Willson Contreras had four hits, st louis cardinals Ended a four-game losing streak with a score of 7-5 chicago cubs sunday in london
Paul Goldschmidt hit a go-ahead RBI single in the fourth and fifth cardinals mitigator limited cubs 6 2/3 innings with only one run
St. Louis fell 9-1 Saturday and fell behind 4-0 after an inning on Sunday before igniting the bat against Chicago ace Marcus Stroman (9-5). Stroman had six runs (three earned) and eight hits, but withdrew with one out in the fourth quarter due to a blister on his pitcher.
It was in the fourth inning, cardinals Goldschmidt broke the 4-4 tie on Stroman’s run-scoring single. St. Louis took a 6-4 lead on a Lars Nutbar sacrifice fly. Nolan Gorman’s second hit made it 7-4 after former Cubs Contreras doubled in the fifth
Chicago’s four-game winning streak was halted as they took advantage of some shoddy opportunities cardinals‘ Defense gets four points in Game 1 against starter Matthew Liberatore
Nico Hoerner caught shortstop Paul DeJong’s fumble, stealing the second, and caught catcher Contreras after Gorman failed. ) moved up to third after a pitch. He scored on Dansby Swanson’s single. Trey Mancini drove open on left, scored two runs, and headed home on a Miguel Amaya double.
Liberatore didn’t earn those runs, coming in after Jack Flaherty (hip) was scratched and finished 2 1/3 innings. St. Louis rallied, however, to get lefty hitters off the hook, with Jack Woodford (2-2), Genesis Cabrera, Giovanni Gallegos, Andre Palant and Jordan Hicks stymied the Chicago hitters.
St. Louis, meanwhile, took the lead in the second after Mancini failed to catch Horner’s throw off Tommy Edman’s bouncer.
Brendan Donovan then hit a two-game winning streak.this cardinals Jordan Walker extends his streak to 15 with RBI single, tying Game 3
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