Corbin Burnes dominates on the mound while Tyrone Taylor provides the offense as the Brewers regain first place in NL Central

The Milwaukee Brewers are back in sole possession of first place in the Central Division.

Riding a terrific start from Corbin Burnes and a two-run home run by Tyrone Taylor, they shut out the St. Louis Cardinals, 2-0, Monday night at American Family Field.

The teams entered tied for first in the standings and having split their eight previous games.

Burnes did his part to get the Brewers back on top for the first time since June 9 by allowing just two hits — both by Juan Yepez — and two walks while fanning 10 for his fifth game with double-digit strikeouts on the season.

Box score:Brewers 2, Cardinals 0

The shutout, meanwhile, was Milwaukee's fifth and first since May 29 at St. Louis — a game also started by Burnes and his mound opponent on Monday, Miles Mikolas.

It was evident early that Burnes had brought his dominant stuff as he registered seven of his strikeouts through five innings while also generating six ground-ball outs, including all three outs in the third.

Yepez's double in the second stood as the lone hit for St. Louis against Burnes until Yepez singled with two outs in the seventh.

Mikolas, who lost out on a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth inning in his previous start, didn't allow a baserunner until he walked Keston Hiura with one out in the third.

Willy Adames doubled to lead off the fourth to give Milwaukee its first baserunner but he ultimately was stranded at third base.

Then in the fifth inning, Hiura singled with one out and was driven in one batter later when Taylor slugged his seventh homer of the season — and first since May 30 — out to center field.

Rowdy Tellez's leadoff double in the sixth went for naught as the Brewers failed to build on their lead.

But with the way Burnes (5-4) was pitching, it didn't matter as he closed the seventh by sandwiching consecutive strikeouts around the Yepez single to finish his night at 108 pitches.

His seven innings and two hits allowed matched season bests while his 10 strikeouts were most since May 29 at St. Louis (11).

Devin Williams pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and Josh Hader, reinstated from the paternity list earlier in the day, recorded his 20th save by throwing a scoreless ninth. 

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