Chi. Cubs 6, St. Louis 3
When: 2:20 PM ET, Friday, August 2, 2024
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
77°
Umpires:
Home -
Bruce Dreckman, 1B -
Mark Wegner, 2B -
Clint Vondrak, 3B -
Jeremie Rehak
Attendance:
37613
By Field Level Media
Christian Bethancourt hit a three-run homer to power the Chicago Cubs to a 6-3 victory over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Friday afternoon.
Michael Busch also hit a home run for the Cubs, who won their third straight game, including the first two of this four-game series.
Chicago starting pitcher Javier Assad needed 97 pitches to get through four innings. The right-hander allowed one run on four hits and three walks while striking out three.
Tyson Miller (3-1) earned the victory and Hector Neris secured his 15th save.
In his Cardinals debut, starting pitcher Erick Fedde (7-5) allowed five runs on six hits in five innings. He struck out four and walked none.
St. Louis went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position while losing for the sixth time in nine games.
The Cubs took a 5-0 lead in the second inning. Singles by Nico Hoerner, Dansby Swanson and Pete Crow-Armstrong produced one run, then Bethancourt lined his three-run homer into the basket above the right field wall.
One out later, Busch blasted his solo homer.
The Cardinals cut their deficit to 5-1 in the third inning. Michael Siani and Masyn Winn hit one-out singles and Willson Contreras and Paul Goldschmidt drew two-out walks to force in a run.
Assad avoided further trouble by retiring Nolan Arenado on a flyout with the bases loaded.
The Cardinals capitalized on an erratic Chicago bullpen to cut the deficit to 5-3 in the eighth inning. Reliever Julian Merryweather walked leadoff hitter Alec Burleson, then he walked Arenado, Lars Nootbaar and Tommy Pham with two outs to force in a run.
Neris entered and immediately walked Brendan Donovan to score another run before Brandon Crawford struck out to end the inning.
The Cubs upped their lead to 6-3 in the home half of the eighth when Seiya Suzuki hit a double and scored on Kyle Leahy's errant pickoff attempt.
Suzuki tripled in the first inning and was Chicago's only batter with multiple hits. Winn hit a pair of singles for St. Louis.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| St. Louis |
|
Chi. Cubs |
|
Erick Fedde
|
Player |
Javier Assad
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
5.0 |
IP |
4.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
6 |
Hits |
4 |
|
9.00 |
ERA |
2.25 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| St. Louis
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
.133 |
17 |
8 |
3 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
| Chi. Cubs
|
8 |
2 |
17 |
.250 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
For more information, contact us