The Cardinals were riding high after a three-game sweep of San Diego, but three early Cub homers stunted St. Louis’ momentum in a clunky 7-5 loss to Chicago.
A Willson Contreras two-run homer gave the Cubs a 2-0 lead before Liberatore could even record an out, and St. Louis battled to catch up the rest of the evening. The rookie southpaw didn’t have a put-away pitch, striking out just one Cub over 3.1 innings while simultaneously giving up a trio of bombs and walking three at Wrigley Field.
Paul Goldschmidt extended his hitting streak, Harrison Bader hit his fifth homer, and Brendan Donovan continued to prove that he needs to be in the lineup every day, but the Cardinals’ pitching simply did not get it done.