Alejandro Kirk had four hits and Alek Manoah surrendered two runs across 6 2/3 innings as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 9-4 on Thursday night to begin the back half of their six-game road trip.
Corbin Burnes tossed seven scoreless innings and Tyrone Taylor belted a two-run home run to lift the Brewers to a 2-0 victory over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night in the opener of the four-game National League Central Division showdown at Milwaukee.
Catcher Victor Caratini homered and singled for the Brewers, who completed their first three-game series sweep since beating the Reds three in a row May 3-5 and finished their nine-game road trip 5-4.
