The Cubs welcomed the rival Cardinals to Sloan Park for a very rare exhibition matchup Monday afternoon. Chicago built up a lead thanks to the red-hot Seiya Suzuki, but the bullpen melted down in the middle innings and St. Louis went on to win.
Suzuki started the scoring with a solo homer off of Steven Matz in the bottom of the 1st inning. Cubs starter Jordan Wicks gave up an RBI single to Masyn Winn in the 2nd to tie the game. That was the only run Wicks surrendered in four frames on Monday.