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05/31 21:48 CDT Liberatore and Dobbins pitch the Cardinals to a 5-1 victory
over the Cubs
Liberatore and Dobbins pitch the Cardinals to a 5-1 victory over the Cubs
By DAVID SOLOMON
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) --- Matthew Liberatore took a shutout into the sixth inning and
Masyn Winn hit a two-run single as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago
Cubs 5-1 on Sunday night.
JJ Wetherholt and Ivn Herrera each had two hits and scored twice for the
Cardinals, who took two of three from their NL Central rivals after entering
the series on a four-game losing streak. Alec Burleson drove in two runs.
Alex Bregman homered for the Cubs, who are 3-2 since a 10-game skid.
Liberatore (3-3) allowed three hits and one walk in 5 1/3 scoreless innings
after giving up at least three runs in each of his previous three starts. He
struck out four.
Hunter Dobbins relieved Liberatore hours after being recalled from Triple-A
Memphis and yielded one run on four hits with four strikeouts over 3 2/3
innings for his first professional save.
Bregman hit his fifth homer this season to left field off his former Boston
teammate in the sixth to spoil the shutout and extend his hitting streak to 11
games.
Burleson blooped an RBI single off reliever Ethan Roberts that landed just in
front of left fielder Ian Happ to make it 3-0 in the third. Winn added a
two-run single that extended the margin to 5-0.
Jordan Walker had an RBI single for the Cardinals in a two-run first.
Jordan Wicks (0-2) was charged with three runs and four hits in two-plus
innings. He was removed after Wetherholt reached on an infield single leading
off the third.
St. Louis opened a 2-0 lead after Wetherholt, Herrera and Walker all singled to
start the bottom of the first.
Up next
Cubs: RHP Jameson Taillon (2-4, 5.37 ERA) will face Athletics LHP Gage Jump
(0-1, 7.20) to open a six-game homestand Tuesday night.
Cardinals: RHP Michael McGreevy (3-4, 2.98 ERA) faces Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom
(3-4, 3.77) to begin a three-game series Monday night.
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