Desperately chasing a postseason slot, more likely a wild-card berth with the division-leading Cardinals eight games ahead of them, the Milwaukee Brewers start a crucial eight-game stretch Tuesday night when they play the Cardinals at Busch Stadium.
Counting the two-game series here, the Brewers will have eight successive games against division pace-setters — the Cardinals, New York Yankees and New York Mets.
On Tuesday, with their starting staff beset with injuries, they will use a bullpen pitching approach in a matchup against the Cardinals’ Jordan Montgomery. The left-hander has been one of the top pitchers in baseball since he came to St. Louis from the Yankees on Aug. 2, and he blanked the Brewers for six innings on Aug. 12 in his second start.
