St. Louis 3, Chi. Cubs 2
When: 2:15 PM ET, Sunday, September 25, 2011
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
66°
Umpires:
Home -
Adrian Johnson, 1B -
Fieldin Culbreth, 2B -
Gary Cederstrom, 3B -
Lance Barksdale
Attendance:
41469
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Rafael Furcal hit a solo homer in the eighth inning and Edwin Jackson tossed seven strong frames as the St. Louis Cardinals stayed alive in the NL wild-card race with a 3-2 victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
Yadier Molina tied it with a solo blast in the seventh, and Jackson chipped in a sacrifice fly for the Cardinals, who pulled to within one game of wild-card leader Atlanta. The Braves lost at Washington on Sunday.
After the Cubs scratched out a run in the top of the seventh to go up 2-1, Molina came up with one out in the bottom of the frame and laced a 3-1 offering on the inside corner into the Chicago bullpen off Randy Wells.
Furcal, whose error against the New York Mets on Thursday triggered a ninth-inning collapse and put the team on the brink of elimination, redeemed himself in the eighth. After taking a strike on the first pitch from Wells (7-6), Furcal jumped on the 0-1 pitch and found the seats in right for his seventh homer.
Jackson allowed two runs on five hits in seven innings, and Octavio Dotel (5-3) picked up the win in relief.
Jason Motte worked the ninth for his ninth save.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. Cubs |
|
St. Louis |
|
Randy Wells
|
Player |
Edwin Jackson |
|
Loss |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
8.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
6 |
Hits |
5 |
|
3.38 |
ERA |
2.57 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Chi. Cubs
|
5 |
0 |
6 |
.156 |
14 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| St. Louis
|
6 |
2 |
12 |
.231 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
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