MILWAUKEE, April 15 (UPI) -- Ben Sheets gave up a run and six hits in eight innings and Royce Clayton and Richie Sexson homered as the Milwaukee Brewers earned their first home win of the season Tuesday night with a 6-1 triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Sheets (1-2) struck out six and walked three to earn his first win and helped lift the Brewers to their first victory in five games at Miller Park.
Milwaukee owned a 2-0 lead in the second inning with one out and a runner on second when Clayton drove a 3-2 pitch from Garrett Stephenson (1-1) over the right-center field wall.
Sexson led off the third inning with his fourth homer and increased Milwaukee's lead to 5-0.
The St. Louis offense was dormant without Albert Pujols, who sat out after being hit by a pitch on his right thumb on Monday.
The Cardinals got their lone run on Eduardo Perez's solo shot in the seventh and had their three-game winning streak snapped.
