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Mikolas remains undefeated as Cardinals beat Cubs 3-2

ST. LOUIS (AP) Miles Mikolas joked that he might need to show only his left side during postgame interviews, all because he thought he found a gray hair on the right side of his beard.

Whatever the cause of the stray gray for the 29-year-old St. Louis Cardinals starter, stress likely isn't a possible culprit this these days.

Mikolas continued his early season dominance of the National League Central on Friday night, throwing seven shutout innings in the Cardinals' 3-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.

After three seasons in Japan, Mikolas (4-0) has looked little like the former Texas Rangers starter who struggled with a 6.44 ERA in his last big-league go-around in 2014. The right-hander didn't walk a batter for a third straight game on Friday, and he's now allowed only two walks in 40 innings this season.

''I think the first time seeing guys, you might be able to catch them off guard a little bit,'' Mikolas said. ''I'll ride that out as long as I can.''

Mikolas' ERA fell to 2.70 as he allowed seven hits in his sixth start after signing a two-year, $15.5-million contract with the Cardinals during the offseason. Each of his starts has come against Central teams, and he's allowed two or fewer runs in four straight games - throwing seven innings in each.

The win was the third straight for the Cardinals, their second in three games this season against a Chicago team they lost 14 of 19 games against a year ago. The Cubs, meanwhile, have now lost three games in a row for the first time this season.

Tommy Pham provided the scoring for St. Louis with a three-run home run off Chicago starter Jose Quintana (3-2) in the second inning. All three of the runs were unearned after an error by Cubs shortstop Javier Baez, his eighth error of the season and third in his last five games.

''(Baez's) defense speaks for itself. That's the part that's unusual for us to see, him making those kind of mistakes,'' Chicago manager Joe Maddon said. ''I do think this is an anomaly moment. He's one of the best defenders in baseball.''

Bud Norris earned his seventh save in seven chances for the Cardinals, doing so despite allowing three hits and two runs in the ninth inning.

Prior to scoring its late runs, Chicago's best chance came in the fifth inning when pinch-hitter Ian Happ doubled to give the Cubs runners at second and third with one out.

Mikolas, however, followed by striking out Ben Zobirst and forcing Kris Bryant to ground out to end the inning - leading to a first pump and yell from the right-hander as he walked off the mound.

''He's just making good pitches,'' Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. ''He's been real impressive.''

WAINWRIGHT'S RETURN

St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright threw a bullpen session on Friday, and Cardinals General Manager Michael Girsch said he would meet with the right-hander on Saturday to decide his next step in returning from elbow inflammation. Wainwright has been on the disabled list since April 20th, and Girsch said it's possible the 36-year-old will need a rehab start before returning to the Cardinals' rotation. Wainwright is 1-2 with a 3.45 ERA in three starts this season.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Cubs: Addison Russell sat out for the second time in six games for Chicago, with Baez starting at shortstop instead. Maddon said the day off for Russell wasn't injury related.

Cardinals: Girsch said reliever Brett Cecil is expected to have one more outing in extended spring training and could possibly start a rehab assignment next week. Cecil has been out since injuring his left shoulder on opening day.

UP NEXT

Cubs: After his best performance with Chicago, RHP Tyler Chatwood starts for the Cubs in the second game of the weekend series on Saturday. Chatwood threw seven scoreless innings in a win over Milwaukee last weekend, and he's 2-3 with a 2.83 ERA in his first season after leaving Colorado to sign with Chicago.

Cardinals: RHP Luke Weaver has allowed four of more runs in each of his last three starts. He will try to improve on his 2-2 record and 5.17 ERA.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cubs CHC16-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	10	1
Cardinals STL18-12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	9	2

Busch StadiumSt. Louis, MO

W: M. Mikolas (4-0)L: J. Quintana (3-2)S: B. Norris (7)

CHCCubs

STLCardinals

.M. MikolasMiles Mikolas
P
7.0 IP, 4 SO, 95 P
.T. PhamTommy Pham
CF
1-4, R, 3 RBI, HR, SO

