CC Sabathia threw a three-hitter -- his third consecutive complete game for his new team -- and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the host St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Wednesday. Ryan Braun had four hits and J.J. Hardy hit his 14th homer for the Brewers, who have won seven games in a row. They have won the first three games of this four-game series by limiting the Cardinals to six runs. The Brewers have homered in 19 games in a row, tying the franchise record set in 1996. Sabathia (4-0) didn't give up a hit until two outs in the sixth and matched his career best for hits allowed with his third three-hitter and 22nd complete game. Jose Reyes' three-run homer snapped a sixth-inning tie, and the host New York Mets, with closer Billy Wagner back, rebounded from a demoralizing defeat by beating Philadelphia 6-3 to tie the Phillies for...
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