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Chicago starting pitcher Javier Assad needed 97
pitches to get through four innings. The right-hander allowed
one run on four hits and three walks while striking out three.
Tyson Miller (3-1) earned the victory and Hector Neris secured
his 15th save.
In his Cardinals debut, starting pitcher Erick Fedde (7-5)
allowed five runs on six hits in five innings. He struck out
four and walked none.
St. Louis went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position while
losing for the sixth time in nine games.
The Cubs took a 5-0 lead in the second inning. Singles by Nico
Hoerner, Dansby Swanson and Pete Crow-Armstrong produced one
run, then Bethancourt lined his three-run homer into the basket
above the right field wall.
One out later, Busch blasted his solo homer.
The Cardinals cut their deficit to 5-1 in the third inning.
Michael Siani and Masyn Winn hit one-out singles and Willson
Contreras and Paul Goldschmidt drew two-out walks to force in a
run.
Assad avoided further trouble by retiring Nolan Arenado on a
flyout with the bases loaded.
The Cardinals capitalized on an erratic Chicago bullpen to cut
the deficit to 5-3 in the eighth inning. Reliever Julian
Merryweather walked leadoff hitter Alec Burleson, then he walked
Arenado, Lars Nootbaar and Tommy Pham with two outs to force in
a run.
Neris entered and immediately walked Brendan Donovan to score
another run before Brandon Crawford struck out to end the
inning.
The Cubs upped their lead to 6-3 in the home half of the eighth
when Seiya Suzuki hit a double and scored on Kyle Leahy's errant
pickoff attempt.
Suzuki tripled in the first inning and was Chicago's only batter
with multiple hits. Winn hit a pair of singles for St. Louis.
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