St. Louis 6, Chi. Cubs 1
When: 8:15 PM ET, Thursday, June 20, 2013
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
88°
Umpires:
Home -
Fieldin Culbreth, 1B -
D.J. Reyburn, 2B -
Bill Welke, 3B -
Adrian Johnson
Attendance:
43651
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Cardinals 6, Cubs 1: Lance Lynn pitched six innings of three-hit ball and Matt Holliday and Allen Craig each drove in a pair of runs as host St. Louis took three of four from Chicago.
Lynn (10-1) struck out six and allowed one run while walking two to win his fifth straight decision since losing a pitchers' duel against the Cubs on May 7. The Cardinals remain atop the National League Central, 3 1/2 games ahead of Pittsburgh and four clear of Cincinnati.
Cubs starter Scott Feldman (6-6) was charged with five runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings. Two of those runs scored after he exited, as Craig's pinch-hit single against Hector Rondon pushed home two inherited runners with two outs in the sixth.
Holliday gave the Cardinals a 2-1 lead with a seeing-eye single through the left side in the third and set off the four-run sixth with a solo shot to center on a first-pitch sinker from Feldman. Craig pinch hit for Lynn and broke it open with his two-run single, and Matt Carpenter followed with an RBI single to cap the scoring.
Welington Castillo went 3-for-4 for the Cubs, including a homer into the first row of the center-field bleachers leading off the third. Chicago's best chance for a big inning came in the fifth, when Castillo and Darwin Barney had back-to-back singles with one out and Luis Valbuena drew a two-out walk to load the bases, but Yadier Molina made a nice catch in foul territory to retire Starlin Castro and end the threat.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Cubs dropped to 9-24 against NL Central opponents, the worst record in the majors within the division. … Molina went 1-for-2 to raise his average to .366, tops in the majors. He also walked twice and scored two runs. … The first through sixth spots in Chicago's lineup combined to go 1-for-22, with the only hit being Anthony Rizzo's one-out single in the ninth.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Chi. Cubs
|
5 |
1 |
8 |
.156 |
10 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| St. Louis
|
10 |
1 |
16 |
.312 |
14 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |