ST. LOUIS (AP) -- CC Sabathia threw a three-hitter, his third straight complete game for his new team, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Wednesday night.

Ryan Braun had four hits and J.J. Hardy hit his 14th homer for the Brewers, who have won seven straight. Milwaukee won the first three games of this four-game series by limiting the Cardinals to six runs.

The Brewers have homered in 19 straight games, tying the franchise record set in 1996.

Hardy, who is 8-for-14 in the series, hit his first homer since July 10 with one out in the fifth off Braden Looper (9-8) for the game's first run. A single, a hit batsman and Rickie Weeks' sacrifice fly made it 2-0 in the sixth and Braun homered leading off the ninth.

Sabathia (4-0) didn't give up a hit until two outs in the sixth and matched his career best for hits allowed with his third career three-hitter and 22nd complete game. He has won all four starts since the Brewers acquired the 2007 AL Cy Young winner from Cleveland.

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