For the 6th time in 22-chances this season, John Axford entered the game with Brewers leading and he couldn’t hold on. Milwaukee fell to the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Monday night at Miller Park. Axford gave up all three runs with two-outs.
Axford started the inning by walking Matt Carpenter before getting Lance Berkman and Carlos Beltran to fly out. Rafeal Furcal then had an infield single followed by another Axford walk, this time to Skip Schumacker. Matt Holiday then connected on a 2-RBI single followed by an Allen Craig blooper for the game winner before Kameron Loe came in to get the final out. Axford called it his worse outing of the season…