Almora pulled the ball out of his glove to show the umpires and the stunned crowd he had made the catch. Mills got some help from center fielder Albert Almora Jr., who made two big defensive plays against Yadier Molina.Īlmora robbed Molina of a two-run double in the first and took a homer away from the catcher in the fourth, climbing over the wall. "We had it lined up the way we wanted trying to bring home a one-run game," Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said. Miller also struggled in his previous appearance, allowing a tying homer to Ildemaro Vargas in the Cardinals' 19-inning loss at Arizona on Tuesday. Happ finished with three hits and two RBIs.īrad Wieck (2-2) got one out for the win. Garcia stopped a 0-for-14 slide with his first homer since July 22. Nico Hoerner then hit an RBI single, Garcia connected for a three-run shot and Ben Zobrist singled in Tony Kemp before Genesis Cabrera got the final out of the inning. Happ hit a tiebreaking RBI double off Miller, and Wilson Contreras made it 3-1 when he scored on a wild pitch.Īfter Victor Caratini was hit by a pitch, Miller was replaced by Helsley. The Cubs then went ahead to stay with seven more in the seventh. Louis jumped in front on Matt Carpenter's 14th homer in the fourth, but Happ tied it at 1 when he led off the sixth with his ninth homer off Gallegos. But the right-hander left with a no-decision because Chicago was unable to put anything together against Hudson. "The big blow tonight, the big blow came out of our second baseman and this explains it better than I possibly could."Īlec Mills struck out nine while pitching five innings of one-run ball. "This is something I've wanted to do for a while," Maddon said. He inserted Robel Garcia's first name as he sang along in his office. It's frustrating, I didn't do my job today but (I've got to) be ready to go tomorrow."Ĭubs manager Joe Maddon celebrated by playing a video during his postgame press conference of Bette Midler singing "Rochelle, Rochelle" from a "Seinfeld" episode in the '90s. "It does change pretty quick and you've got to be ready for it. "These aren't playoff games, but they're as close as you can get without being there," Miller said. Miller knew what was on the line when he took the mound in the seventh. The Cubs were swept in a four-game series against the Cardinals last weekend. Ian Happ and Robel Garcia homered for Chicago (83-77), which had lost nine in a row. But their magic number for securing their first division title since 2015 was sliced to two when second-place Milwaukee lost 11-7 at Colorado. The Cardinals (90-70) lost their third consecutive game after winning six in a row. Miller (5-6), Helsley and Giovanny Gallegos allowed each of Chicago's runs after Dakota Hudson struck out 10 in five scoreless innings. Andrew Miller and Ryan Helsley were hit hard during an 8-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Friday night, but the Cardinals' magic number for clinching the division dropped to two.
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