Cody Bellinger continued his ferocious offensive pace with three hits, including a two-run homer, in the third inning trailing Chicago’s four. cubs held to snap St. Louis Cardinals6th straight win with 4-3 victory on Friday
Miles Mastrobuoni hits first major league home run cubs, tied the set with their third win in four games.Chicago’s Justin Steele (10-3) had 6 hits and 2 runs in 9 innings of 6 1/3 innings.
Bellinger has batted .442 (38 in 86) with six homers and 15 RBIs in his last 23 games.
St. Louis trailed 4-1 with Nolan Arenado’s 2-out, 2-run lead in the seventh inning. In the eighth inning, Chicago relievers Michael Fulmer and Mark Reiter Jr. walked the bases with one out, but Alec Burleson grounded out the inning-ending double play.
With two outs in the ninth, Arenado’s ground ball passed Chicago second baseman Christopher Morell and Advert Arzoray hit Wilson Contreras. But Tyler O’Neal flew to midfielder Bellinger. St. Louis stopped 11 runners for the day.
St. Louis pitcher Jack Flaherty (7 wins, 6 losses) threw six innings, giving up four runs in four innings and allowing eight hits, but striking out six.
Steele allowed back-to-back singles to O’Neal, Jordan Walker and Paul DeJong in the second.but cardinals Scored just 1 run on Andrew Knysner’s RBI grounder
Mastrobuoni took the lead in the bottom of the third with a groundbreaking drive to the right middle seat. Rookie Miguel Amaya followed with a single and Mike Tauchman’s double on the backside put a goal into the left field corner to make it 2-1. cubs lead
Bellinger then doubled in the second, singled in the fifth, and then clinched the run in the third with a 13th homer over the ivy-covered wall to the right.
In the seventh inning, Steele was dismissed on a one-out bunt single by Jose Fermín. Julian Merryweather came on and eventually gave Paul Goldschmidt a two-out walk. After a wild pitch by Merryweather advanced both bases, Arenado’s hit ended the game.
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