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Final Score: Milwaukee 3 - St. Louis 0

St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - CC Sabathia hurled a three-hit shutout as Milwaukee blanked St. Louis, 3-0, in the third leg of a four-game set at Busch Stadium.

Sabathia (4-0), who threw 5 2/3 hitless innings before Brendan Ryan managed a clean hit to right, was never seriously threatened in the game. The tough left-hander walked just two and fanned seven in the contest en route to recording his eighth career shutout.

The 2007 American League Cy Young Award winner has been everything the Brewers were hoping for when the organization acquired him in a trade with the Cleveland Indians earlier this month. The burly lefty has now won all four of his starts with Milwaukee, with three straight complete-game performances, and has yielded just six runs (five earned) over 33 innings with his new team.

"I just wanted to throw strikes and pound the zone," Sabathia said. "It's really great when you can help the team."

J.J. Hardy and Ryan Braun both homered for the red-hot Brewers, who have won seven straight games and have homered in 19 straight, tying the franchise record set in 1996. Braun finished 4-for-5 in the game, while Rickie Weeks was 3-for-4 and drove in a run.

Ryan, Ryan Ludwick and Aaron Miles each had a hit for the Cardinals, who have dropped the first three games in this series after winning their previous five.

Braden Looper (9-8) was the hard-luck loser, allowing just one run on seven hits in five innings.

Hardy broke a scoreless tie in the fifth when he blasted a one-out, solo homer over the wall in left, his 14th of the year.

The Brewers added another run in the sixth off Kelvin Jimenez. Mike Cameron greeted the reliever with a single to left and Jimenez then plunked Jason Kendall. After the Brewers catcher was erased on a Sabathia fielder's choice, Weeks lofted a sacrifice to left to make it a 2-0 game.

Braun gave Milwaukee an insurance run in the ninth when he led off the frame by blasting his 25th homer of the year over the wall in right.