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The Cardinals' defense prevented Chicago from
drawing even in the home half of the eighth, with Pages playing
a role in cutting down the tying run at the plate.
Michael Busch opened the frame with a single before being
replaced by pinch runner Pete Crow-Armstrong. Crow-Armstrong
then stole second and advanced to third when Dansby Swanson
grounded out, prompting St. Louis to pull in its infield.
Miguel Amaya sent a grounder to second baseman Nolan Gorman, who
fired home to allow catcher Pages to apply the tag on
Crow-Armstrong. JoJo Romero came on in relief and got Patrick
Wisdom to fly out to the warning track for the final out of the
inning.
Ivan Herrera (double) and Dylan Carlson (single) each had a
run-scoring hit in the ninth to provide the Cardinals with some
insurance.
Ryan Helsley worked around a pair of walks in the ninth for his
23rd save of the year.
St. Louis starter Kyle Gibson (5-2) got the win thanks to Pages'
home run. He scattered just two hits across seven scoreless
innings, walking one and striking out six.
Cubs starter Jordan Wicks lasted just 1 2/3 innings before
exiting the game with an oblique injury. Kyle Hendricks took
over and surrendered just two hits across 4 1/3 innings of
shutout ball.
Hayden Wesneski (2-4) served up Pages' homer to take the loss.
Mike Tauchman and Amaya joined Busch with singles as Chicago
finished with just three hits while losing for the third time in
four games.
St. Louis had a chance to break through in the sixth, getting
one-out singles from Masyn Winn and Alec Burleson. But Paul
Goldschmidt flied out and Nolan Arenado grounded into a forceout
to keep things scoreless.
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