Lars Nootbaar doubled twice but was thrown out at the plate in the first when he tried to score from third on Goldschmidt’s grounder to first. Wainwright (9-9) yielded two runs on five hits in six innings. “For me, Rucker's performance was really impressive,” Ross said. He retired Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado and Nolan Gorman to end the threat, then pitched a 1-2-3 sixth.
Rucker relieved Assad with two on and none out in the fifth and Chicago ahead 2-0. The cutter was working really well for him, being able to come right at them right out of the chute.” “He looked to be calm out there, pounding the strike zone. The right-hander allowed four hits, walked four and struck out three. The 25-year-old Assad was selected from Triple-A Iowa before the game. "But today we got good pitches to hit and were just missing them.” “We’ve been coming through with the big hits quite often for the past couple of weeks and guys have been cashing in," St. 548 (17-for-33) with seven homers in his previous 10 games. He went 1-for-4 with a double after batting.
Rookie Christopher Morel had two hits for the Cubs, who have won six of eight.Ĭhicago kept red-hot, 42-year-old Albert Pujols in the ballpark. Louis starter Adam Wainwright in the third. Nico Hoerner and Seiya Suzuki drove in runs off St. “Phenomenal job by the whole pitching staff, obviously, holding these guys to no runs,” Cubs manager David Ross said.
Michael Rucker (3-1), Sean Newcomb, Erich Uelmen and Brandon Hughes allowed one hit over the final five innings to halt the NL Central-leading Cardinals' season-high eight-game winning streak. Louis Cardinals 2-0 on Tuesday in the first game of a doubleheader. Assad, 4 relievers help Cubs stop Cards' 8-game streak, 2-0ĬHICAGO - Javier Assad pitched four scoreless innings in his major league debut and combined with four relievers on a five-hitter as the Chicago Cubs cooled off the St.
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