“One of their players likes to talk from far away, but when he got to my face, he didn’t say s–t,” Contreras told reporters after Saturday’s 8-5 Cardinals win.

Victor Scott had two RBIs for the Cardinals. Gorman’s homer, which chased starter José Quintana (4-2), made it 7-1 in the fifth.

Willson and William Contreras on Saturday became the second pair of brothers in baseball’s modern era to homer in the same inning as opponents.

Contreras homered off Zastryzny with one out in the top of the frame, and as he rounded first base, he took a long stare into the Brewers’ dugout. It provided a key insurance run for St. Louis, which...

The win ended the Cardinals’ longest losing streak since they dropped seven straight from May 4-11 of last season.