St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs
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Cubs beat the Cardinals 6-4, scoring 4 runs in the sixth to avoid a series sweep
Alex Bregman doubled in a run, pinch-hitter Pedro Ramirez had an RBI and the Cubs posted two unearned runs to win for the 10th time in their last 13 games.
St. Louis' Jordan Walker hit his 20th homer, a three-run shot in the sixth, then drove in a fourth run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth to boost his RBI total to 67, tied for most in the majors. Rookie JJ Wetherholt and Alec Burleson each had two hits.
After Walker's drive to deep left put St. Louis ahead 3-2, Chicago took advantage of two Cardinals errors in the bottom of the sixth.
Hoerner tied it 3-all with an RBI single off Matthew Liberatore (4-6). Michael Busch scored to make it 4-3 when third baseman José Fermin threw Dansby Swanson’s double-play grounder wide of second and into right field.
Hoerner scored from third on Ramirez’s sacrifice fly to Walker in right. Swanson came home from second to make it 6-3 when Walker’s throw to third skipped wide of the bag.
Drew Pomeranz (1-3) pitched an inning of relief for his first win with the Cubs since rejoining them Friday. Jacob Webb tossed the final two innings for his third save.
Cubs started Javier Assad allowed no runs in 4 2/3 innings, yielding two singles while walking two and striking out two.
Liberatore allowed four earned runs on four hits in five-plus innings, and was nursing a 2-0 lead entering the sixth when Matt Svanson relieved. Liberatore walked two, hit three batters and struck out two.
The Cubs jumped ahead 2-0 in the first, scoring on Bregman’s double and Hoerner’s sacrifice fly.
Cubs: LHP Matthew Boyd (3-1, 5.08) starts Tuesday at Baltimore against Orioles RHP Shane Baz (4-8, 4.19).
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Velázquez lined out to shortstop. |
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9th Inning | Winn to second on fielder's indifference. |
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9th Inning | Fermín struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Church fouled out to catcher. |
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9th Inning | Winn walked. |
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8th Inning | Crow-Armstrong struck out swinging. |
Statistics
 STL |
 CHC |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 4 |
| 13 | Ground Balls | 6 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 7 |
| 4 | Runs Batted In | 4 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 7 | Hits | 7 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 2 |
| 3 | Walks | 2 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 4 | Runs | 6 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Flies | 2 |
| 32 | At Bats | 29 |
| 1 | Home Runs | 0 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 9 | Runners Left On Base | 15 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 1 |
| 15 | Fly Balls | 18 |
| 1 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 149 | Pitches | 132 |
| 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 |
| 10 | Total Bases | 8 |
| 36 | Plate Appearances | 37 |
| 162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 0.0 |
| 1 | Extra Base Hits | 1 |
| 2.7 | Runs Created | 3.8 |
| .219 | Batting Average | .241 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .313 | Slugging Percentage | .276 |
| .156 | Secondary Average | .172 |
| .278 | On Base Percentage | .351 |
| .590 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .627 |
| 0.9 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.3 |
| 2.7 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 4.1 |
| 26.0 | Batter Rating | 31.0 |
| 32.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 0.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 4.14 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.57 |
| .094 | Isolated Power | .034 |
| 0.60 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.29 |
| .083 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .054 |
| -.063 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.069 |
| 8.0 | Runs Produced | 10.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 0.7 |
| 0.4 | Patience Ratio | 0.4 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 77.3 | MLB Rating | 79.3 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 38,322 | Capacity:
2026 National League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
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| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/mil.png" class="logo-micro">Milwaukee | 59 | 34 | .634 | - | W1 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/chc.png" class="logo-micro">Chicago | 52 | 42 | .553 | 7.5 | L2 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/stl.png" class="logo-micro">St. Louis | 49 | 44 | .527 | 10 | W1 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/pit.png" class="logo-micro">Pittsburgh | 47 | 47 | .500 | 12.5 | L2 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/cin.png" class="logo-micro">Cincinnati | 43 | 50 | .462 | 16 | W1 |