This game ended before most fans found their seats. The Cubs scored two in the first and five more in the second, chasing St. Louis starter Michael McGreevy before he could finish the inning, and St. Louis never had a chance to make it a game.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHC | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 0 |
| STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Colin Rea did the rest. The right-hander worked 6.0 innings, allowing 4 hits and 1 run (1 earned) while striking out 2 and walking 2, and picked up the win to move to 8-7 on the season. It was a modest final line by strikeout totals, but with a seven-run cushion behind him from the first two innings, Rea didn't need to miss many bats.
The game turned in the first inning, when Ian Happ doubled to right to bring home Bregman and Suzuki, giving Chicago a lead it never gave back. The Cubs weren't finished. In the second, Pete Crow-Armstrong's sacrifice fly scored Conforto, Suzuki doubled home Kelly, Busch singled in Suzuki, and Hoerner capped the outburst with a two-run single that scored Bregman and Busch. By the time the second inning ended, Chicago led 7-0. Seiya Suzuki finished 3-for-5 with 2 runs and 2 RBIs, while Alex Bregman went 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored, and Ian Happ drove in 2 runs on a 2-for-4 night with a pair of doubles.
Michael McGreevy's outing was over almost as soon as it began. The Cardinals right-hander lasted just 1.2 innings, allowing 8 hits and 7 runs, all earned, with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks, and took the loss to fall to 4-9. St. Louis' offense managed only token resistance, with Nathan Church's sacrifice fly scoring Burleson in the fourth and Masyn Winn's ground-rule double driving in Nootbaar in the ninth. The Cardinals bullpen covered the rest, with four relievers combining for 7.1 innings and 3 runs allowed.
The Cubs, winners of consecutive games, improved to 61-46. St. Louis, mired in a three-game losing streak, fell to 53-54.