Lars Nutbar, Brendon Donovan, Alec Burnson and Nolan Gord Gordeman killed two-run homer as St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago cub 8–2 on Monday evening.
Wilson Contraras scored a run for 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run for cardinals, winning the sixth time in his last seven matches within the 3 1/2 game of the National League Central-Leiding Cub.
St. Louis gave two runs to Pitcher Matthew Libertor (5-6) on six hits in seven innings. He got out of five and one went away.
Pete Crow-Arcestong scored two runs and Carson Kelly scored 2-for-3 with RBI for the cub, which lost for the fourth time in his last five matches.
The pitcher Ben Brown (4-6) scored eight runs on nine hits and two runs with three strikes in a five-flour innings.
Libertor retired 12 out of the first 13 batsmen, which he faced with Kelly’s second inning single the loan Blamish.
Cardinals took a 2–0 lead in the fourth innings, when Contraras hit two-out doubles and Natbar chased with his homer.
The cub cut the deficit 2–1 in the fifth innings. Crow-Armestrong led a double and scored on Kelly’s single. Nico Hornar hit a single, the runner proceeded on a groundout.
Matt Shaw went to load the locations, but Libertor stopped further troubles by transporting the Ian Hap to the ground in an inning-ending double play.
St. Louis increased its lead 6–1 in the fifth innings. Pedro went with page one and Donovan chased with two-out Homer.
After Masin Winn walking, Berlson launched his homer in the right ground. Contrarasas expanded brown in the innings with single before Nutbar’s inning-ending groundout.
Nolan Arenado led the sixth innings with a single and Gordman chased it to make it 8–1 and Chase Brown with his two-run shot.
The cub replied with another run in the seventh innings. Crow-Armestrong doubled to lead the innings, reached third place on the Horner’s account single and scored on Justin Turner’s sacrifice fly.
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