Stat of the Day: Reach out and hit somebody

Yovani Gallardo's strong day unraveled a bit in the sixth inning, when he allowed five Cardinals to reach. The second of those five was Matt Carpenter and he was awarded first base on a pretty rare event: A Yovani Gallardo hit batsman.

Entering today's contest Gallardo had gone 63 consecutive starts without hitting an opposing batter, a streak that dated all the way back to April of 2011. That was the third-longest streak in franchise history:

Since the start of that streak, 22 other Brewer pitchers have hit at least one batter. Randy Wolf led the way with 19 over that stretch, followed by Kameron Loe with five. Counting his time as an Oriole in 2012, Wolf hit 20 batters in the stretch between Gallardo's plunkings.