Gasser pitches career-best 7 2/3 innings in 10-2 win as Brewers sweep Cardinals in doubleheader

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Joey Ortiz homered, Robert Gasser pitched a career-high 7 2/3 innings and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-2 Tuesday night to complete a doubleheader sweep.

Jacob Misiorowski struck out 11 in the first game of the split doubleheader, which was a makeup from May 5, and the Brewers won 4-3.

Milwaukee has won four straight games and seven in a row against St. Louis. The Cardinals lost their fourth straight.

Gasser (2-3) allowed just a two-run homer to Nelson Velázquez. He struck out four, walked one and scattered four hits.

Cooper Pratt gave the Brewers a 1-0 lead with a leadoff triple in the third inning and scored on a Christian Yelich groundout.

Luis Lara, in his major league debut, got his first hit and RBI with a two-run single that gave the Brewers a 3-0 lead in the fifth.

Milwaukee broke it open with seven runs against Cardinals reliever Jared Shuster in the seventh. Ortiz started the outburst with a solo homer and Brice Turang, Gary Sánchez, Jackson Chourio and Pratt followed with RBI hits.

Cardinals starter Hunter Dobbins (1-1), who was appointed the team’s 27th man for the doubleheader, allowed three runs on four hits in five innings. He struck out four and walked three.

With St. Louis trailing by eight, infielder Bryan Torres pitched two scoreless innings of relief.

Cardinals RHP Michael McGreevy (3-7, 3.12 ERA) will make his final start before the All-Star break after having turn in the rotation pushed back a day. The Brewers counter with LHP Kyle Harrison (8-1, 2.82 ERA) in the fourth game of their five-game series on Wednesday night.

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St. Louis Cardinals' Nelson Velázquez is congratulated by teammates after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning in the second game of a baseball doubleheader against the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Milwaukee Brewers' Luis Lara, right, scores past St. Louis Cardinals catcher Iván Herrera during the seventh inning in the second game of a baseball doubleheader Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Milwaukee Brewers' Gary Sánchez follows through on a two-run single during the seventh inning in the second game of a baseball doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Robert Gasser throws during the first inning in the second game of a baseball doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Shepard had 22 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists for her third triple-double of the season, and the Dallas Wings beat the New York Liberty 88-77 on Tuesday night.

Dallas (14-8) earned its eighth road victory of the season — after totaling just six over the past two seasons.

Paige Bueckers made her only 3-pointer of the game with 3:12 left in the fourth quarter to give Dallas an 82-70 lead. Shepard was credited with an assist on the play to become the second player in WNBA history with three triple-doubles in a season, joining Alyssa Thomas.

Shepard's fourth career triple-double moved her into a tie with Sabrina Ionescu for second-most behind Thomas.

Bueckers finished with 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists for Dallas, which has won five of its last seven games. Azzi Fudd scored 12 points and Awak Kuier had 10 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists.

Breanna Stewart had 29 points and nine rebounds for New York (13-9), which has lost two home games to Dallas this season. Jonquel Jones added 17 points and Ionescu scored 14.

Stewart made four of New York’s 10 field goals in the first half, while the rest of her teammates combined to go 6 of 27 from the field to trail Dallas 47-31.

Dallas: At Toronto on Friday.

New York: At Minnesota on Saturday.

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Dallas Wings head coach Jose Fernandez yells at a referee during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the New York Liberty , Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) shoots over New York Liberty guard Marine Johannes (23) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game, Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Dallas Wings forward Jessica Shepard shoots over New York Liberty center Han Xu during the first half of a WNBA basketball game, Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)