ST. LOUIS — Throwing a complete game is a big deal these days. Unless you're CC Sabathia feasting on a new league.

The 6-foot-7, 290-pound left-hander went nine innings for the third straight time for his new team, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-0, last night.

"He's got unbelievable stuff," catcher Jason Kendall said. "That's a good team over there, but when you're on it doesn't matter who's hitting."

Ryan Braun had four hits, lacking a double for the cycle, 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 behind stingy pitching, limiting the Cardinals to six runs.

The Brewers have homered in 19 straight games, tying the franchise record set in 1996, and have 30 home runs in that stretch.

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 off Kelvin Jimenez made it 2-0 in the sixth and Braun homered off Jason Isringhausen leading off the ninth.

It was more than enough for Sabathia (4-0), who followed up a four-hitter over Cincinnati and an eight-hitter over San Francisco with another gem, matching his career best for hits allowed with his third career three-hitter and 22nd complete game. Sabathia has won all four starts since the Brewers acquired the 2007 AL Cy Young winner from Cleveland. He has won seven straight decisions overall in his last nine starts, and has three shutouts this season.

Sabathia is the first Brewer to throw three complete games since Cal Eldred had four in a row in 1994.

"You feel good if you can get CC one or two (runs)," manager Ned Yost said. "Just give him a little bit of breathing room and work from there, it's a good thing."

After walking Brendan Ryan on five pitches to start the first, Sabathia retired 17 consecutive batters before Ryan's line-drive single just to the right of first baseman Prince Fielder with two outs in the sixth. Ryan Ludwick followed with an infield hit down the third-base line that Bill Hall could only knock down, but Sabathia dealt with his only bit of trouble by getting Albert Pujols on a fly out to medium center.

METS 6, PHILLIES 3

Jose Reyes' three-run homer snapped a sixth-inning tie and closer Billy Wagner got three outs for his 25th save as host New York moved into a tie for first place with Philadelphia, which got back-to-back homers from Shane Victorino and Geoff Jenkins in the second.

CUBS 10, DIAMONDBACKS 6

Reed Johnson had three hits, including a grand slam in a six-run top of the eighth, and Ted Lilly (10-6) gave up three runs and six hits in six innings and also drove in a run as Chicago routed Arizona to remain one game in front of Milwaukee in the NL Central.

BRAVES 9, MARLINS 4

Tim Hudson (11-7) allowed three hits and walked one, but departed after throwing just 68 pitches in six shutout innings, Gregor Blanco had four hits and drove in three runs, and Yunel Escobar had two doubles and three RBIs as visiting Atlanta beat Miami.

REDS 9, PADRES 5

Adam Dunn hit Cincinnati's first grand slam of the season to beat visiting San Diego and extend Greg Maddux's longest winless streak of his career to 14 games. The 43-year-old Maddux left the game with a 3-2 lead in the sixth.

ROCKIES 5, DODGERS 3

Matt Holliday drove in two runs, including one on a double that bounced off the pitcher's glove, and Jeff Baker scored twice to help Colorado beat Los Angeles and close out a seven-game homestand with a 6-1 mark.

PIRATES 8, ASTROS 7

Jason Bay hit a two-run homer, Doug Mientkiewicz drove in two runs, and starter Ian Snell had an RBI single to help Pittsburgh beat Houston to earn its first road sweep of the season and first three-game winning streak since May 6-12.

GIANTS 6, NATIONALS 4

Rich Aurilia lined a go-ahead, two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning and Omar Vizquel followed with an RBI double as San Francisco rallied past Washington to win consecutive home games for the first time since June 1-2.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TIGERS 7, ROYALS 1

Armando Galarraga carried a perfect game into the seventh inning, where he allowed a run on three singles and a walk, and Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs as Detroit completed a three-game sweep of Kansas City.

RED SOX 6, MARINERS 3

Mike Lowell hit a two-run single off Sean Green (2-3) in the top of the 12th inning to break the tie and Sean Casey drove in Youkilis to help Boston complete a three-game sweep at Seattle for the first time in 15 years.

WHITE SOX 10, RANGERS 8

Carlos Quentin hit two home runs, including the go-ahead, three-run shot during a five-run bottom of the eighth inning to lift Chicago, which lost manager Ozzie Guillen in the seventh to an ejection for arguing balls and strikes.

ANGELS 14, INDIANS 11

Jeff Mathis had four hits with a career-high six RBIs, including his first grand slam in the majors, Casey Kotchman had a career-best five hits, and Francisco Rodriguez got his major league-leading 42nd save as host Los Angeles held off Cleveland.

YANKEES 5, TWINS 1

Mike Mussina (13-6) scattered six hits and retired 14 of the first 17 batters he faced over eight innings, Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run double and Justin Christian drove in two runs as New York beat Minnesota for its 10th straight victory at home.

RAYS 4, ATHLETICS 3

James Shields (9-6) allowed three runs and six hits in 8 1/3 innings, Troy Percival finished for his 20th save in 22 chances, and Jonny Gomes and Ben Zobrist hit back-to-back homers in the bottom of the fifth to lead Tampa Bay past Oakland.

BLUE JAYS 2, ORIOLES 1 (SUSPENDED)

The game between visiting Toronto and Baltimore was suspended by rain with the Blue Jays leading 2-1 in the sixth inning. Play will resume today with two outs in the top of the sixth. The teams will then play the finale of the four-game series.