Cody Bellinger singled in the sixth for a two-run lead and struck out four runs. chicago cubs Overcome four different flaws to beat visiting teams st louis cardinals Saturday 8-6
this cubs Trailing 6-5, St. Louis reliever Zach Thompson (2-3) hit base in the sixth. Bellinger then scored two runs with his right-field single.Chicago added another run in the inning on an RBI single by Seiya Suzuki and secured its second straight victory over Chicago cardinals
Suzuki and Nico Horner each had three hits, and Dansby Swanson returned from the injured list to go 2 for 4 with one RBI. Bellinger, meanwhile, is batting . 440 with six home runs and 19 RBIs in his past 24 games.
Chicago’s reliever Michael Fulmer opened the game, and St. Louis’ Lars Nootbaar hit the first pitch of the game into the left-field bleachers.Nutbal has three hits, Nolan Gorman also hits a homer cardinalswho got off to a good start in those four games but are winless after a six-game winning streak
this cubs Christopher Morell’s run-scoring single tied the game at 1-1 in the second.But in the third inning, Nutbal hit a double against Drew Smiley and Paul Goldschmidt hit a single, which eventually came home via Wilson Contreras’ sacrifice fly, giving St. Louis a 3-1 lead.
Chicago tied the game at halftime of the third quarter. St. Louis right fielder Jordan Walker couldn’t grab the inside from Hoerner, who advanced to second on Ian Happ’s single and scored on Bellinger’s single. Happ then relied on Swanson’s hit to make it 3-3.
Gorman put St. Louis back in the lead with a two-out solo homer in the fifth.this cardinals Contreras made it 5-3 after the game with an RBI double, but Contreras then retired with a strained right hip
this cubs It was tied again in the fifth after Horner and Happ each doubled up on Miles Mikolas.Horner scores on Bellinger’s grounder, Happ hits home with Suzuki’s single
Mikolas allowed 5 runs and 11 hits in five innings, but was expected to win after Nootbaar scored (2-0) on Daniel Palencia’s wild pitch in the sixth.
The game was postponed twice due to rain.
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