Suppan loves to pitch in St. Louis

Jeff Suppan threw seven scoreless innings in his favorite stadium, and Corey Hart hit his first homer in 27 games to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 1-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.

Suppan, the 2006 NL Championship Series most valuable player for the Cardinals, outdueled Adam Wainwright in the first of 18 matchups between teams who entered the day tied for the NL Central lead.

Suppan (3-3) is 131-126 in his career but 9-2 with a 3.02 earned-run average in 20 starts in St. Louis and 7-2 with a 2.92 ERA in 12 starts against the Cardinals.

The Brewers won for the 10th time in 12 games despite getting only one other hit against Wainwright (3-2).