Mike Tauchman out, Cubs rally with 3 runs in 9th to beat Cardinals 5-4 originally appeared in NBC Sports Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — Slugger Mike Tauchman doubled in Dansby Swanson’s winning run as the Chicago Cubs scored three times in the ninth inning to rally for a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
With Chicago down 4-2, Cody Bellinger hit a solo home run with one out. After Nico Hoerner singled and stole second, Swanson followed with his second RBI single of the night to tie it. Tauchman lined St. Louis closer on Ryan Helsley’s 2-2 fastball down the left field line for the win.
Helsley (4-4) made a save for the third time in 19 chances. Reliever Nate Pearson (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.
Rookie Masyn Winn hit a two-run homer, then Nolan Arenado added an RBI single in a three-run seventh inning to put St. Louis up.
Paul Goldschmidt hit his 17th home run in the first, then added a single and a double. The veteran first baseman has nine hits in his last 20 at-bats (.450) in five games.
Bellinger has scored seven hits in three games since recovering from a broken finger.
St. Louis starter Sonny Gray pitched seven effective innings, allowing two runs on five hits, striking out nine and walking one. Gray was sharp after yielding 24 runs in 28 1/3 innings in five previous starts for a 6.67 ERA during that stretch.
Seiya Suzuki hit a 459-foot solo shot in the sixth inning for his second hit of the night. The team said it was the longest game by a Cubs player this season.
Winn’s eighth home run, on a high, fast ball by Shota Imanaga, barely made it to the basket in left field.
Tommy Pham added two more hits and went 5 for 10 in three games with St. Louis since being acquired from the White Sox on Monday. Arenado, Winn and Michael Siani each finished with two hits.
Imanaga yielded four runs on 10 hits. The lefty struck out seven and walked none.
CARDINAL MOVEMENTS
RHP Erick Fedde, acquired from the White Sox on Monday, and RHP Shawn Armstrong, acquired from Tampa Bay on Tuesday, joined the Cardinals and were activated. Fedde will start Friday and Armstrong was available in the bullpen. To make room, RHP Michael McGreevy and RHP Ryan Loutos were optioned to Triple-A-Memphis.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cubs: RHP Adbert Alzolay, on the IL since May 13, will need surgery to repair a flexor muscle in his right forearm, manager Craig Counsell said. The Cubs’ closer last season with 22 saves, Alzolay didn’t recover from a rehab assignment at Triple-A Iowa last Saturday. Counsell said Alzolay would seek a second opinion before setting a surgery date.
NEXT
Fedde (7-4, 3.11) makes his first start for the Cardinals on Friday against Cubs RHP Javier Assad (5-3, 3.23).