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
B. Zobrist 2B	5	0	1	1	0	1	4	.283	.368	.400	.768	1.5
K. Bryant 3B	5	0	1	0	0	1	4	.283	.417	.511	.928	1.5
A. Rizzo 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.174	.268	.279	.547	1.0
W. Contreras C	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.247	.342	.392	.734	-0.5
K. Schwarber LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.259	.364	.565	.928	0.0
A. Almora CF	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	.286	.333	.405	.738	2.5
J. Heyward RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.218	.310	.345	.655	0.0
J. Baez SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.287	.336	.620	.957	3.0
J. Quintana P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5
a- I. Happ PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.243	.291	.405	.697	2.0
S. Cishek P	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	.500	.500	.500	.000	-
b- V. Caratini PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.357	.690	1.0
J. Wilson P	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-
B. Duensing P	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-
c- T. La Stella PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.282	.333	.333	.667	2.0

HITTERS	AB
B. Zobrist 2B	5
K. Bryant 3B	5
A. Rizzo 1B	4
W. Contreras C	4
K. Schwarber LF	4
A. Almora CF	4
J. Heyward RF	4
J. Baez SS	4
J. Quintana P	1
a- I. Happ PH	1
S. Cishek P	0
b- V. Caratini PH	1
J. Wilson P	0
B. Duensing P	0
c- T. La Stella PH	1

a-doubled for Quintana in the 5th
b-singled for Cishek in the 7th
c-singled for Duensing in the 9th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
T. Pham CF	4	1	1	3	1	0	1	1	.327	.441	.541	.981	7.5
M. Carpenter 2B-1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	.161	.316	.312	.628	0.0
J. Martinez 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.366	.459	.825	2.0
K. Wong 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.298	.278	.575	0.0
M. Ozuna LF	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.263	.285	.347	.632	4.0
Y. Molina C	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	.279	.293	.468	.762	0.5
D. Fowler RF	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	.167	.281	.314	.595	2.5
J. Gyorko 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	4	.385	.514	.654	1.168	2.5
P. DeJong SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.255	.317	.500	.817	1.0
M. Mikolas P	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.077	.200	.308	.508	-0.5
T. Lyons P	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-
D. Leone P	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-
L. Gregerson P	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-
a- H. Bader PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.333	.733	0.0
B. Norris P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0

HITTERS	AB
T. Pham CF	4
M. Carpenter 2B-1B	3
J. Martinez 1B	4
K. Wong 2B	0
M. Ozuna LF	3
Y. Molina C	4
D. Fowler RF	2
J. Gyorko 3B	4
P. DeJong SS	3
M. Mikolas P	3
T. Lyons P	0
D. Leone P	0
L. Gregerson P	0
a- H. Bader PH	1
B. Norris P	0

a-grounded out for Gregerson in the 8th

2B - K. Bryant (8), I. Happ (3)
RBI - B. Zobrist (8), T. La Stella (10)

HR - T. Pham (5)
RBI - T. Pham 3 (14)
2-Out RBI - T. Pham 3 (5)

Outfield Assist - K. Schwarber
E - J. Baez (8)

E - P. DeJong (3), J. Martinez (4)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Quintana (L, 3-2)	4.0	5	3	4	4	1	4.99	1.53	0.0
S. Cishek	2.0	1	0	1	1	0	2.35	1.37	4.5
J. Wilson	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	4.50	1.75	2.0
B. Duensing	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.10	2.0

PITCHERS	IP
J. Quintana (L, 3-2)	4.0
S. Cishek	2.0
J. Wilson	1.0
B. Duensing	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Mikolas (W, 4-0)	7.0	7	0	0	4	2.70	0.98	26.0
T. Lyons (H, 7)	0.1	0	0	0	0	5.79	1.71	0.0
D. Leone	0.0	0	0	0	0	4.15	1.38	0.0
L. Gregerson (H, 2)	0.2	0	0	0	1	6.75	1.31	0.5
B. Norris (S, 7)	1.0	3	2	2	0	2.70	1.02	5.0

