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AP Photo/Jeff Roberson Chicago Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki heads to first on an RBI single during the third inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, July 14, 2024, in St. Louis.
Reuters
12:07 JST, July 15, 2024
Pete Crow-Armstrong and Christopher Morel each hit two homers to power the visiting Chicago Cubs past the St. Louis Cardinals 8-3 on Sunday afternoon.
Tomas Nido and Ian Happ also homered for the Cubs, who earned a split in the four-game series. They have won six of their last eight games going into the All-Star break and eight of their last 11.
Chicago starter Jameson Taillon (7-4) allowed three runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out three and walked none.
Relievers Drew Smyly (1 1/3 innings) and Jorge Lopez (two innings) held the Cardinals scoreless the rest of the way.
Pedro Pages hit a two-run single and Alec Burleson hit a solo homer for St. Louis.
Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas (7-8) allowed six runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out two.
St. Louis, which has lost four of its last six games, took a 2-0 lead in the second. Brendan Donovan and Nolan Arenado hit singles, then Pages lined a two-out, two-run single off the left field wall.
The Cubs tied the game 2-2 in the third. Crow-Armstrong, hitting ninth, blasted just his second homer of the season to make it 2-1.
Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Jul 14, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Chicago Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki (27) hits a one run single against the St. Louis Cardinals during the third inning at Busch Stadium.
Nico Hoerner hit a double and Seiya Suzuki pushed a two-out RBI single into right field.
Donovan hit a leadoff single and stole second base in the fourth. But shortstop Dansby Swanson made a diving catch to rob Arenado of a single and derail a potential rally.
Chicago moved ahead 4-2 in the fifth on solo homers by Nido and Crow-Armstrong. The Cubs pushed their lead to 6-2 in the sixth with a leadoff single by Suzuki and Morel’s two-run blast with one out.
Burleson’s leadoff homer in the Cardinals’ half of the sixth cut Chicago’s lead to 6-3.
Happ and Morel hit back-to-back homers off Andrew Kittredge in the eighth to boost the Cubs ahead 8-3.
