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St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
78-83, 34-46 Away
Final
3 - 7
Chicago Cubs
91-70, 49-31 Home

Busch stars as the Cubs beat the Cardinals 7-3 to clinch the top NL wild card

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs: Game Highlights

Pete Crow-Armstrong and Seiya Suzuki also connected for Chicago in its third win in four games. Jameson Taillon (11-7) pitched six effective innings.

The Cubs (91-70) will host San Diego in the first round of the playoffs. Game 1 of the best-of-three series is on Tuesday.

It's the first postseason appearance for Chicago since 2020.

Nolan Arenado and Jordan Walker homered for the Cardinals (78-83) in their third consecutive loss. Michael McGreevy (8-4) permitted three runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings.

Busch drove McGreevy’s first pitch deep to right-center for his fifth career leadoff homer. He doubled in the third and connected for a tiebreaking two-run shot in the fifth for his team-leading 34th homer. He added a run-scoring triple in the seventh before he was walked intentionally in the eighth.

Suzuki hit his 31st homer off Ryan Fernandez in the sixth. Suzuki and Busch each have three homers in their last two games.

Walker cut it to 4-3 with a two-run shot off Caleb Thielbar in the seventh. It was Walker's sixth homer.

Crow-Armstrong hit his 31st homer, a two-run drive, off the scoreboard in right in the eighth.

Taillon allowed one run and three hits. He struck out eight and walked two.

Key moment The Cardinals loaded the bases in the ninth on two singles and a walk. But Nathan Church struck out swinging against Brad Keller for the final out.

Key stat Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner went 0 for 5, lowering his batting average to .297, second among NL qualified batters behind Trea Turner of Philadelphia. Turner is batting .305 but has not played since Sept. 7 due to a hamstring injury.

Up next Javier Assad (3-1, 4.26 ERA) starts for the Cubs on Sunday. The Cardinals did not announce their starter before the loss.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Church struck out swinging.
9th Inning Walker walked, Crooks to second, Gorman to third.
9th Inning Crooks singled to center, Gorman to second.
9th Inning Saggese flied out to right.
9th Inning Gorman reached on infield single to third.
9th Inning Arenado fouled out to first.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
0 Ground Balls 0
13 Strikeouts 8
3 Runs Batted In 7
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
7 Hits 10
1 Stolen Bases 1
3 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 7
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
33 At Bats 33
2 Home Runs 4
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
11 Runners Left On Base 15
0 Triples 1
0 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 1
0 Doubles 2
0 Fly Balls 0
1 Caught Stealing 0
135 Pitches 155
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
13 Total Bases 26
36 Plate Appearances 38
324.0 Projected Home Runs 648.0
2 Extra Base Hits 7
3.5 Runs Created 9.4
.212 Batting Average .303
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.394 Slugging Percentage .788
.273 Secondary Average .667
.278 On Base Percentage .395
.672 OBP Pct + SLG Pct 1.183
0.0 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.0
3.5 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 10.6
26.0 Batter Rating 57.5
16.5 At Bats Per Home Run 8.3
0.50 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.75 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.08
.182 Isolated Power .485
0.23 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.63
.083 Walks Per Plate Appearance .132
.061 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .364
6.0 Runs Produced 14.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.9
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
76.0 MLB Rating 102.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Wrigley Field

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 38,035 | Capacity:

2025 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee - 65 W1 0.59876543 97
Chicago 5 70 W3 0.56790125 92
Cincinnati 14 79 L1 0.5123457 83
St. Louis 19 84 L4 0.4814815 78
Pittsburgh 26 91 L1 0.4382716 71
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