Gyorko's home run was his 20th, Grichuk's his 21st. Gyorko and Grichuk both hit solo home runs in the seventh, extending the Cardinals' lead to 8-3. Paul DeJong had an RBI double in the fifth for St. The Cubs loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth but only scored one run, which came on a catcher's interference. Pham hit a two-run home run, his 23rd, to left field in the second to extend the Cardinals' lead to 5-1. Then Grichuk followed with an RBI triple.Ĭhicago scored in the second when Ian Happ tripled and scored on a groundout by Kyle Schwarber. Dexter Fowler, who hit a triple, scored on a two-out fielding error by shortstop Mike Freeman. The Cardinals added two runs in the first. The home run, his 15th career leadoff shot, was just his second hit in 33 career at-bats against Arrieta, who was his teammate at TCU and a groomsman in Carpenter's wedding. Louis scored five runs in the first two innings off Arrieta.Ĭarpenter led off the bottom of the first with his 23rd home run. ![]() Cubs right-hander Jake Arrieta (14-10) allowed 5 runs - 3 earned - and 6 hits in 3 innings, his second shortest outing this season. The Cardinals are 82-75 with five games left, including two more with the Cubs here before Milwaukee, still one game ahead of the Cardinals in the wild-card chase, comes in for the weekend.Ĭardinals right-hander Carlos Martinez allowed 3 runs - 2 earned - and 4 hits in 4 1/3 innings. The Cardinals' magic number for elimination from the wild-card race shrank to three as Colorado won, but the club did ensure itself of a sixth consecutive winning season under manager Mike Matheny and a 10th consecutive winning season overall. The Cubs were seeking to clinch the Central division with either a victory or a Milwaukee loss against Cincinnati, but the Brewers beat the Reds 7-6. Zach Duke (1-1) got the victory with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Louis, which remains 2 1/2 games behind the second wild card spot. Matt Carpenter and Jedd Gyorko also homered for St. Louis Cardinals denied the Chicago Cubs a chance at clinching the NL Central with an 8-7 victory Tuesday night. LOUIS - Tommy Pham and Randal Grichuk homered and drove in two runs each and the St. ![]() I know how they respond to situations, and we’ll do the same thing. “I had the privilege of being in the clubhouse and in the dugout with these guys every day. We’ve had some tough losses before that we were able to bounce back from, and that’s what I’m talking about,” Maddon said. In the World Series, Chicago trailed the Cleveland Indians three games to one but rallied for 20 runs to win the final three contests. In addition to the nine runs in Game 5 of the 2017 NLDS, they overcame a 2-1 deficit in last year’s NLCS against the Dodgers, scoring 23 runs in the final three games to close out the series. If there is one thing the Cubs are, though, it’s battle-tested. In the postseason, the Cubs are averaging just 2.86 runs per game, and have scored two or fewer runs four times in seven games. Since the All-Star break, Chicago averaged 5.72 runs, tops in baseball during that stretch, fueling a 49-25 run that helped send the Cubs to their third consecutive NLCS. At home in 2017, they scored 5.38 runs per contest. This is a Cubs team that was in the upper tier of the league in offense all year, averaging 5.07 runs per game. For me, I put that in perspective all the time and realize it’s not what you do in the playoffs, it’s what the team does, and obviously, we haven’t been getting it done so far.” “That’s not the right way to feel, because not one person makes or breaks the team. “When you don’t produce, it’s like you let the team down,” Bryant said. Bryant, the reigning NL MVP, has struck out 13 times. The Cubs’ bullpen is an obvious weak spot The Dodgers bullpen is a force to be reckoned withĪnthony Rizzo is 4-for-26 (.154) and Kris Bryant is 5-for-28 (.179) this postseason, each with a pair of extra-base hits. Up to this point, we’ve done a very good job of that.” “But when we execute, we have a good chance of getting these guys out. They build on momentum and hits and slug,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Monday. 162/.251/.262 as a team in the playoffs, and have seven total hits in two games against the Dodgers. ![]() ![]() Through seven postseason games, Chicago has scored just 20 runs, and nine of those came in their Game 5 win over the Washington Nationals. “We’re pretty fortunate to be in this position right now based on the number of runs we’ve scored over the last week,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. Game 3 has a first pitch scheduled for 9:01 p.m. As the series shifts to Wrigley Field, the home team needs to score more runs or its postseason won’t last much longer. LOS ANGELES - The Chicago Cubs find themselves in a bad spot, down two games to none in the National League Championship Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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