Cardinals 5-4 Cubs (July 13, 2024) Game Recap

scheduled tribe. LOUIS — Nolan Arenado hit a two-run single in the eighth inning, Mysin Winn and Willson Contreras homered and the St. Louis Cardinals completed a doubleheader sweep by beating the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Saturday night.

St. Louis won the first game 11–3, as Alec Burleson hit a three-run homer to score nine runs in the first inning and Lance Lynn (5–4) pitched six solid innings.

“Going into this break, we want to win this series and get some WS,” Winn said. “So, to do that against an opponent, two games in one day, is a lot of fun.”

John King, Andrew Kittredge and JoJo Romero (4-1) combined to pitch four scoreless innings of relief in the second game before Ryan Helsley pitched a scoreless ninth for his major league-leading 32nd save in 34 chances.

Cardinals starter Kyle Gibson allowed four runs on 10 hits and threw 98 pitches over four innings in the nightcap.

“I can’t say enough about the bullpen,” Gibson said. “What a great job they did throwing five zeroes, really giving the offense one opportunity after another. And then Arenado comes up with a big hit. These are the team wins that you see in September and October that build you as a team and get you to where you want to be.

Contreras walked and Paul Goldschmidt hit a ground-rule double over the left field wall to start the eighth inning. Porter Hodge (0-1) struck out Brendan Donovan and then singled to Arenado to give St. Louis the lead.

“It felt great,” Arenado said. “Just for the boys to step up and help us win. I feel like I didn’t do that much in this first part, so it felt great. That pitcher has a good arm. I was just happy to get the pitch over the plate and hit it hard.”

Michael Bush gave up three hits, and Miguel Amaya homered for the Cubs in the nightcap.

Cubs Game 2 starter Xavier Assad allowed three runs on seven hits in 2 1/3 innings. Assad was removed from the injured list prior to the games and served as the Cubs’ 27th man.

“I felt good there,” Assad said through an interpreter. “I felt healthy. I just threw some pitches that I didn’t necessarily execute well, and that’s where they were able to get those hits.

Amaya started the Cubs’ two-out, four-run rally in the second inning by hitting his third homer of the season to tie the game at 2-all. Nico Horner and Seiya Suzuki also added RBI singles as the Cubs batted around.

Cubs manager Craig Counsell said, “We did a good job of putting a lot of traffic against Gibson.” “I think the fourth innings will be the innings that you will look back on and say we gave up at least one run out there.”

The Cubs had the bases loaded with one out in the third inning, but Christopher Morrell grounded into a double play to end the inning.

Winn hit his fifth homer of the season and first career leadoff home run, and Contreras hit his 10th homer of the season to give St. Louis a 2–0 lead in the first.

Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol was ejected by home plate umpire David Arrieta in the bottom of the sixth inning for arguing from the dugout about Arenado’s first two pitches, which were called strikes.

Suzuki and Patrick Wisdom homered in the opener for the Cubs, who have won five in a row. Hayden Wesneski (3-6) gave up 11 runs — four earned — on 10 hits in four innings.

The nine runs scored in the first inning of the opener were the most in an inning for the Cardinals since Counsell scored 10 in the eighth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers on May 15, 2023.

Rooster moves

Cubs: Recalled RHP Daniel Palencia from Triple-A Iowa after pitching two scoreless innings in Game 1 and optioned RHP Ethan Roberts to Iowa.

Cardinals: Recalled RHP Kyle Leahy from Triple-A Memphis to serve as the 27th man in Saturday’s doubleheader.

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Cubs: Placed LHP Luke Little (left shoulder strain) on the 15-day injured list before the doubleheader.

Cardinals: CF Michael Siani exited Game 1 due to a left elbow injury in the bottom of the third inning and did not start Game 2, but entered the game in the ninth inning as a defensive replacement. … RHP Riley O’Brien (right forearm flexor strain) is scheduled to conduct a 20-25 pitch live batting practice session with Double-A Springfield.

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Cubs RHP Jameson Tallon (6-4, 2.99 ERA) will oppose Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (7-7, 4.88 ERA) on Sunday.

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