Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
6
Chicago Cubs
7
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| CHC | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Luis Valbuena hit a decisive two-run homer in the seventh inning Friday, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a three-run deficit to hand the St. Louis Cardinals the fourth straight loss, 7-6.
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
L Valbuena homered to center (412 feet), A Rizzo scored.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
O Taveras singled to left center, M Ellis scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
M Holliday homered to left center (384 feet).
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
M Carpenter homered to right (393 feet).
T Wood homered to left center (408 feet).
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: in play
R Sweeney singled to left, L Valbuena scored, W Castillo to second.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
R Sweeney homered to left center (394 feet), L Valbuena and W Castillo scored.
Middle of the 9th
D Descalso popped out to shortstop.
Pitch 8: in play
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: ball 2
Pitch 4: ball 1
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
D Descalso batting
D Descalso hit for S Maness.
M Adams fouled out to third.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Adams batting
M Holliday singled to right.
Pitch 1: in play
M Holliday batting
J Peralta grounded out to third.
Pitch 1: in play
J Peralta batting
H Rondon relieved N Ramirez.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
S Castro struck out looking.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
S Castro batting
S Maness relieved S Freeman.
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STL wins series 2-1
Chris CoghlanLF7
Arismendy Alcantara2B29
Anthony Rizzo1B48
Starlin CastroSS13
Luis Valbuena3B18
Welington CastilloC20
Ryan SweeneyRF26
Nate SchierholtzRF62
Travis WoodP19
Emilio BonifacioCF27
Wesley WrightP57
Justin RuggianoPH39
Justin GrimmP46
Neil RamirezP56
John D BakerPH4
Hector RondonP28
Matt Carpenter3B13
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Matt HollidayLF7
Matt Adams1B18
Allen CraigRF11
Jon JayRF9
Mark Ellis2B3
Tony CruzC17
Joe KellyP99
Pat NeshekP93
Sam FreemanP77
Seth ManessP63
Daniel DescalsoPH33
Kolten Wong2B16
Randy ChoateP
Oscar TaverasPH18
Kevin SiegristP54
Peter BourjosCF25
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