Gross scored the winning run in Milwaukee's wild 9-8 win over St. Louis at Miller Park and then was promptly traded just minutes after the game to the Rays for Minor Leaguer Josh Butler.

Gross walked with one out in the 12th inning against Cardinals reliever Jason Isringhausen and then stole second base with Gabe Kapler at the plate.

Kapler came through with a line-drive single into right-center field to drive home Gross, who was told after the game to pack his bags for Tampa Bay.

"[It was] some day," Gross said with a shrug after the game. "I do my best not to try to figure this game out as far as trades and different things like that."

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Gross' chaotic day aside, the game lasted nearly 4 1/2 hours and featured a combined 15 pitchers and 430 total pitches.

The Brewers actually got out to an 8-3 lead in the sixth inning after scoring four runs that frame, including a three-run triple by Rickie Weeks.

But the Cardinals came back with four runs of their own in the seventh inning to get within one run.

Both starting pitchers struggled, with the Brewers' Manny Parra allowing three runs on nine hits over five innings and the Cardinals' Kyle Lohse allowing four runs on eight hits in just four innings.

The Brewers, however, went into the ninth inning with a one-run lead and closer Eric Gagne on the mound.

Milwaukee appeared ready to win the game when Albert Pujols hit into what looked like an easy double play, but Weeks threw the ball past first baseman Prince Fielder, allowing the Cardinals to score the tying run.

"He was out of [the inning], but we didn't turn a double play for him," former manager Ned Yost said. "He's facing the best hitter in the National League and got him to hit into a double play. We just didn't turn it. The game should have been over right there."

Instead, the game went into the 12th inning before Gross walked, stole second and scored on Kapler's line-drive single on a hanging curveball by Isringhausen.

"We had chances. They had chances. Nobody could get a run across the board," Isringhausen said. "And then just a lazy curveball. He slapped it to the outfield. Wasn't that hard."