Brewers stay hot behind Braun and Hardy

No team in baseball is playing as well as the Milwaukee Brewers and no hitter is on a tear like Ryan Braun.

The left fielder hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to cap his second straight four-hit game and Milwaukee won its eighth straight, 4-3 over the St. Louis Cardinals last night.

The latest win completed a 7-0 road trip that included a four-game sweep of the Cardinals.

"Right now, our confidence level is at an all-time high," Braun said. "This is the way you want to start the second half of the season."

The run, which has coincided with the acquisition of starter CC Sabathia from...