MILWAUKEE — A mix of milestones ranging from the deeply personal to the potentially historic to the absolutely necessary merged together for the complete kind of game the Cardinals have promised.
Nolan Arenado’s first home run of the season reached the seats Saturday night for the 300th of his career, and that bolt helped launch the Cardinals toward a 6-0 victory Friday night against Milwaukee at American Family Field. The tidy, shiny, and significant round number comes just days ahead of the 10th anniversary of Arenado’s big league debut, and it highlighted the first game of the season that brought all aspects of the Cardinals’ team together.
They took an early lead.
