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 Welington Castillo recorded three doubles and two RBIs while Ryan
Sweeney added a pair of hits and knocked in a run for the Cubs, who
are 3-1 in their last four. Travis Wood (2-3) allowed three runs
(two earned), six hits, zero walks and struck out six over seven
innings before Hector Rondon pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his second
save.
Wainwright (5-2) yielded six runs on 10 hits and two walks while
striking out four over the first five innings to lose for the first
time in seven decisions at Wrigley Field. Jhonny Peralta homered and
collected three RBIs and Matt Carpenter knocked in a run and scored
twice for the Cardinals.
The Cubs ended Wainwright’s 25-inning scoreless streak in their
first at-bat as Emilio Bonifacio (two hits) singled, Luis Valbuena
followed with a double and Rizzo plated both with a single to
left-center. Carpenter’s run-scoring single and an RBI double by
Peralta both came with two out in the third to tie game at 2-2.
Sweeney knocked in one with a groundout and Castillo drilled an
opposite-field double into the right-field corner to knock in two
more for a 5-2 lead in the third. Rizzo’s solo homer just inside the
right-field foul pole in the fifth made it 6-3 before Peralta’s
two-run blast to center off Justin Grimm in the eighth pulled the
Cardinals within one.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Wainwright has allowed 10 runs in two outings against
the Cubs this season and two combined in his other five starts. …
St. Louis 1B Allen Craig was 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to
six games and is 10-for-25 in that span. … Sweeney left the game in
the eighth inning after suffering an injury to his right hamstring
while catching Craig’s fly ball in center field.
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