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Michael Busch had an RBI single in the seventh
inning for the Cubs, who have lost 16 of their past 23 games.
St. Louis got off to a fast start, as Brandon Crawford ripped a
one-out double in the second inning. Pages then deposited an 0-2
sweeper from Jameson Taillon (3-3) over the wall in left-center
field for his second homer of the series to help the Cardinals
win for the fourth time in their past five games.
After taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning in his last
outing, Mikolas (5-6) retired the side in order in each of the
first three frames on Sunday. He induced Nico Hoerner to ground
into an inning-ending fielder's choice to escape a bases-loaded
jam in the fourth.
Mikolas allowed a one-out double in the seventh inning before
being relieved by Ryan Fernandez. Two batters later, Busch
smacked his run-scoring single to left field to close the book
on Mikolas, who allowed one run on four hits and struck out five
batters. He did not issue a walk.
Fernandez got Miguel Amaya to ground into a fielder's choice to
end the seventh inning, and Andrew Kittredge struck out Seiya
Suzuki to strand pinch runner Pete Crow-Armstrong at third in
the eighth. Ryan Helsley worked around two walks in the ninth
inning to secure his major-league-leading 24th save of the
season.
All was not positive for St. Louis, however, as Crawford grabbed
at the back of his leg following a swing during the eighth
inning. Jose Fermin finished the at-bat in place of Crawford,
who was dealing with what the team believes to be a cramp.
Taillon fell to 0-3 in his past seven starts despite permitting
just two runs on seven hits in six innings. He walked two and
fanned three.
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