MILWAUKEE -- Craig Counsell hit a bases-loaded single in the ninth inning, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers over St. Louis 2-1 Friday night and sending the Cardinals to their first road loss this season.

Pinch-hitter Brady Clark, who had been 0-for-7 in Thursday's 15-inning loss to Arizona, walked with one out in the ninth against Steve Kline (0-1).

Gary Bennett hit into a forceout and advanced on a single by Wes Helms, who was hitting for Brooks Kieschnick (1-0).

Trent Durrington ran for Bennett and Kline advanced the runners with a wild pitch before Scott Posednik walked. Counsell then singled up the middle on a 2-1 pitch.

The Cardinals' 6-0 road start was their best since winning 12 straight road games at the start of the 1941 season.

Kieschnick, who hit a tying two-run homer in the ninth Thursday, pitched 2 2-3 hitless innings in relief of Matt Kinney, completing a six-hitter.

Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter, who missed last season while recovering from right shoulder surgery, didn't allow a runner to get past second after Posednik scored on an RBI double by Junior Spivey in the first. Carpenter struck out five in six innings, giving up five hits.

Kinney got his second no-decision against the Cardinals this season. He had his longest outing since last Aug. 25, when he went seven innings in a 10-6 victory at Cincinnati.

The Brewers were counting on him going deep following the 11-9 extra-inning loss to Arizona.

St. Louis, which had a league-leading ,299 average coming in, tied the score in the third on Marlon Anderson's sacrifice fly.

Noteworthyn The previous time Carpenter faced the Brewers was July 29, 1997, while with Toronto. His single in the third was the third of his career and first in the NL.

Brewers shortstop Bill Hall took four stitches in his right leg after getting spiked during Thursday's game.

Tony Womack, who missed the Cardinals' previous two games with a triceps strain, pinch hit in the sixth.

The Brewers recalled RHP Chris Saenz from Double-A Huntsville and placed LHP Chris Capuano on the 15-day DL.