Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
5
Chicago Cubs
4
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Yadier Molina drove in two runs with a two-out single in the ninth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals snapped out of an offensive funk with a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday night.
L Valbuena doubled to deep left center, E Bonifacio scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Y Molina singled to center, R Grichuk and M Ellis scored, M Carpenter to third.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
L Valbuena scored, A Rizzo to second on wild pitch by C Martinez.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 5: foul
J Hammel singled to right, R Kalish and J Baker scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: foul
End of the 9th
A Rizzo grounded out to first.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
A Rizzo batting
L Valbuena doubled to deep left center, E Bonifacio scored.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
E Bonifacio to second on fielder's indifference.
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
L Valbuena batting
E Bonifacio walked.
Pitch 5: ball 4
Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 3: ball 3
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
E Bonifacio batting
W Castillo grounded out to third.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
W Castillo batting
W Castillo hit for W Wright.
D Barney struck out looking.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
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CHC win series 2-1
Emilio BonifacioCF27
Luis Valbuena3B18
Anthony Rizzo1B48
Starlin CastroSS13
Nate SchierholtzRF62
Ryan KalishLF51
John D BakerC4
Darwin Barney2B20
Jason HammelP39
Junior LakeLF48
Carlos Manuel VillanuevaP91
Chris CoghlanPH7
Justin GrimmP46
Hector RondonP28
Wesley WrightP57
Welington CastilloPH20
Matt Carpenter3B13
Yadier MolinaC4
Matt HollidayLF7
Matt Adams1B18
Allen CraigRF11
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Randal GrichukRF34
Mark Ellis2B3
Lance LynnP31
Kevin SiegristP54
Trevor RosenthalP40
Jon JayPH9
Carlos MartinezP18
Peter BourjosCF25
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