ST. LOUIS — Alex Bregman drove in the go-ahead run with a 10th-inning double and the Chicago Cubs went on to a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Bregman went 9 for 18 as the Cubs took three games in the four-game series, with six doubles, a home run and three RBIs.<\/p>\n
Bregman scored the final run on a double by Ian Happ off Luis Gastelum (2-2).<\/p>\n
Jacob Webb (4-2) pitched 1 1\/3 innings of relief for the win and Aaron Civale finished to get his first save of the season.<\/p>\n
Nico Hoerner had three of Chicago’s 11 hits.<\/p>\n
Chicago improved to 9-6 in extra-inning games this season while St. Louis fell to 8-5.<\/p>\n
Right-handed starter Javier Assad gave up one run on six hits in 4 1\/3 innings for the Cubs.<\/p>\n
Cardinals starter Andre Pallante went 6 1\/3 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits.<\/p>\n
A one-out home run by rookie JJ Wetherholt in the seventh off Caleb Thielbar pulled the Cardinals even at 2-2.<\/p>\n
Pallante was lifted after giving up a one-out walk to Dansby Swanson. Michael Busch hit a 1-2 changeup to left with two outs off reliever George Soriano, scoring Swanson for a 2-1 lead in the seventh.<\/p>\n
The Cubs tied it 1-1 on a throwing error by right fielder Lars Nootbaar. Bregman doubled with one out. Ian Happ hit a fly back to the fence. Bregman tagged and went to third and dashed home when Wetherholt couldn\u2019t catch Nootbaar\u2019s high throw to the infield.<\/p>\n
Bryan Torres singled home Nootbaar with one out in the second inning, giving St. Louis a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
St. Louis RHP Kyle Leahy (7-4, 3.55 ERA) vs. Toronto\u2019s RHP Dylan Cease (7-6, 2.46) on Friday.<\/p>\n
Chicago\u2019s LHP Shota Imanaga (7-8, 3.72) vs. New York Yankees RHP Will Warren (7-5, 4.41) on Friday.<\/p>\n
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