Josh Hancock's jersey hangs in the bullpen before the St. Louis Cardinals played the Milwaukee Brewers. Hancock, a relief pitcher for the Cardinals, died in a car accident Sunday in St. Louis. The Cardinals played their first game since the accident in Milwaukee on Monday, losing 7-1 to the Brewers.

Milwaukee ? A day after the death of Josh Hancock, the St. Louis Cardinals tried to move on. They had a game to play.

But for Scott Spiezio, it was too much to handle. He was overcome with emotion just before the first pitch when he saw Hancock’s jersey and the black No. 32 patch the team would be wearing Monday night, and manager Tony La Russa pulled him from the starting lineup.

“I got a little caught up right before gametime,” Spiezio said. “Seeing the patch, seeing the jersey. It’s hard to escape, you know? Usually, you’ve got stuff going on and when you get to the park, you can escape it. Here, you can’t.”

With Hancock’s jersey hanging in the bullpen and the dugout, and Milwaukee fans observing a moment of silence, the Cardinals went back to work, trying to focus on the task at hand.

They lost to the Brewers, 7-1, struggling at the plate and in the field.

Kip Wells (1-5) balked in a run in the second and gave up seven runs in six innings to take the loss. Adam Kennedy was thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double in the fourth, and shortstop David Eckstein was left holding the ball with nowhere to throw as a second run crossed the plate after a triple by Milwaukee’s Kevin Mench in the sixth.

La Russa wasn’t willing to use the loss of a teammate as an excuse.

“I think the whole first month, we’ve been a little fuzzy,” La Russa said. “We just need to sharpen our focus.”

But former Cardinals pitcher and Hancock teammate Jeff Suppan (4-2) was stellar for Milwaukee, giving up only one run and eight hits in his 16th career complete game.

“I am not going to say it was easy,” Suppan said. “I don’t know how to describe it. It’s tough. I am not a Cardinal anymore, so I don’t know what it is like in that locker room.”

Pirates 3, Cubs 2

Pittsburgh – Jason Bay hit a one-out homer in the eighth, an inning after Pittsburgh had tied the game on Ronny Paulino’s double.

Bay’s homer, an opposite-field shot off Michael Wuertz (0-1) that barely reached the right-field bleachers, was his fourth of the season and his 100th with the Pirates.

Salomon Torres pitched a scoreless ninth for his eighth save in 11 opportunities.

Braves 5, Phillies 2

Atlanta – Andruw Jones hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning for Atlanta. Braves starter Tim Hudson allowed only four hits over eight innings though he didn’t get a decision.

Marlins 9, Mets 6

New York – Hanley Ramirez homered, Miguel Cabrera drove in two runs and Florida chased emergency New York starter Chan Ho Park out of the game early.

Carlos Beltran was 4-for-5 with a home run for New York, his third four-hit game this season, and Jose Reyes added three hits and two RBIs.

Nationals 3, Padres 2

San Diego – Washington’s John Patterson allowed one run in six innings to outpitch Jake Peavy and get his first win in more than a year.

Diamondbacks 9, Dodgers 1

Los Angeles – Brandon Webb allowed one run over seven innings and Chris Young hit two solo homers for Arizona in its sixth straight victory.

Webb gave up four hits and walked three after being staked to a 7-0 lead. The reigning NL Cy Young winner has allowed four earned runs in 23 innings over his last three starts.

Giants 9, Rockies 5

San Francisco – Pedro Feliz hit a three-run homer and San Francisco’s Noah Lowry beat Colorado for the first time in more than two years.

Rich Aurilia hit two doubles, drove in a run and scored twice as the Giants opened a season-long 10-game homestand by ending a three-game losing streak.

American League

Tigers 8, Orioles 4

Detroit – Gary Sheffield homered off Daniel Cabrera two innings after the Baltimore starter hit him with a pitch.

Cabrera hit Sheffield in the third inning, and the two had to be pulled apart during a bench-clearing incident in the fifth before Sheffield broke a tie with a two-run homer estimated at 408 feet. Sheffield watched the drive sail into the left-field stands from home plate before he slowly trotted around the bases.

Blue Jays 6, Rangers 1

Toronto – Roy Halladay threw a five-hitter and Aaron Hill hit a two-run homer for Toronto.

Troy Glaus and rookie Adam Lind also homered for the Blue Jays (13-12).