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Tommy Edman added two hits and two stolen bases
for St. Louis, which broke a first-place tie with the Cubs on
the eve of the trade deadline. The Cardinals improved to 13-5
since the All-Star break.
Javier Baez drove in the lone run for Chicago, which has lost
three of four and six of eight.
Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright was trying for his third
straight win, but left with a no-decision. The 37-year-old
limited the Cubs to one run on five hits in 5 2/3 innings. He
walked three and struck out five. Righty Giovanny Gallegos (3-1)
replaced Wainwright and pitched a hitless, scoreless inning to
get the win.
Carlos Martinez recorded the final four outs to notch his 11th
save of the season. He struck out Ian Happ, Willson Contreras
and Robel Garcia before getting Jason Heyward to ground out to
end the game.
Cubs right-hander Yu Darvish (3-5) drew the hard-luck loss
despite holding the Cardinals to two runs on six hits in six
innings. He walked none and struck out nine, two shy of his
season high.
The Cubs opened the scoring in the top of the fourth. Baez
ripped a two-out single to left field to drive in Heyward, who
led off the inning with a single to deep right field.
The Cardinals answered quickly in the bottom of the fourth to
even the score at 1.
Jose Martinez started the inning with a single to right-center
field and advanced to third on a single by Goldschmidt. Two
batters later, Martinez scored on a wild pitch by Darvish.
St. Louis pulled ahead 2-1 in the sixth when Goldschmidt clubbed
a solo shot into the visitors' bullpen beyond the left field
wall. It was the 25th homer of the season and the seventh in the
past eight games for the veteran first baseman, who was named
the National League Player of the Week one day earlier.
--Field Level Media
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