (13-4) entered the game 0-7 with a 6.90 ERA in nine career games, including eight starts, against the Cardinals, but shut them out through six innings as the Brewers avoided their first three-game sweep at St. Louis since July 1-3, 2016.“This might be the biggest game of the season for me,” Chacin said. “The Cardinals have always been tough on me and this year it was an obsession.”Chacin has won his last three starts and has given up three runs in his last 19 innings. The Brewers improved to 19-8 in his starts this season.“I thought he kept them off balance, his slider was again good and his fastball,” Counsell said. “He threw fastballs and it was good sequencing.”Jeremy Jeffress gave up a run in two innings of relief and Josh Hader pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 10th save in 13 opportunities for the Brewers.Moustaskas hammered an 0-2 pitch down the first-base line to score Orlando Arcia and Lorenzo Cain Pete Rose Jersey , giving the Brewers a 2-0 lead in the third. Arcia and Cain each stole a base to help get them into scoring position ahead of Moustaskas.“We always talk about little things and being able to vary our times and our holds and being quick to the plate is important, something that we’ve done really really well all year,” Cardinals interim manager Mike Shildt said of Cain’s steal. “The reality is the guy’s an accomplished base stealer as well. It was a big play.”John Gant (5-5) gave up two runs on six hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings. Gant has failed to make it past 4 1/3 innings in three of his last four starts.“It was just one of those days,” Gant said. “I never really found a good, solid groove.”Brett Cecil pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth, Tyson Ross followed with three scoreless innings and Mike Mayers added another as Cardinals relievers combined for 4 2/3 shutout innings.Patrick Wisdom hit his first career home run 414 feet into the bleachers in left-center to lead off the eighth for St. Louis.The Brewers had lost six of their last eight heading into the game.“It was a really good day for me and for the team,” Chacin said. “I think anything is possible for me and for the team. We win on Sunday, a day game and finally beat the Cardinals. It couldn’t get better. From this day I hope we keep rolling.”IRONMANYadier Molina started his 27th straight game, a major league record for catchers 35 years or older.TRAINING ROOMMilwaukee: C Manny Pina (left shoulder) missed his third straight game and is day-to-day.Cardinals: 2B Kolten Wong (bruised elbow) pinch hit and flew out after being taken out of Saturday night’s game. RHP Carlos Martinez (right shoulder strain) and IF Yairo Munoz (right wrist sprain) were scheduled to play Sunday at Double-A Springfield and could join the team in Los Angeles.UP NEXTMilwaukee: RHP Chase Anderson (7-7, 3.97 ERA) will start a three-game series against the visiting Cincinnati Reds and RHP Homer Bailey (1-10 http://www.philliesfanproshop.com/authentic-dave-hollins-jersey , 6.33 ERA) on Monday night. Anderson is 4-1 with a 2.98 ERA in nine career starts against the Reds.Cardinals: LHP Austin Gomber (3-0, 2.89 ERA) will kick off a six-game road trip Monday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers and LHP Alex Wood (7-7, 3.51 ERA). Gomber has won his last two starts and has an 11-inning scoreless streak. MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jesus Aguilar has cooled off some since the All-Star break, yet still brings in clutch runs.Aguilar hit a two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.Aguilar sent a low, 0-1 pitch from Tony Watson into the gap in right-center field to score Curtis Granderson and Eric Thames. Hunter Strickland (3-5) started the seventh and walked the pinch-hitters. Watson took over one out later.“In that situation, I was just trying to be aggressive in the strike zone,” Aguilar said. “The reports say he throws a lot of change ups, and I was waiting for that pitch.”Aguilar’s heroics helped the Brewers push their wild-card lead to 1½ games over the St. Louis Cardinals, who lost 5-3 to the Detroit Tigers.Brewers manager Craig Counsell couldn’t have been happier with his slugging first baseman.“He did a nice job with what looked like a pretty good change up down and away from him,” Counsell said. “Went with it John Kruk Jersey , beautiful swing.”Josh Hader (5-1) worked two innings of scoreless relief and picked up the win. Joakim Soria pitched a perfect eighth, and Jeremy Jeffress handled the ninth, earning his ninth save.Giants starter Derek Holland worked out of a two-out, bases-loaded jam in the sixth inning. He caught Hernan Perez looking at a called third strike. Holland matched his season high with eight strikeouts for the fourth time this season. He walked five and allowed just two hits in six innings. Both hits came in the first: Lorenzo Cain had a base hit and, two outs later, Ryan Braun hit his 15th home run.Alen Hanson tied it for the Giants, leading off the fifth with his eighth home run of the season.Brewers starter Chase Anderson leads the National League with 29 home runs allowed. He scattered five hits in five innings, walked one and struck out five.Anderson was in trouble in the fourth. He allowed consecutive singles to Evan Longoria and Brandon Belt, and the runners advanced on a wild pitch. Longoria scored on Chris Shaw’s grounder to first.TRAINER’S ROOMGiants: INF Brandon Crawford was available to pinch hit, but not much more. He returned to the lineup Monday against the Colorado Rockies after missing the previous three games with a sore left knee. He played Tuesday http://www.philliesfanproshop.com/authentic-greg-luzinski-jersey , but then sat out Wednesday’s game. Thursday was an off day. Manager Bruce Bochy listed him as day-to-day.Brewers: C Manny Piña was back behind the plate after missing the three-game series with the Chicago Cubs. … RF Christian Yelich returned to the starting lineup after a scheduled day off Wednesday against the Cubs. He had a pinch-hit single in the ninth inning of the Brewers’ 6-4 loss to Chicago.TOUGH STRETCHThe Giants have lost seven of their last eight games, including a season-high tying six straight losses, and fell a season-high six games under .500.BOCHY, HUNDLEY EJECTEDGiants catcher Nick Hundley and manager Bruce Bochy were ejected in the ninth by home plate umpire Adam Hamari after arguing about the strike zone. Hundley had just been called out and had words with Hamari before being thrown out of the game. Bochy came out and added his own comments before getting tossed.“That was probably one of the worst strike calls I’ve had on me in my career,” Hundley said. “Probably the most inconsistent strike zones that I’ve seen all year.”It reached the boiling point for both.“Yeah, it just built up,” Hundley said. “The frustration when bats get taken out of your hands especially close in a game, but both sides were upset. So, it wasn’t like it was one-sided.”Bochy backed up his catcher after both were ejected for the second time this season.“It was mounting up,” Bochy said of the building exasperation. “It was a rough night with some calls for us. That’s what that was. Total frustration. Losing another ballgame Mike Schmidt Jersey , that adds too it.”UP NEXTGiants: RHP Chris Stratton (9-8, 4.90 ERA) makes his third start since being recalled Aug. 21. He is (1-1, 1.77 ERA) since returning from Double-A Richmond. It’s his second career outing against the Brewers.Brewers: LHP Gio Gonzalez (7-11, 4.57 ERA) makes his 28th start of the season, third against the Giants and first for the Brewers who acquired him Aug. 31. He replaces RHP Junior Guerra (6-9, 4.27 ERA), who pitched himself out of the rotation.