Masyn Winn homers, drives in 4 as Cardinals edge Cubs 8-7
[June 25, 2025]
By JOE HARRIS
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Masyn Winn homered, drove in four runs
and scored twice to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-7 win over the
Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night, their seventh win their last eight games.
Cardinals starter Michael McGreevy allowed five runs on seven hits in 4
2/3 innings, striking out one and walking one. Steven Matz (4-2) went 1
1/3 innings of relief and Ryan Helsley earned his 15th save in 20 tries. |
Chicago Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw is unable to catch a foul ball by
St. Louis Cardinals' Nolan Gorman during the fourth inning of a baseball
game Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) |
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The Cubs lost their third straight, tying a
season high.
Lars Nootbaar gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead with a two-run homer
in the second and Winn hit a two-run homer in the third.
Nolan Gorman sparked a four-run rally in the fourth with a
432-foot leadoff home run to tie it at 5-all. Winn gave the
Cardinals the lead with a two run double and scored from second
on Alec Burleson's sacrifice fly to deep center to make it 8-5.
Cubs starter Jameson Taillon (7-5) allowed eight runs on eight
hits.
Seiya Suzuki’s three-run homer, a 404-foot shot that left his
bat at 110.2 mph, capped a five-run third. It came immediately
after Kyle Tucker’s two-run single as the Cubs took a 5-2 lead.
Nico Hoerner’s first homer run of the season, a two-run shot in
the sixth, cut the Cardinals lead to 8-7.
Key moment
With the Cubs trailing by one and runners on first and third
with one out in the seventh, Crow-Armstrong attempted to bunt.
The bunt was cleanly fielded by JoJo Romero, who held Tucker at
third and threw out Crow-Armstrong. Burleson then made an
off-balance catch against the netting along the right field line
on Dansby Swanson's popup to end the threat.
Key stat
The Cardinals have hit nine home runs in their last four games.
The team hit 75 homers in their previous 77 games.
Up next
The Cubs will start LHP Matthew Boyd (6-3, 2.84 ERA) against
Cardinals RHP Erick Fedde (3-6, 3.54) on Wednesday.
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