St. Louis CardinalsvsChicago Cubs
STL 17/CHC 1
Things to say
The Cardinals hammered the Cubs 17-1 at Wrigley Field.
01
opener
Yeah, that one got ugly fast. Cards put up 17 at Wrigley and the Cubs never had an answer. Total laugher.
02
key player
The whole St. Louis lineup left the yard, man. Top to bottom the heart of the order was locked in all night.
03
hot take
Cubs manager left the starter out to dry, then went to the pen too early. Either way, 17 runs is a bullpen white flag.
04
deep cut
On a getaway day too, so half those arms were probably being saved. That'll show up as a rough WHIP nobody earned.
05
exit
Anyway, Cubs will wanna flush that one quick before the next series. Can't get much worse than 17-1.
The recap
The Cardinals went into Wrigley on a getaway day and absolutely torched the place, hanging 17 on the Cubs in a laugher that was over by the middle innings. The heart of the order did the damage early and never let up, chasing the starter and turning the bullpen into batting practice.
Chicago's lone run was the only thing keeping this off the shutout board, and by the end you could hear the seventh-inning stretch echo through a half-empty park. When you drop 17, there's no single hero — the whole lineup left the yard.