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07/03 18:30 CDT Nathan Church and Masyn Winn hit 3-run HRs, Cardinals pound
Cubs 17-1
Nathan Church and Masyn Winn hit 3-run HRs, Cardinals pound Cubs 17-1
By MATT CARLSON
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) --- Nathan Church and Masyn Winn hit three-run homers and the St.
Louis Cardinals had 17 hits overall to cool off the Chicago Cubs 17-1 on Friday.
Winn and Alec Burleson had two hits and four RBIs each to help St. Louis win
for the fourth time in its last five games and end NL Central rival Chicago's
five-game win streak. Ivan Herrera and Blaze Jordan had three hits each.
Cardinals starter Andre Pallante (10-5) limited the Cubs to five hits and one
walk over 5 2/3 innings.
Church's drive off David Peterson (4-7) in the second inning was his third in
four games. The center fielder has eight RBIs in the span.
Alex Bregman had two hits and drove in the Cubs' run with a double in the
seventh inning.
Peterson gave up a career-high 10 earned runs on nine hits in 3 2/3 innings in
his second start with the Cubs since being acquired from the Mets on June 25.
The Cardinals went on to build a 17-0 lead, their biggest over an opponent
since an 18-0 lead at Pittsburgh on May 22, 2022.
Peterson was struck in the shoulder by Jordan's comebacker with two outs in the
second, but remained in the game. The left-hander yielded Church's drive to
right on a down-the-middle curve in the next at-bat for a 3-0 St. Louis lead.
Peterson was tagged for three more runs in the third, then four in the fourth
after walking the bases loaded.
Bryse Wilson relieved and allowed Winn's homer, on an 0-2 pitch, that made it
11-0.
The Cardinals tacked on three runs off Wilson in the fifth, two more in the
sixth and another in the seventh.
The game was delayed by 10 minutes by thunderstorms.
Up next
Cardinals RHP Kyle Leahy (6-4, 4.09 ERA) faced Cubs LHP Shota Imanaga (5-6,
4.30) on Saturday night.
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