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Holliday, Beltran homer, Cards beat Brewers 6-1

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May 4th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Matt Holliday and Carlos Beltran homered and Shelby Miller pitched six strong innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-1 Friday night. Miller (4-2) gave up seven hits and a walk in six innings while striking out five.

He was scoreless through the first five innings before allowing a sacrifice fly by Jonathan Lucroy. Carlos Martinez, Seth Maness and Fernando Salas held the Brewers without a run over the final three innings. Martinez and Maness made their major league debuts.