Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
4
Chicago Cubs
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| CHC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Jorge Soler and Kris Bryant hit back-to-back homers to start the fifth inning, and the Chicago Cubs bullpen pitched 6⅓ innings and held off a late rally to beat Michael Wacha and St. Louis.
| Date | Opp | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/30/26 | @ San Diego Padres | L 1-4 | MLB |
| 9/29/26 | @ San Diego Padres | L 0-8 | MLB |
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Molina hit sacrifice fly to right, Pham scored.
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Carpenter homered to right (379 feet), G. Garcia scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
La Stella singled to shallow right center, Denorfia scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Bryant homered to left (399 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Soler homered to left (406 feet).
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Middle of the 9th
Piscotty grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Heyward out at second.
Pitch 1: in play
Piscotty batting
Molina hit sacrifice fly to right, Pham scored.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Molina batting
Peralta struck out looking.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
Peralta batting
Strop relieved Rosscup.
Heyward singled to right center, Pham to third.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
Heyward batting
Pham singled to shallow left.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
Pham batting
Carpenter homered to right (379 feet), G. Garcia scored.
Showing the last 40 of 658 events.
CHC win series 2-1
Austin JacksonRF16
Jorge SolerRF12
Kris Bryant3B23
Anthony Rizzo1B48
Starlin Castro2B13
Javier Baez2B28
Chris DenorfiaLF38
David RossC3
Travis WoodP19
Dexter FowlerCF25
Fernando RodneyP56
Hector RondonP28
Zac RosscupP58
Pedro StropP64
Trevor CahillP35
Tommy La StellaPH4
Clayton RichardP2
Justin GrimmP46
Addison RussellSS27
Matt Carpenter3B13
Tommy PhamCF28
Jason HeywardRF22
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Yadier MolinaC4
Stephen PiscottyLF26
Kolten Wong2B16
Mark Reynolds1B12
Michael WachaP52
Matt Adams1B18
Jonathan BroxtonP30
Randal GrichukPH34
Kevin SiegristP54
Carlos Manuel VillanuevaP91
Greg GarciaPH4
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