"The guys are playing hard," Oli Marmol said. "Tomorrow's off day is a timely one; we'll get to regroup and then get back at it."

Both Willson Contreras and Rhys Hoskins were hit by pitches and tempers flared, but a three-run home run by St. Louis' Nolan Gorman loomed large.

Willson Contreras took an explicit shot towards an unnamed Brewers player after the Cardinals' win over Milwaukee on Saturday.

A collision at first base led to a spat between the Cardinals vet and a Brewers player — and a fiery postgame rant.

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Contreras wanted to send a ‘message’ to his teammates, and did as a disrupting, determining force in to end their six-game losing streak with win vs. Brewers.

To support his teammate, Rhys Hoskins voiced his displeasure loudly from the bench. In a postgame interview, Contreras was asked about the incident, and his fiery NSFW response went viral on social media. While Willson Contreras never named the player, it was evident that he was taking a jibe at Rhys Hoskins.

Expert recap and game analysis of the Milwaukee Brewers vs. St. Louis Cardinals MLB game from June 13, 2025 on ESPN.

Miles Mikolas starts for the St. Louis Cardinals vs. the Milwaukee Brewers' Quinn Priester in Sunday's finale of a 4-game series.

With their six-game skid in the rearview mirror, the St. Louis Cardinals will try to build some momentum behind veteran Miles Mikolas on Sunday when they close out the four-game series against the host Milwaukee Brewers.