MLB

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball
Chicago Cubs
67-49, 31-27 Away
Final
9 - 1
St. Louis Cardinals
59-59, 33-25 Home

Busch hits a 3-run homer, Shaw adds a solo shot as the Cubs rout the Cardinals 9-1

Matt Shaw leads Cubs' blowout win over Cardinals

After getting shut out 5-0 in Friday's series opener, the Cubs built a six-run lead against Andre Pallante (6-9) by the second inning.

Colin Rea (9-5) allowed one run in six innings, and Carson Kelly and Dansby Swanson each had three of Chicago’s 13 hits.

Busch set the tone by leading off the game with a double into the corner in right field, then scoring on Kyle Tucker’s RBI single. Tucker scored when right-fielder Jordan Walker’s throw got away from Willson Contreras, the cut-off man, on Kelly’s single.

In the second inning, Busch made it 5-0 by hitting his 22nd homer of the season — his sixth in eight games against St. Louis this season.

Busch hit four home runs during a three-game stretch when the Cardinals visited Wrigley Field last month, but he’d hit only three more in 25 games since.

Pallante allowed six runs on seven hits in 1 2/3 innings, his shortest outing in 53 career starts. He was pulled after Seiya Suzuki doubled and scored on Kelly’s RBI single.

Shaw tripled home Swanson in the third and added a 395-foot solo homer in the fifth that made it 9-0.

Lars Nootbaar doubled and scored the lone St. Louis run on Alec Burleson’s sixth-inning groundout.

The Cardinals Brendan Donovan, a late scratch due to left groin tightness, and Contreras was removed from the game after an infield single in the sixth.

Manager Oliver Marmol described Contreras’ issue as cramping and the first baseman reported “no discomfort” after the game.

Marmol said Donovan likely would have been able to play through his injury if needed, but he could be held out of Sunday’s series finale if there are no signs of improvement.

Key moment After Pallante allowed a single to Swanson and walked Shaw despite getting ahead 0-2, catcher Yohel Pozo visited the mound. Busch drove Pallante’s next pitch 374 feet into the stands in right field for a 5-0 Cubs lead.

Key stat Busch has six home runs in 34 at-bats against St. Louis this season.

Up next The Cubs send LHP Shota Imanaga (8-4, 3.12 ERA) against Cardinals RHP Sonny Gray (10-5, 4.21) in the series finale Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Nootbaar struck out swinging.
9th Inning Saggese singled to right, Pozo to second.
9th Inning Pozo singled to left.
9th Inning Walker grounded into double play, second to first, Gorman out at second.
9th Inning Gorman walked.
9th Inning Pomeranz relieved Rogers

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
14 Ground Balls 12
6 Strikeouts 10
8 Runs Batted In 1
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
13 Hits 7
2 Stolen Bases 0
3 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
9 Runs 1
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
40 At Bats 33
2 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
13 Runners Left On Base 19
1 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 2
20 Fly Balls 11
0 Caught Stealing 0
175 Pitches 160
0 Games Started 0
3 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
23 Total Bases 9
43 Plate Appearances 37
324.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
5 Extra Base Hits 2
8.7 Runs Created 2.5
.325 Batting Average .212
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.575 Slugging Percentage .273
.375 Secondary Average .182
.372 On Base Percentage .297
.947 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .570
0.7 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.1
8.7 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 2.5
61.5 Batter Rating 15.0
20.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.07 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.32
.250 Isolated Power .061
0.50 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.40
.070 Walks Per Plate Appearance .108
.050 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.030
17.0 Runs Produced 2.0
0.9 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
105.0 MLB Rating 69.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Busch Stadium

Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 40,048 | Capacity:

2025 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee - 58 L3 0.60544217 89
Chicago 5.5 63 W2 0.5684931 83
Cincinnati 14.5 72 W2 0.5068493 74
St. Louis 17 75 L3 0.48979592 72
Pittsburgh 24.5 82 L5 0.43835616 64
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