Chicago CubsvsSt. Louis Cardinals
CHC 2/STL 3
Things to say
The Cardinals walked off the Cubs 3-2 in 10 innings at Busch Stadium.
01
opener
Cards took it in extras, 3-2. Ghost runner comes around and that's the ballgame in the tenth. Classic gritty Cardinals-Cubs slog.
02
key player
Whoever St. Louis ran out of the pen in the tenth earned it. Kept the heart of the order off the board when one swing loses it.
03
hot take
Cubs are 61-47 and still let a .500 team hang around all night. That's the kind of getaway-day loss that bites you in September.
04
deep cut
Nobody left the yard all game. Walk-off with the ghost runner, small ball, exactly the kind of grind that never shows up in a box score.
05
exit
Anyway, it's a rivalry, they'll be right back at it tomorrow. Cubs still own the division, so I'm not sweating one extra-inning loss.
The recap
Cardinals walked it off in extras to steal one from the division-leading Cubs, 3-2 in ten. Chicago came in as the hotter club at 61-47, but St.
Louis kept it a one-run scrap all night and finally cashed in the tenth. Both bullpens hung zeros deep into this thing before the Cards pushed across the winner.
Getaway-day gut punch for the Cubs, who let a scrappy sub-.500 team hang around and pay for it.