In a game that seemed to drag on forever the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 thanks to an excellent start from Yu Darvish.
Darvish went six strong innings allowing one run on eight hits along with seven strikeouts.He did a good job of limiting the damage including getting out of a bases loaded no outs jam without allowing a run.
The Cubs got the scoring started in the third when Ian Happ hit a solo home run for his fifth home run, he continues to be a huge part of the Cubs offense this season. Batting lead off he went 2-3 with a home run and a walk improving his line to .313/.439/.627 and a 183 wRC+.
In the fourth Jason Heyward would extend the lead with an RBI triple, but the Cubs would waste a huge chance later in the frame as they had bases loaded and one out but managed to not score a run.
The next inning Javier Baez would rip a 111.9 MPH double and Kyle Schwarber followed with a 113.1 MPH two-run home run to make the game 4-1. The Cubs concluded the scoring on a Victor Caratini RBI double and a Jason Kipnis sacrifice fly in the seventh.
Casey Sadler looked good in his first inning of work, but quickly fell apart in the eight walking his first two batter before being pulled for Dan Winkler. Winkler would give up an RBI single, but then got a double play with the bases loaded.
After Winkler hit Dexter Fowler David Ross would signal for Rowan Wick who would strike out Andrew Knizer as the tying run. In the ninth he worked around a one out walk to secure the victory.
The Cubs conclude the series with another double header tomorrow. Alec Mills will take the mound opposing Jack Flaherty, while the starters for game two are unknown. The first game begins at 1:20 PM
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