PITCHERS	IP
M. Mikolas (W, 4-0)	7.0
T. Lyons (H, 7)	0.1
D. Leone	0.0
L. Gregerson (H, 2)	0.2
B. Norris (S, 7)	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - J. Quintana 88-49, S. Cishek 26-17, J. Wilson 27-19, B. Duensing 10-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Quintana 4-3, S. Cishek 2-3, B. Duensing 2-0
Batters Faced - J. Quintana 20, S. Cishek 8, J. Wilson 5, B. Duensing 3

Pitches-Strikes - M. Mikolas 95-67, T. Lyons 2-2, L. Gregerson 10-5, B. Norris 16-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - M. Mikolas 12-6, L. Gregerson 1-0, B. Norris 2-1
Batters Faced - M. Mikolas 29, T. Lyons, L. Gregerson 2, B. Norris 6

.M. MikolasMiles Mikolas
P
7.0 IP, 4 SO, 95 P
.T. PhamTommy Pham
CF
1-4, R, 3 RBI, HR, SO

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cubs CHC16-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	10	1
Cardinals STL18-12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	9	2

Busch StadiumSt. Louis, MO

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
B. Zobrist 2B	5	0	1	1	0	1	4	.283	.368	.400	.768	1.5
K. Bryant 3B	5	0	1	0	0	1	4	.283	.417	.511	.928	1.5
A. Rizzo 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.174	.268	.279	.547	1.0
W. Contreras C	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.247	.342	.392	.734	-0.5
K. Schwarber LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.259	.364	.565	.928	0.0
A. Almora CF	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	.286	.333	.405	.738	2.5
J. Heyward RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.218	.310	.345	.655	0.0
J. Baez SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.287	.336	.620	.957	3.0
J. Quintana P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5
a- I. Happ PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.243	.291	.405	.697	2.0
S. Cishek P	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	.500	.500	.500	.000	-
b- V. Caratini PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.357	.690	1.0
J. Wilson P	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-
B. Duensing P	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-
c- T. La Stella PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.282	.333	.333	.667	2.0
Total	38	2	10	2	0	5	20	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
B. Zobrist 2B	5
K. Bryant 3B	5
A. Rizzo 1B	4
W. Contreras C	4
K. Schwarber LF	4
A. Almora CF	4
J. Heyward RF	4
J. Baez SS	4
J. Quintana P	1
a- I. Happ PH	1
S. Cishek P	0
b- V. Caratini PH	1
J. Wilson P	0
B. Duensing P	0
c- T. La Stella PH	1
Total	38

a-doubled for Quintana in the 5th
b-singled for Cishek in the 7th
c-singled for Duensing in the 9th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
T. Pham CF	4	1	1	3	1	0	1	1	.327	.441	.541	.981	7.5
M. Carpenter 2B-1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	.161	.316	.312	.628	0.0
J. Martinez 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.366	.459	.825	2.0
K. Wong 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.298	.278	.575	0.0
M. Ozuna LF	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.263	.285	.347	.632	4.0
Y. Molina C	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	.279	.293	.468	.762	0.5
D. Fowler RF	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	.167	.281	.314	.595	2.5
J. Gyorko 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	4	.385	.514	.654	1.168	2.5
P. DeJong SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.255	.317	.500	.817	1.0
M. Mikolas P	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.077	.200	.308	.508	-0.5
T. Lyons P	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-
D. Leone P	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-
L. Gregerson P	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-
a- H. Bader PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.333	.733	0.0
B. Norris P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
Total	31	3	9	3	1	5	7	19	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
T. Pham CF	4
M. Carpenter 2B-1B	3
J. Martinez 1B	4
K. Wong 2B	0
M. Ozuna LF	3
Y. Molina C	4
D. Fowler RF	2
J. Gyorko 3B	4
P. DeJong SS	3
M. Mikolas P	3
T. Lyons P	0
D. Leone P	0
L. Gregerson P	0
a- H. Bader PH	1
B. Norris P	0
Total	31

a-grounded out for Gregerson in the 8th

2B - K. Bryant (8), I. Happ (3)
RBI - B. Zobrist (8), T. La Stella (10)

HR - T. Pham (5)
RBI - T. Pham 3 (14)
2-Out RBI - T. Pham 3 (5)

Outfield Assist - K. Schwarber
E - J. Baez (8)

