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St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
47-42, 21-25 Away
Final
3 - 11
Chicago Cubs
53-35, 29-15 Home

Busch hits 3 homers and Cubs set club record with 8 in 11-3 rout of Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs: Game Highlights

Busch finished 4 for 4 with five RBI. Crow-Armstrong also went 4 for 4 and Dansby Swanson launched a two-run homer during a Cubs power barrage that had the crowd of 40,038 at Wrigley Field roaring.

Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly added solo shots as the NL Central leaders hit six homers in the first three innings off Miles Mikolas (4-6), a record for most home runs off a Cardinals pitcher in one game. The eight longballs allowed by St. Louis also broke a club mark.

Brendan Donovan led off the fourth with a home run against Colin Rea, ending a 31-inning scoreless streak for the Cardinals. St. Louis, which dropped its fourth straight, was shut out in its three previous losses.

That was the only hit Rea (6-3) allowed in 6 2/3 innings, matching his longest outing this season.

Mikolas (4-6) was tagged for eight runs and 10 hits over six innings in losing his fourth in a row.

Suzuki drilled his team-leading 24th homer and Crow-Armstrong followed with his first of the game in the first. Busch and Kelly hit consecutive drives in the second, giving Chicago nine sets of back-to-back homers this season and a 4-0 lead.

Crow-Armstrong launched his 23rd homer off Wrigley Field’s right-field video board in the third. After Swanson singled, Busch hit the board with a two-run shot that made it 7-0.

Cubs infielder Jon Berti pitched the ninth and allowed two runs.

Key moment Busch pumped his hands to the crowd as he circled the bases after going deep in the seventh for his first career three-homer game.

Key stat It was Crow-Armstrong's fourth multihomer game this season and the fifth of his career. The 23-year-old center fielder was elected this week to start the All-Star Game.

Up next LHP Matthew Libertore (6-6, 3.70 ERA) pitches Saturday for the Cardinals. The Cubs hadn’t announced a scheduled starter to replace injured Jameson Taillon.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Scott II flied out to left.
9th Inning Pagés walked, Nootbaar scored, Gorman to second, Saggese to third.
9th Inning Gorman walked, Saggese to second, Nootbaar to third.
9th Inning Saggese grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Nootbaar to second, Burleson out at home.
9th Inning Nootbaar singled to right, Hampson scored, Burleson to third.
9th Inning Pozo lined out to center.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
9 Ground Balls 9
7 Strikeouts 5
3 Runs Batted In 11
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
4 Hits 13
0 Stolen Bases 0
5 Walks 0
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 11
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
31 At Bats 37
1 Home Runs 8
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
12 Runners Left On Base 3
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 1
15 Fly Balls 23
0 Caught Stealing 0
141 Pitches 134
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
8 Total Bases 38
36 Plate Appearances 37
162.0 Projected Home Runs 1296.0
2 Extra Base Hits 9
2.1 Runs Created 12.2
.129 Batting Average .351
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.258 Slugging Percentage 1.027
.290 Secondary Average .676
.250 On Base Percentage .351
.508 OBP Pct + SLG Pct 1.378
0.6 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
2.1 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 13.7
21.0 Batter Rating 83.0
31.0 At Bats Per Home Run 4.6
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.92 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.62
.129 Isolated Power .676
0.71 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.00
.139 Walks Per Plate Appearance .000
.161 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .324
6.0 Runs Produced 22.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 1.0
0.1 Balls In Play Average 0.2
69.8 MLB Rating 124.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Wrigley Field

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 40,038 | Capacity:

2025 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee - 44 L1 0.5925926 64
Chicago 1 45 W1 0.5833333 63
Cincinnati 8 52 L2 0.5185185 56
St. Louis 9.5 54 L1 0.5045872 55
Pittsburgh 17.5 62 W5 0.43119267 47
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