Nothing separated the teams for five innings. Then Seiya Suzuki ended it with one swing. His three-run homer to left center in the sixth inning turned a scoreless game into a 3-0 Cubs win, and that was all Chicago would need.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Suzuki finished 2-for-4 with the home run, three RBIs and a run scored, his blast his only extra-base hit of the night beyond a double. The homer traveled 390 feet and erased a scoreless tie in an instant, giving the Cubs their only runs of the game in a single at-bat.
With the score tied 0-0 in the sixth, Suzuki turned on a pitch and sent it out to left center, and Taylor and Swanson both scored ahead of him. The blast was a go-ahead shot that put Chicago in front for good, and the Cubs did not need to add another run the rest of the way.
Matthew Liberatore kept St. Louis in the game for most of his outing, working 5.1 innings and allowing 2 runs (2 earned) on 2 hits with 6 strikeouts and a walk, but the Cardinals offense could not back him. St. Louis managed just 3 hits all night and never threatened to score, going down in order far too often against Chicago's pitching.
Clay Holmes was the story on the mound for Chicago, working 6.2 innings and allowing just 1 hit with 0 runs, a walk and 3 strikeouts, and picking up the win to move to 5-5 on the season with a 2.56 ERA. Jacob Webb closed it out with a scoreless inning for his 9th save. The Cubs improved to 72-51, riding the win to snap into a modest one-game winning streak, while St. Louis fell to 61-61.