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MLB: St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 4 (11 innings)

ST. LOUIS, June 5 (UPI) -- Colby Rasmus singled home Aaron Miles in the 11th inning Saturday, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over Milwaukee.

Miles collected a one-out single off John Axford (1-1) and got into scoring position when the next batter, Yadier Molina, also got on board with a hit. Rasmus then delivered the game-winning blow to give St. Louis its seventh win in nine games.

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Rasmus ended 3-for-4 with three RBI and Albert Pujols socked a two-run homer for the Cards.

Mitchell Boggs (1-2) earned the victory, pitching a scoreless top of the 11th. Five Cardinals relievers combined for five shutout innings after the Brewers tied the contest with a three-run sixth inning.

Rickie Weeks homered for Milwaukee, which lost for the sixth time in seven games.

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