The Cardinals' losing streak hits six as they fall 3-2 to the Brewers on June 14, 2025. Freddy Peralta dominated St. Louis's bats in a key NL Central game.
StatPro MLB Beat Reporter
Another day, another frustratingly close loss. The St. Louis Cardinals' mid-June swoon deepened on Saturday, as they fell 3-2 to the Milwaukee Brewers, marking their sixth consecutive defeat. The script felt painfully familiar: solid but unsupported pitching, a few missed opportunities, and an offense that was completely neutralized by an opposing ace.
The Cardinals have now lost six straight games, their longest losing streak of the season, falling 1.5 games behind the Brewers for second place in the NL Central.
The story of Saturday's game can be summed up in two words: Freddy Peralta. The Brewers' right-hander was in complete command, carving up the Cardinals' lineup for six innings. He racked up six strikeouts and seemed to induce weak contact at will. Key hitters like Lars Nootbaar, Masyn Winn, and Nolan Arenado were rendered ineffective in crucial early moments, unable to generate any momentum. The Cards' offense was a ghost in the first three innings, with strikeouts and groundouts piling up, leaving the pitching staff with zero room for error.
This isn't just a bad week; it's a slide that's starting to have serious consequences. With the loss, the Cardinals (36-34) have officially dropped to third place in the National League Central. They now sit 1.5 games behind these same Brewers and a full six games adrift of the division-leading Chicago Cubs. What looked like a promising position just a week ago has quickly eroded, putting immense pressure on the team to right the ship before the gap becomes a chasm.
While the pitching has been good enough to keep them in games, the lineup is in a deep freeze. The inability to string together hits, let alone capitalize with runners in scoring position, has become the team's defining struggle during this skid. With no roster changes or injuries to blame, the responsibility falls on the core group of hitters. Someone—whether it's Arenado, Nootbaar, or even a hot-hitting Ivan Herrera—needs to provide the spark that can pull this offense out of its funk. The talent is there, but the execution has been missing in action.
The Cardinals are now officially in 'must-win' territory to stop the bleeding. They'll have one more chance against the Brewers to salvage a game from this series and, more importantly, to snap this demoralizing losing streak. It's a gut-check moment for this team. How they respond tomorrow could set the tone for the rest of June and their place in the NL Central hunt.
