Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals

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Chicago Cubs

46-49, 21-28 Away

Final
5 - 1

St. Louis Cardinals

48-45, 24-21 Home

Kyle Hendricks works 7 shutout innings as Cubs beat Cardinals 5-1, extend winning streak to 5 games

“I was just trying to take it one pitch at a time,” Hendricks said. “You know what we’ve got coming tomorrow with the doubleheader, so it was good getting through five. We go back out for six, go back out for seven, and just try to cover a little bit to give us some room for tomorrow.”

Hendricks (2-7) didn't allow a runner to reach second base and finished with three strikeouts and a walk. The 34-year-old right-hander has not allowed a run in 11 1/3 innings over two appearances against St. Louis this season and is 14-4 with a 2.51 ERA lifetime in 27 appearances (26 starts) versus the Cardinals.

“It's the same uniform but different players,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. “I do think there's something to a mound that you go on and you just love throwing from that mound whether it be your home field or a road stadium that you have a lot of experience in. You're just comfortable on that mound and you pitch so many times there it can feel like a place you're really experienced at, and maybe that's what Kyle's got going here.”

The Cardinals' Sonny Gray (9-6) allowed three runs on nine hits and struck out six in seven innings. St. Louis has dropped three straight games after winning six of its previous eight.

“I thought he did a really nice job.” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said “He used his sinker more than he has in the past. It had really good shape to it. He landed the curveball a decent amount as well. Those two pitches were good for him. The other ones were as well, but I thought he navigated that lineup well. A couple of good swings off him, but, for the most part, I thought it looked pretty good.”

Masyn Winn and Willson Contreras walked, and Paul Goldschmidt hit an RBI single in the ninth inning off Hunter Bigge to snap a streak of 32 2/3 scoreless innings by Cubs pitching.

“When you have good starting pitching, you feel like you have a chance to win every night, and you feel like you're in every game,” Counsell said. “That's what our starters have done all year. ... That does so much for your team and gives you so much confidence when you can kind of turn the page to the next day that you've got somebody that can put up zeroes.”

Héctor Neris allowed a two out walk to Nolan Arenado to load the bases before striking out Lars Nootbaar to earn his 13th save in 17 chances.

Bote hit a two-run, pinch-hit double in the eighth to extend the Chicago lead to 5-0.

Ian Happ doubled in the fourth and scored on Dansby Swanson’s single to left field, giving the Cubs a 2-0 lead.

Miles Mastrobuoni singled to lead off the third, advanced to second on Pete Crow-Armstrong’s bunt single and scored on a groundout by Hoerner to give Chicago a 1-0 lead.

Cubs reliever Luke Little departed the game in the eighth inning with right shoulder discomfort after throwing four pitches to Nootbaar.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cubs: RHP Yency Almonte (right shoulder strain) underwent surgery Friday to repair his labrum. ... RHP Adbert Alzolay (right flexor strain) threw a live batting practice session at the team’s training facility in Mesa, Arizona.

Cardinals: Activated C Iván Herrera (lower back tightness) from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Memphis. ... INF/OF Tommy Edman (right wrist sprain) went 0 for 3 with a walk as the designated hitter for Double-A Springfield as he continued his rehabilitation assignment Friday night.

RHP Lance Lynn (4-4, 4.48 ERA) will start for the Cardinals the first game of a split doubleheader on Saturday, with RHP Kyle Gibson (7-3, 3.96 ERA) slated to start Saturday’s nightcap. RHP Hayden Wesneski (3-5, 3.67 ERA) will start Saturday's opener for the Cubs who will activate RHP Javier Assad (4-3, 3.04 ERA) off the 15-day injured list to start the second game.

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Matchup Prediction

Cardinals: 72.7%

Cubs: 27.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Nootbaar struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Arenado walked, Goldschmidt to second, Contreras to third.
	9th Inning	Donovan lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Neris relieved Bigge
	9th Inning	Goldschmidt singled to left, Winn scored, Contreras to second.
	9th Inning	Contreras walked, Winn to second.

Statistics

CHC		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	9
6	Strikeouts	6
5	Runs Batted In	1
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	1
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
18	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	1
142	Pitches	145
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	6
38	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
4.6	Runs Created	1.3
.361	Batting Average	.200
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.417	Slugging Percentage	.200
.056	Secondary Average	.100
.351	On Base Percentage	.294
.768	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.494
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
4.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.3
37.0	Batter Rating	10.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.74	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.26
.056	Isolated Power	.000
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.118
-.306	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.100
10.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
90.3	MLB Rating	66.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0