{"id":781524,"date":"2026-07-05T23:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/781524\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T23:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:46:09","slug":"cubs-beat-the-cardinals-6-4-scoring-4-runs-in-the-sixth-to-avoid-a-series-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/781524\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs beat the Cardinals 6-4, scoring 4 runs in the sixth to avoid a series sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Nico Hoerner drove in two runs, Pete Crow-Armstrong had two hits, and the Chicago Cubs rallied for four runs in the sixth inning against a sloppy St. Louis defense to top the Cardinals 6-4 on Sunday and avoid a series sweep.<\/p>\n

Alex Bregman doubled in a run, pinch-hitter Pedro Ramirez had an RBI and the Cubs posted two unearned runs to win for the 10th time in their last 13 games.<\/p>\n

St. Louis\u2019 Jordan Walker hit his 20th homer, a three-run shot in the sixth, then drove in a fourth run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth to boost his RBI total to 67, tied for most in the majors. Rookie JJ Wetherholt and Alec Burleson each had two hits.<\/p>\n

After Walker\u2019s drive to deep left put St. Louis ahead 3-2, Chicago took advantage of two Cardinals errors in the bottom of the sixth.<\/p>\n

Hoerner tied it 3-all with an RBI single off Matthew Liberatore (4-6). Michael Busch scored to make it 4-3 when third baseman Jos\u00e9 Fermin threw Dansby Swanson\u2019s double-play grounder wide of second and into right field.<\/p>\n

Hoerner scored from third on Ramirez\u2019s sacrifice fly to Walker in right. Swanson came home from second to make it 6-3 when Walker\u2019s throw to third skipped wide of the bag.<\/p>\n

Drew Pomeranz (1-3) pitched an inning of relief for his first win with the Cubs since rejoining them Friday. Jacob Webb tossed the final two innings for his third save.<\/p>\n

Cubs started Javier Assad allowed no runs in 4 2\/3 innings, yielding two singles while walking two and striking out two.<\/p>\n

Liberatore allowed four earned runs on four hits in five-plus innings, and was nursing a 2-0 lead entering the sixth when Matt Svanson relieved. Liberatore walked two, hit three batters and struck out two.<\/p>\n

The Cubs jumped ahead 2-0 in the first, scoring on Bregman\u2019s double and Hoerner\u2019s sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Cardinals: RHP Dustin May (5-6, 4.80 ERA) faces Milwaukee LHP Shane Drohan (3-2, 3.12) in St. Louis on Monday.<\/p>\n

Cubs: LHP Matthew Boyd (3-1, 5.08) starts Tuesday at Baltimore against Orioles RHP Shane Baz (4-8, 4.19).<\/p>\n

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