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St. Louis dropped a 9-1 decision on Saturday
and trailed 4-0 after an inning Sunday before igniting its bats
against Chicago ace Marcus Stroman (9-5). Stroman yielded six
runs (three earned) and eight hits before exiting with one out
in the fourth due to a blister on his throwing hand.
It was in that fourth inning in which the Cardinals broke a 4-4
tie on Goldschmidt's run-scoring single to right off Stroman.
St. Louis seized a 6-4 lead on Lars Nootbaar's sacrifice fly.
Following a double from ex-Cub Contreras in the fifth, Nolan
Gorman's second hit made it 7-4.
Chicago, which saw its four-game winning streak come to a halt,
took advantage of some shoddy Cardinals' defense to score four
runs in the first against starter Matthew Liberatore.
Nico Hoerner reached on shortstop Paul DeJong's error, stole
second and went to third after Gorman failed to corral the throw
from catcher Contreras. He scored on Dansby Swanson's single.
Trey Mancini split the gap in left to score two runs, then came
home on Miguel Amaya's double.
None of those runs were earned by Liberatore, who completed 2
1/3 innings while stepping in after Jack Flaherty (hip) was
scratched. However, St. Louis rallied to take the left-hander
off the hook, and Jake Woodford (2-2), Genesis Cabrera, Giovanny
Gallegos, Andre Pallante and Jordan Hicks stymied Chicago
hitters.
St. Louis, meanwhile, got within a run in the second inning
after Mancini failed to grab Hoerner's toss off Tommy Edman's
bouncer to second with the bases loaded.
Brendan Donovan then followed with a two-run single. The
Cardinals tied it the third after Jordan Walker extended his
hitting streak to 15 games with an RBI single.
--Field Level Media
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