St. Louis Cardinals Extend Winning Streak to Five Games with Victory Over Cubs
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Paul Goldschmidt homered twice and Sonny Gray tossed five scoreless innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals edge out the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday night in a game delayed by more than 2 1/2 hours due to rain.
With this victory, St. Louis extended its winning streak to five games, the first time they’ve achieved this since a six-game streak from July 15-20, 2023. The Cardinals have now won 10 of their last 12 games.
“It was a good team effort,” said Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol. “The bottom line, guys are stepping up and contributing. Different guys are coming in and doing their jobs. It’s coming together very well from all sides of the game. Baserunning, defense, pitching, and hitting, it’s coming together, and it’s led to some wins.”
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After the game started at 8:43 p.m. local time following a 2-hour, 33-minute rain delay, Gray (7-2) had another solid outing for the Cardinals. He allowed just one hit and struck out eight before being removed after throwing just 74 pitches. “With the delay, it was a long day,” Marmol explained. “Sonny’s got a pretty extensive routine and throughout the day just couldn’t get his lower half and loose during that game once it started. I didn’t want to push through it, so I called it for him. He did his job.”
The Cubs mounted a late rally against Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley in the ninth. Ian Happ led off with his second homer of the game to make it a one-run affair. Javier Assad (4-1) allowed four runs and five hits, striking out a career-best eight batters in five innings after not allowing more than two earned runs in any of his previous 10 starts this season. Chicago has now lost four in a row and six of their last eight games.
Cardinals rookie Masyn Winn singled in the fifth inning to extend his hitting streak to 15 games. Alec Burleson singled in the first to extend his streak to 10 games, matching the longest of his career.
Up next, the Cubs will send LHP Justin Steele (0-2, 5.68 ERA) to face Brewers LHP Robert Gasser (2-0, 2.65 ERA) in the opener of a four-game series in Milwaukee on Monday.
For the Cardinals, RHP Lance Lynn (2-2, 3.68 ERA) will oppose Reds LHP Nick Lodolo (3-2, 3.34 ERA) in the first game of a three-game series in Cincinnati on Monday as the Cardinals start a season-high nine-game road trip.
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