Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

27-25, 12-14 Away

Final

24-26, 12-12 Home


CHC
STL

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	6	12	0
0	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	-	7	15	1

Cubs Hitting

hitters
M. TauchmanLF
S. SuzukiRF
C. BellingerCF
C. MorelDH
N. Hoerner2B
M. Busch1B
D. SwansonSS
P. Wisdom3B
N. Madrigal3B
M. AmayaC
aI. HappPH
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	1	2	1	1	0	.263	.376	.410
5	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.311	.407
5	0	2	1	0	1	.247	.321	.447
4	1	1	0	1	0	.206	.303	.389
4	1	2	2	0	1	.263	.352	.380
4	1	1	1	0	0	.236	.320	.433
3	1	1	0	1	1	.225	.297	.352
3	0	1	1	0	1	.261	.346	.522
1	1	1	0	0	0	.222	.284	.259
3	0	0	0	0	3	.176	.246	.275
1	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.327	.322
37	6	12	6	3	8

a-flied out to center for Amaya in the 9th

Batting
2BWisdom (4, Kittredge); Hoerner (12, Mikolas)
RBIWisdom (8), Bellinger (23), Tauchman (16), Hoerner 2 (15), Busch (21)
2Out RBIBellinger, Hoerner 2, Busch
GIDPBellinger; Busch
Team LOB7
Team RISP5-13 (Suzuki 0-1, Wisdom 1-1, Morel 0-1, Busch 1-2, Hoerner 1-2, Amaya 0-1, Happ 0-1, Swanson 0-1, Tauchman 1-2, Bellinger 1-1)

Baserunning
SBTauchman (4, 2nd base off Mikolas/Herrera)

Fielding
DP1 (Busch-Swanson)

Cardinals Hitting

hitters
B. DonovanLF
L. NootbaarRF
P. Goldschmidt1B
N. Arenado3B
A. BurlesonDH
N. Gorman2B
I. HerreraC
M. WinnSS
M. SianiCF
aM. CarpenterPH
D. CarlsonPR-CF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	2	2	2	0	0	.233	.311	.368
5	1	3	1	0	2	.227	.338	.409
5	0	2	1	0	1	.216	.294	.311
4	0	1	1	0	1	.268	.321	.368
4	1	2	0	0	0	.304	.333	.459
4	2	2	0	0	1	.215	.308	.423
3	0	0	0	1	1	.272	.347	.369
4	0	2	1	0	0	.301	.352	.441
3	0	0	0	0	1	.216	.281	.284
1	0	1	1	0	0	.258	.324	.290
0	1	0	0	0	0	.103	.212	.103
38	7	15	7	1	7

a-singled to right for Siani in the 8th

Batting
2BGoldschmidt (6, Miller); Winn (10, Taillon)
3BNootbaar (1, Hodge)
RBICarpenter (3), Goldschmidt (17), Arenado (23), Donovan 2 (25), Nootbaar (19), Winn (15)
2Out RBICarpenter, Arenado, Donovan 2, Nootbaar, Winn
GIDPSiani
Team LOB8
Team RISP5-15 (Winn 1-2, Nootbaar 1-1, Herrera 0-2, Donovan 1-1, Siani 0-1, Gorman 0-1, Arenado 1-3, Goldschmidt 0-3, Carpenter 1-1)

Baserunning
SBGorman (2, 2nd base off Taillon/Amaya); Nootbaar (3, 2nd base off Taillon/Amaya)

Fielding
DP2 (Gorman-Winn-Goldschmidt 2)
EGoldschmidt (1, catch)

Cubs Pitching

pitchers
J. Taillon
L. Little
T. Miller(H, 2)
M. Leiter Jr.(L, 1-2, B, 1)
P. Hodge
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
5.2	9	3	3	1	3	105-68	2.58
1.0	0	0	0	0	2	13-9	4.20
0.1	1	0	0	0	0	3-3	2.08
0.2	4	4	4	0	1	29-16	2.61
0.1	1	0	0	0	1	5-4	0.00
8.0	15	7	7	1	7	155-100

Pitching
WPTaillon; Hodge
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedTaillon 14/26; Leiter Jr. 2/6; Miller 1/2; Little 2/3; Hodge 1/2
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesTaillon-25-3-18-21; Leiter Jr.-4-4-3-4; Miller-0-0-1-2; Little-3-2-3-1; Hodge-1-1-1-1
Ground Balls-Fly BallsTaillon 8-5; Leiter Jr. 0-1; Miller 1-0; Little 0-1
Game ScoresJ Taillon 41

Cardinals Pitching

pitchers
M. Mikolas
A. Kittredge
J. Romero(W, 2-0)
R. Helsley(S, 16)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	4	3	3	2	6	82-53	5.64
0.2	1	1	0	1	1	19-11	2.14
1.1	3	0	0	0	1	24-15	1.35
1.0	4	2	2	0	0	16-11	1.96
9.0	12	6	5	3	8	141-90

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedMikolas 19/22; Kittredge 3/5; Helsley 4/7; Romero 3/6
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesMikolas-19-8-12-14; Kittredge-1-3-4-3; Helsley-3-0-1-7; Romero-2-2-6-5
Ground Balls-Fly BallsMikolas 5-5; Kittredge 2-0; Helsley 1-2; Romero 2-0
Game ScoresM Mikolas 56

Scoring Summary

		CHC	STL
3rd	Goldschmidt grounded out to second, Donovan scored, Nootbaar to third.	0	1
3rd	Arenado singled to center, Nootbaar scored.	0	2
4th	Hoerner doubled to left, Morel scored and Tauchman scored.	2	2
4th	Busch singled to center, Hoerner scored, Busch to second.	3	2
6th	Winn doubled to left, Gorman scored.	3	3
7th	Wisdom doubled to left, Busch scored, Swanson to third.	4	3
8th	Carpenter singled to right, Burleson scored, Carpenter to second, Gorman to third.	4	4
8th	Donovan singled to left, Gorman scored and Carlson scored.	4	6
8th	Nootbaar tripled to right, Donovan scored.	4	7
9th	Tauchman singled to right, Swanson scored, Madrigal to second.	5	7
9th	Bellinger singled to right, Madrigal scored, Tauchman to third.	6	7

Cubs
-
Cardinals
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Game 1

25/5

Cubs
6
Cardinals
7

Game 1

26/5

Cubs
3
Cardinals
4

Game 2

27/5

Busch Stadium

12:15 AM, 26 May 2024

St. Louis, Missouri

Attendance: 45,071

Game Time:2:53

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Cory Blaser
First Base Umpire - Manny Gonzalez
Second Base Umpire - Todd Tichenor
Third Base Umpire - Emil Jimenez

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

J. Romero2-0

M. Leiter Jr.1-2

R. Helsley16

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