Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals

CHC 2 — 3 STL
Final (10) — 2026-07-29
MVP: Matthew Boyd 7.0 IP, 5 K, 0 ER

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 3-2. Matthew Boyd led the way with 7.0 IP, 5 K, 0 ER. Luis Gastelum earned the win and Trent Thornton took the loss.

12345678910 RHE
CHC 0000000002 230
STL 0000000003 371
WP Luis Gastelum (2-1)
LP Trent Thornton (3-4, B, 1)

Scoring Plays

Top 10: Crow-Armstrong homered to right center (424 feet), Swanson scored. (2-0)
Bot 10: Walker grounded into fielder's choice to third, Church scored, Wetherholt to second, Nootbaar out at third. (2-1)
Bot 10: Herrera doubled to left, Walker scored and Wetherholt scored, Herrera to third. (2-3)

CHC — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Crow-Armstrong CF5110012000 .284.382.538.920
Suzuki RF3010000200 .272.361.479.840
Busch 1B5000000020 .241.358.392.750
Bregman 3B4011000010 .245.338.375.713
Happ LF4000000020 .219.331.422.753
Conforto DH1000000200 .242.339.478.817
Ramirez 2B2000000210 .315.367.461.828
Swanson SS4100000010 .218.296.407.703
Amaya C3000000010 .242.354.356.710
Dean DH0000000000 .375.500.6251.125
Hoerner 2B1000000000 .253.317.348.665
Kelly C0000000000 .260.351.372.723

STL — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Wetherholt 2B4100000100 .251.348.388.736
Walker RF5110001020 .282.344.500.844
Herrera DH5032002010 .246.365.384.749
Burleson 1B4010000020 .285.344.462.806
Winn SS4000000030 .241.315.321.636
Fermin 3B3000000110 .243.310.370.680
Jordan 3B4011000010 .230.254.345.599
Church CF3100000000 .224.267.354.621
Pages C2000000100 .204.250.322.572
Torres LF0000000000 .231.286.449.735
Nootbaar PH1010000000 .248.352.376.728

CHC — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Boyd 7.0400250 89-62 3.411.22
Webb 1.0000030 13-11 2.721.25
Thielbar 1.0100020 18-13 3.941.24
Thornton 0.1232100 16-8 3.031.13L, 3-4, B, 1

STL — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
May 5.0100230 70-40 4.381.28
Bruihl 1.0000000 11-8 3.611.38
Stanek 1.0000220 28-15 4.351.49
Soriano 1.0000120 22-15 3.421.17
O'Brien 1.0000110 18-10 3.591.19
Gastelum 1.0221001 13-12 6.001.68W, 2-1

Venue: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri (31,499)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Todd Tichenor, First Base Umpire: Tyler Jones, Second Base Umpire: Clint Vondrak, Third Base Umpire: Adam Hamari

Broadcast: MARQ | CATV

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