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Adbert Alzolay Tagged With Loss in Cubs-Cardinals Match

Ian Happ swatted 2 round trippers and drove in 2 runs but it wasn't enough as Cardinals defeated Chicago 4-2 at Wrigley Field.

St. Louis was an underdog by -101 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went PUSH the consensus closing total of 6.

Adam Wainwright earned the victory for the Cardinals, throwing 6.1 innings of work, striking out 6, walking 1, and allowing 6 hits and 2 earned runs. That effort was supported by 2 RBIs from Paul DeJong in the win.

Chicago's starting pitcher Ryan Tepera worked 1.1 innings, giving up 3 hits and 2 earned runs while striking out 2 in the loss. They got 2 hits from Ian Happ in a losing cause.

Chicago outhit their counterparts 6-5 in the game.

The game was closed out by Giovanny Gallegos who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 0 walks and fanned 1 batters to earn the save.