Miles Mastrobuoni clubbed his first major
league home run for the Cubs, who evened this set with their
third win in four games. Chicago's Justin Steele (10-3) was
charged with two runs and six hits while fanning nine over 6 1/3
innings.
Bellinger is batting .442 (38-for-86) with six homers and 15
RBIs in his last 23 games.
St. Louis trailed 4-1 in the seventh when Nolan Arenado's
two-out, two-run single made it a one-run game. In the eighth,
Chicago relievers Michael Fulmer and Mark Leiter Jr. combined to
walk the bases loaded with one out, but Alec Burleson grounded
into an inning-ending double play.
With two outs in the ninth, Arenado reached on a grounder that
went through the legs of Chicago second baseman Christopher
Morel, and Adbert Alzolay hit Willson Contreras. However, Tyler
O'Neill flew out to Bellinger in center field. St. Louis
stranded 11 runners on the day.
St. Louis' Jack Flaherty (7-6) pitched six innings and allowed
all four runs in the fourth, plus eight hits, while striking out
six.
Steele allowed consecutive singles to O'Neill, Jordan Walker and
Paul DeJong in the second. However, the Cardinals managed just
one run on Andrew Knizner's RBI groundout.
Mastrobuoni opened the bottom of the third with his milestone
drive into the right-center field bleachers. Rookie Miguel Amaya
followed with a single and scored on Mike Tauchman's
opposite-field double into the left-field corner for a 2-1 Cubs
lead.
Then Bellinger, who doubled in the second inning and went on to
single in the fifth, capped the scoring in the third by clearing
the ivy-covered wall in right for his 13th homer.
Steele exited following Jose Fermin's one-out bunt single in the
seventh. Julian Merryweather came on and eventually issued a
two-out walk to Paul Goldschmidt. After both moved up a base on
Merryweather's wild pitch, Arenado's hit tightened the contest.
--Field Level Media
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