mlb Game Recap
Chicago Drops St. Louis 8-6 - Match Report
Chicago got 0.1 innings of work from Daniel Palencia en route to a 8-6 victory over St. Louis on Saturday at Wrigley Field.
Chicago was an underdog by +105 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 9.5.
Daniel Palencia earned the victory for the Cubs, throwing 0.1 innings of work, striking out 0, walking 2, and allowing 0 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 4 RBIs from Cody Bellinger in the win.
St. Louis's starting pitcher Miles Mikolas worked 5 innings, giving up 11 hits and 5 earned runs while striking out 3 in the loss. They got 3 hits from Lars Nootbaar in a losing cause.
The battle of the bats favored Chicago as they had 15 hits, while St. Louis only had 10.
The game was closed out by Adbert Alzolay who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 1 hits, 0 walks and fanned 2 batters to earn the save.