“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.

Each of the Cardinals' nine players who had a plate appearance recorded at least one hit.

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...

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