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Chicago starter Jameson Taillon (7-4) allowed
three runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out three
and walked none.
Relievers Drew Smyly (1 1/3 innings) and Jorge Lopez (two
innings) held the Cardinals scoreless the rest of the way.
Pedro Pages hit a two-run single and Alec Burleson hit a solo
homer for St. Louis.
Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas (7-8) allowed six runs on eight
hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out two.
St. Louis, which has lost four of its last six games, took a 2-0
lead in the second. Brendan Donovan and Nolan Arenado hit
singles, then Pages lined a two-out, two-run single off the left
field wall.
The Cubs tied the game 2-2 in the third. Crow-Armstrong, hitting
ninth, blasted just his second homer of the season to make it
2-1.
Nico Hoerner hit a double and Seiya Suzuki pushed a two-out RBI
single into right field.
Donovan hit a leadoff single and stole second base in the
fourth. But shortstop Dansby Swanson made a diving catch to rob
Arenado of a single and derail a potential rally.
Chicago moved ahead 4-2 in the fifth on solo homers by Nido and
Crow-Armstrong. The Cubs pushed their lead to 6-2 in the sixth
with a leadoff single by Suzuki and Morel's two-run blast with
one out.
Burleson's leadoff homer in the Cardinals' half of the sixth cut
Chicago's lead to 6-3.
Happ and Morel hit back-to-back homers off Andrew Kittredge in
the eighth to boost the Cubs ahead 8-3.
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