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The National League Central leaders dealt the
Cubs their fourth straight loss. Chicago trails St. Louis by
five games in the division and has fallen three games behind the
Washington Nationals and two games below the Milwaukee Brewers
in the wild-card race.
Ryan Helsley (2-0) picked up the win in relief as the St. Louis
bullpen turned in five scoreless innings. Carlos Martinez got
the final two outs for his 22nd save.
St. Louis won despite being outhit 9-4. Both teams squandered
offensive opportunities as the Cardinals went 1-for-11 with
runners in scoring position and the Cubs were 1-for-9.
Chicago's Kyle Schwarber led off the eighth inning with a bunt
single against Andrew Miller, but Willson Contreras grounded
into a double play.
Schwarber, Jason Heyward and Nicholas Castellanos had two hits
each for the Cubs.
St. Louis starter Michael Wacha allowed a run on five hits over
four innings. He was helped out of two jams when Chicago
grounded into double plays, including with one out and the bases
loaded in the third inning. Wacha also benefited from a
line-drive double play by Castellanos in the first after Anthony
Rizzo led off with a walk.
Starter Alec Mills tossed 4 2/3 shutout innings for the Cubs,
allowing two hits and striking out six.
The Cubs took a 1-0 lead in the second when Schwarber doubled,
advanced to third on a groundout and scored on second baseman
Tommy Edman's one-out error off a David Bote grounder.
The Cardinals took a 2-1 lead in the sixth.
Paul Goldschmidt and Marcell Ozuna drew walks against reliever
David Phelps (2-1), and Steve Cishek came on to face Matt
Carpenter. Carpenter walked to load the bases and Molina
followed with a single to center, scoring Goldschmidt and Ozuna.
--Field Level Media
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