Cardinals 7, Brewers 3: Yadier Molina went 4-for-4 and slammed a tie-breaking two-run homer in the sixth inning to lift host St. Louis to its third straight win.

Kyle Lohse (4-0) joined teammate Lance Lynn as the National League's only four-game winners, allowing three runs on five hits in six innings. He struck out five and walked a season-high four.

David Freese also homered to extend his hitting streak to six games as the Cardinals handed the Brewers their third straight loss.

Skip Schumaker added a two-run double and Jon Jay had his second straight three-hit game since returning from a shoulder injury to help St. Louis beat Milwaukee for the fourth time in five meetings.

Aramis Ramirez and Alex Gonzalez homered for the Brewers, who dropped their sixth consecutive game on the road.

Milwaukee starter Marco Estrada (0-1), making his second start, was charged with five runs - four earned - and seven hits in six innings.

Lohse was not as sharp as he has been, giving up as many runs and walking twice as many batters as he had in his first four starts. He issued a bases-load walk to George Kottaras in the sixth to tie it at 3-3 before Molina untied it in the bottom of the game.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Lohse had not allowed a homer in his first four starts. Ramirez's blast was his third off Lohse in 20 at-bats. ... Ramirez had two hits to extend his hitting streak to six games. ... Molina had his first four-hit game since May 22, 2011, against Kansas City. Prior to the game, Molina received his Gold Glove Award for the 2011 season. ... Schumaker has five RBIs and Jay has four in the first two games of the series.