Major League Baseball
Chicago Cubs
7
St. Louis Cardinals
2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| STL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Jorge Soler hit two homers and fellow rookie Javier Baez had a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth inning off All-Star reliever Pat Neshek as the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 on Friday night.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
A Alcantara homered to center (422 feet).
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Soler homered to left (438 feet), J Baez scored.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
J Baez doubled to deep center, L Watkins and C Coghlan scored.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
J Soler homered to center (420 feet).
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
L Valbuena homered to right center (419 feet).
Pitch 4: foul
J Peralta singled to left, K Wong scored, M Holliday to second.
M Holliday singled to left, M Carpenter scored, K Wong to second.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
End of the 9th
K Wong struck out looking.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 4: ball 1
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
K Wong batting
M Carpenter struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Carpenter batting
D Descalso struck out swinging, D Descalso safe at first on wild pitch by J Grimm.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
J Jay to second on fielder's indifference.
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
D Descalso batting
D Descalso hit for N Greenwood.
J Jay singled to right center.
Pitch 7: in play
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Jay batting
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Matt Carpenter3B13
Kolten Wong2B16
Matt HollidayLF7
Matt Adams1B18
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Yadier MolinaC4
Oscar TaverasRF18
Jon JayCF9
Shelby MillerP77
Randal GrichukPH34
Pat NeshekP93
Nick GreenwoodP
Daniel DescalsoPH33
Chris CoghlanLF7
Javier Baez2B28
Starlin CastroSS13
Luis Valbuena3B18
Jorge SolerRF12
Welington CastilloC20
Arismendy AlcantaraCF29
Chris Valaika1B16
Kyle HendricksP28
Neil RamirezP56
Logan WatkinsPH
Pedro StropP64
Matt SzczurPH36
Justin GrimmP46
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