St. Louis 4, Chi. Cubs 0
When: 4:05 PM ET, Saturday, August 17, 2013
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
73°
Umpires:
Home -
Tom Hallion, 1B -
Phil Cuzzi, 2B -
Chris Guccione, 3B -
Ron Kulpa
Attendance:
41981
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Cardinals 4, Cubs 0: Joe Kelly tossed six scoreless innings and Yadier Molina hit a two-run homer as visiting St. Louis evened the series at a game apiece.
Kelly (4-3) struck out six and limited the Cubs to four hits and three walks while winning his fourth straight decision. He has not lost in seven starts since July 6 to help the Cardinals pull within two games of first-place Pittsburgh in the National League Central.
Cubs starter Travis Wood (7-10) failed to record a quality start for only the fifth time in 25 outings this year, allowing four runs on as many hits over 5 1/3 innings.
The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on Carlos Beltran's RBI double and made it 2-0 when a mental lapse by Chicago shortstop Starlin Castro turned into a strange sacrifice fly for Matt Carpenter. After making a catch in shallow left in the fifth, Castro paid no attention to Jon Jay, who raced home from third.
Molina's two-run blast in the sixth made it 4-0 and chased Wood. Nate Schierholtz had two of the Cubs' five hits as Chicago was shut out for the fifth time in its last seven home games.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Castro was benched at the end of the half-inning following his lapse, with Cody Ransom entering the game at third base and Donnie Murphy sliding over to shortstop. … Wood dropped to 2-6 against NL Central opponents. … The Cardinals took an 8-7 lead in the season series.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| St. Louis |
|
Chi. Cubs |
|
Joe Kelly
|
Player |
Travis Wood
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
6.0 |
IP |
5.1 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
4 |
Hits |
4 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
6.75 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| St. Louis
|
5 |
1 |
12 |
.161 |
11 |
9 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Chi. Cubs
|
5 |
0 |
6 |
.161 |
18 |
11 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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