Cody Bellinger allowed the go-ahead two-run single in the sixth inning and had four RBI. chicago cubs Overcame four separate deficits to defeat the visiting st louis cardinals 8-6 on Saturday
cub St. Louis fell to 6–5 against reliever Jack Thompson (2–3), who loaded the bases in the sixth. Bellinger then drove in two runs with his single to right field. Chicago added another run in the inning on Seiya Suzuki’s RBI single, and held on for its second win in a row. Cardinals
Suzuki and Nico Hoerner each had three hits, and Dansby Swanson returned from the injured list to go 2-for-4 with one RBI. Meanwhile, Bellinger is batting .440 with six homers and 19 RBI in his last 24 games.
Chicago went with reliever Michael Fulmer as the opener, and St. Louis’ Lars Knutbaar sent the first pitch of the game into the left field bleachers. Nootbar had three hits and Nolan Gorman took part in it. CardinalsWho took the opener of this four-game set but are winless after a six-game winning streak
cub The score was tied 1–1 in the second on Christopher Morrell’s run-scoring single. But in the third, Nootbar welcomed Drew Smiley with a double and scored on Paul Goldschmidt’s single, who eventually came home via Wilson Contreras’s sacrifice fly for a 3–1 St. Louis lead.
Chicago equalized in the third half. St. Louis right fielder Jordan Walker could not catch a liner from Hoerner, who advanced to second on Ian Happ’s single and scored on Bellinger’s single. Happ later scored on a base hit by Swanson to make the score 3–3.
Gorman put St. Louis ahead again with his two-out solo homer in the fifth. Cardinals The score became 5–3 later in the frame thanks to an RBI double by Contreras, who later exited due to right hip tightness.
cub It was tied again in the fifth after Horner and Happ doubled off Miles Mikolas. Horner scored on Bellinger’s groundout and came home on Hap Suzuki’s single.
Mikolas allowed five runs and 11 hits over five innings, but he was in line for the win after Knutbar scored on a sixth-inning wild pitch by Daniel Palencia (2–0).
The game was delayed twice due to rain.
–Field Level Media