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 Cubs right-hander Dan Haren gave up three runs in 4-1/3 innings,
while St Louis starter Lance Lynn allowed three runs and six walks
in 3-1/3 innings of the game that included players from both sides
being hit by pitches.
Both teams were warned after Cubs starter Dan Haren hit pinch hitter
Matt Holliday in the helmet with a pitch in the fifth inning that
Haren said was an accident.
Reliever Matt Belisle then hit Cubs Anthony Rizzo with a pitch in
the seventh inning, prompting the first baseman to walk toward the
mound. Rizzo had also been hit earlier in the fourth inning by Tyler
Lyons.
Belisle and Cardinals manager Mike Matheny were ejected and Chicago
Cubs manager Joe Maddon said he was "really disappointed" with the
Cardinals.
"We did not hit their guy on purpose at all," Maddon said. "That was
an absolute mistake. There's no malicious intent whatsoever on Dan
Haren's part. None.
"So, to become this vigilante group that all of a sudden wants to
get their own pound of flesh, that's absolutely insane and
ridiculous and wrong.
"Furthermore, we don't start stuff, but we will stop stuff. We will
end stuff."
Belisle said he was trying to pitch inside when he hit Rizzo.
"It's part of my game," he said. "It's part of me being successful
up here."
Haren also said he was trying to pitch Holliday inside when he hit
him, but the pitch got away.
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Haren said the Cardinals bench responded by yelling at him. A former
Cardinal, Haren said he apologized to Rizzo if he later got hit for
retaliation.
"I feel bad. I hope he's OK," Haren said about Holliday.
Cardinals pitchers walked a season-high 11 batters including the six
by Lynn, who expressed displeasure with home-plate umpire Dan
Bellino as he exited.
"We disagreed," Lynn said.
"The low call wasn't my way. The high call wasn't my way. The low
call was his way. The high call was his way, so it was tough."
(Compiled by Greg Stutchbury)
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