Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals

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Chicago Cubs

56-77, 28-39 Away

Final
4 - 8

St. Louis Cardinals

78-55, 44-22 Home

Paul Goldschmidt hits 34th homer as Cardinals beat Cubs 8-4

Tommy Edman and Tyler O’Neill also went deep for NL Central-leading St. Louis, which improved to 27-8 in its last 35 games. Yadier Molina had two hits and three RBI, and Adam Wainwright (10-9) pitched five innings of four-run ball for the win.

Goldschmidt's two-run homer off Drew Smyly (5-8) in the first lifted the All-Star slugger to an NL-best 107 RBI. He also tops the NL with a .331 batting average and trails Philadelphia's Kyle Schwarber for the NL lead in homers by two.

With the win, the Cardinals have won their last seven series and are 10-1-1 in their last 12 series.

In his first start since turning 41 on Aug. 30, Wainwright allowed nine hits, struck out two and walked two.

St. Louis turned four double plays in the victory.

Franmil Reyes and Rafael Ortega each had two hits and two RBI for Chicago, which has dropped six of seven. Smyly was tagged for seven runs and five hits in 2 1/3 innings.

Reyes singled in Seiya Suzuki and Ortega added a two-run single as the Cubs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first. But O’Neill walked ahead of Goldschmidt’s drive to right in the bottom half.

Goldschmidt has seven homers and 16 RBI against the Cubs this season. He is one shy of the team record of eight homers against Chicago held by Matt Carpenter (2018), Jim Edmonds (2004), Albert Pujols (2004), Stan Musial (1950) and Rogers Hornsby (1925).

St. Louis went ahead to stay with six runs in the third.

Edman led off with a drive to right-center, and O’Neill followed with a shot to left. It was the 13th homer for each hitter. Molina added a three-run double to right off Jeremiah Estrada.

A PAIR BEYOND COMPARE

Wainwright, who is the fourth-oldest active MLB player, and Molina made their 323rd career start as batterymates. It’s the second-most all-time in MLB history (since 1901), trailing the Detroit Tigers’ duo of Mickey Lolich and Bill Freehan (324) from 1963-75.

SATURDAY IN THE PARK

St. Louis improved to 17-6 on Saturdays this season, including 9-3 at home. Saturday is its most successful day of the week.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cubs: C Willson Contreras (left ankle soreness) remains out of the lineup. ... INF Patrick Wisdom (left ring finger sprain) has did some hitting in the batting cage for the first time. ... RHP Keegan Thompson (low back tightness) has thrown a bullpen session for the first time since he was hurt in an Aug. 19 start.

Cardinals: LHP Steven Matz (torn left knee MCL) is going to begin a rehab assignment. Before the game, Matz did some fielding work and emerged with no side effects.

Cubs: RHP Marcus Stroman (3-6, 3.98 ERA) will make his seventh career start (fourth this season) against St. Louis. He is 1/3 with a 6.06 ERA lifetime against the Cardinals, including an 0-2 record with a 9.77 ERA in three starts in 2022.

Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (10-10, 3.48 ERA) has held the Cubs to one run or less in five of seven career starts against Chicago at Busch Stadium. St. Louis is 3-1 in his starts against the Cubs this season.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Madrigal popped out to first.
	9th Inning	McKinstry flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Bote struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Gallegos relieved Romero
	9th Inning	Bote hit for Rivas
	8th Inning	Goldschmidt grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

CHC		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
17	Ground Balls	8
4	Strikeouts	8
4	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	3
3	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	8
4	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
125	Pitches	162
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	20
37	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
3.7	Runs Created	8.5
.303	Batting Average	.290
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.645
.182	Secondary Average	.677
.378	On Base Percentage	.410
.742	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.055
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
3.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.6
31.0	Batter Rating	57.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	10.3
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.38	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.15
.061	Isolated Power	.355
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.88
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.179
-.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.387
8.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
83.5	MLB Rating	99.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0