E - P. DeJong (3), J. Martinez (4)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Quintana (L, 3-2)	4.0	5	3	4	4	1	4.99	1.53	0.0
S. Cishek	2.0	1	0	1	1	0	2.35	1.37	4.5
J. Wilson	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	4.50	1.75	2.0
B. Duensing	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.10	2.0
Total	8.0	9	3	5	7	1	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
J. Quintana (L, 3-2)	4.0
S. Cishek	2.0
J. Wilson	1.0
B. Duensing	1.0
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Mikolas (W, 4-0)	7.0	7	0	0	4	2.70	0.98	26.0
T. Lyons (H, 7)	0.1	0	0	0	0	5.79	1.71	0.0
D. Leone	0.0	0	0	0	0	4.15	1.38	0.0
L. Gregerson (H, 2)	0.2	0	0	0	1	6.75	1.31	0.5
B. Norris (S, 7)	1.0	3	2	2	0	2.70	1.02	5.0
Total	9.0	10	2	2	5	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
M. Mikolas (W, 4-0)	7.0
T. Lyons (H, 7)	0.1
D. Leone	0.0
L. Gregerson (H, 2)	0.2
B. Norris (S, 7)	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - J. Quintana 88-49, S. Cishek 26-17, J. Wilson 27-19, B. Duensing 10-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Quintana 4-3, S. Cishek 2-3, B. Duensing 2-0
Batters Faced - J. Quintana 20, S. Cishek 8, J. Wilson 5, B. Duensing 3

Pitches-Strikes - M. Mikolas 95-67, T. Lyons 2-2, L. Gregerson 10-5, B. Norris 16-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - M. Mikolas 12-6, L. Gregerson 1-0, B. Norris 2-1
Batters Faced - M. Mikolas 29, T. Lyons, L. Gregerson 2, B. Norris 6

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

2ND INNING
Pham homered to left, Fowler and Gyorko scored 0 3
9TH INNING
La Stella singled to center, Almora scored, Baez to third 1 3
Zobrist reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Baez scored, La Stella out at second 2 3

2ND INNING
	Pham homered to left, Fowler and Gyorko scored	0	3

9TH INNING
	La Stella singled to center, Almora scored, Baez to third	1	3
	Zobrist reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Baez scored, La Stella out at second	2	3

