ST. LOUIS _ Dakota Hudson did not allow a hit in 6 2/3 innings of work and the Cardinals held Milwaukee hitless until two outs in the eighth inning to post a 3-0 win at Busch Stadium on Monday night.
Hudson (12-6) was removed with two outs in the seventh because he had thrown 111 pitches with four walks in addition to his seven strikeouts.
Giovanny Gallegos relieved and carried the no-hit bid into the eighth before Yasmani Grandal's ground-rule double just inside the right-field foul line accounted for the Brewers' first hit.
The Cardinals scored two runs in the fifth inning and added one in the sixth on Paul DeJong's 22nd home run, which struck the "M" on the Big Mac Land sign and knocked out the lighting.
The Brewers finished with one hit against three Cardinals pitchers. Andrew Miller relieved in the eighth after Grandal's double. Milwaukee eventually loaded the bases in the inning thanks to an inning-opening error on DeJong and an intentional walk issued to Christian Yelich.
However, Miller got Paul Moustakas to ground out to end the inning. Miller pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save.
Matt Carpenter walked to start the Cardinals' fifth-inning rally after picking up the team's only hit in the first four innings. He went to third on a single by Yadier Molina.
Kolten Wong then grounded into a force play to score Carpenter and Hudson sacrificed Wong to second. Dexter Fowler's single scored Wong.
Hudson had his second consecutive scoreless start after holding Kansas City without a run in six innings of his previous start. His pitch count made it clear he would not last more than seven innings, but when he walked Eric Thames with two outs, he was removed for Gallegos.
The closest the Brewers came to a hit against Hudson came when Trent Grisham hit a sharp ground ball up the middle with one out in the sixth. DeJong made a diving stop and threw out Grisham.