1ST INNING
Cubs
M. Mikolas Pitching:
B. Zobrist: Ball, Zobrist singled to right
K. Bryant: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Strike swinging, Bryant struck out swinging
A. Rizzo: Foul, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Rizzo reached on fielder's choice to first, Rizzo to second, Zobrist out at second on shortstop DeJong fielding error
W. Contreras: Strike looking, Ball, Contreras grounded out to pitcher
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error)
Cardinals
J. Quintana Pitching:
T. Pham: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Pham grounded out to third
M. Carpenter: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Carpenter walked
J. Martinez: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Pickoff attempt, Martinez singled to right center, Carpenter to second
M. Ozuna: Ball, Strike looking, Ozuna singled to left, Carpenter out at home, Martinez to second
Y. Molina: Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Molina struck out swinging
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Cubs
M. Mikolas Pitching:
K. Schwarber: Schwarber lined out to left
A. Almora: Strike swinging, Foul, Almora singled to right
J. Heyward: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Heyward reached on fielder's choice to third, Almora out at second
J. Baez: Strike swinging, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Baez lined out to left
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Cardinals
J. Quintana Pitching:
D. Fowler: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Fowler safe at first on shortstop Baez fielding error
J. Gyorko: Strike swinging, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Gyorko reached on an infield single to shortstop, Fowler to second
P. DeJong: Strike looking, DeJong lined out to right
M. Mikolas: Foul, Strike looking, Foul tip, Mikolas struck out on foul tip
T. Pham: Ball, Ball, Pham homered to left, Fowler and Gyorko scored
M. Carpenter: Strike (foul tip), Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Carpenter struck out swinging
End of the 2nd (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error)
3RD INNING
Cubs
M. Mikolas Pitching:
J. Quintana: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Quintana struck out looking
B. Zobrist: Zobrist grounded out to second
K. Bryant: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Bryant lined out to third
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Cardinals
J. Quintana Pitching:
J. Martinez: Strike looking, Ball, Martinez singled to right
M. Ozuna: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ozuna walked, Martinez to second
Y. Molina: Foul, Foul, Molina grounded into double play third to second to first, Martinez to third, Ozuna out at second
D. Fowler: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Fowler walked
J. Gyorko: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Gyorko struck out swinging
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Cubs
M. Mikolas Pitching:
A. Rizzo: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Rizzo grounded out to shortstop
W. Contreras: Strike looking, Contreras grounded out to second
K. Schwarber: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Schwarber safe at first on 1st baseman Martinez fielding error
A. Almora: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Almora grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Schwarber out at second
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error)
Cardinals
J. Quintana Pitching:
P. DeJong: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, DeJong walked
M. Mikolas: Ball, Mikolas lined out to right
T. Pham: Foul, Foul, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Pham lined out to center
M. Carpenter: Pickoff attempt, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Ball, Carpenter grounded out to first
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Cubs
M. Mikolas Pitching:
J. Heyward: Strike looking, Heyward grounded out to first
J. Baez: Baez singled to right center
Ian Happ hit for Jose Quintana
I. Happ: Pickoff attempt, Strike looking, Happ doubled to deep right, Baez to third
B. Zobrist: Foul, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Zobrist struck out looking
K. Bryant: Bryant grounded out to third
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Cardinals
Steve Cishek pitching
J. Martinez: Ball, Ball, Martinez lined out to right
M. Ozuna: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ozuna singled to right
Y. Molina: Strike looking, Molina lined out to left
D. Fowler: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Fowler walked, Ozuna to second
J. Gyorko: Gyorko grounded out to first
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Cubs
M. Mikolas Pitching:
A. Rizzo: Rizzo reached on an infield single to second
W. Contreras: Foul, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Contreras popped out to second
K. Schwarber: Schwarber flied out to center
A. Almora: Strike swinging, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Strike swinging, Almora struck out swinging
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Cardinals
S. Cishek Pitching:
P. DeJong: Strike looking, DeJong lined out to right
M. Mikolas: Mikolas grounded out to pitcher
T. Pham: Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Pham struck out swinging
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Cubs
M. Mikolas Pitching:
J. Heyward: Strike looking, Heyward grounded out to second
J. Baez: Strike looking, Ball, Baez grounded out to first
Victor Caratini hit for Steve Cishek
V. Caratini: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Caratini singled to center
B. Zobrist: Ball, Zobrist lined out to left
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Cardinals
Justin Wilson pitching
M. Carpenter: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Carpenter struck out looking
J. Martinez: Foul, Martinez lined out to center
M. Ozuna: Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ozuna singled to left
Y. Molina: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Molina singled to center, Ozuna to third
D. Fowler: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Fowler struck out swinging
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Cubs
Kolten Wong at second
K. Bryant: Strike looking, Strike looking, Bryant doubled to deep right
Tyler Lyons relieved Miles Mikolas
A. Rizzo: Strike looking, Rizzo flied out to right
Dominic Leone relieved Tyler Lyons
Luke Gregerson relieved Dominic Leone
W. Contreras: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Contreras struck out swinging
K. Schwarber: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Schwarber grounded out to first
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Cardinals
Brian Duensing relieved Justin Wilson
J. Gyorko: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Ball, Gyorko singled to center
P. DeJong: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, DeJong grounded into double play pitcher to second to first, Gyorko out at second
Harrison Bader hit for Luke Gregerson
H. Bader: Bader grounded out to third
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Cubs
Bud Norris pitching
A. Almora: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Almora singled to right
J. Heyward: Heyward lined out to left
J. Baez: Foul, Baez singled to left, Almora to second
Tommy La Stella hit for Brian Duensing
T. La Stella: Strike looking, Ball, La Stella singled to center, Almora scored, Baez to third
B. Zobrist: Ball, Strike swinging, Zobrist reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Baez scored, La Stella out at second
K. Bryant: Strike swinging, Foul, Bryant grounded into fielder's choice to third, Zobrist out at second
Middle of the 9th (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)