Chicago Cubs surpass St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 – MLB Recap
Chicago Cubs surpassed St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 in the first game of their three-match regular series encounter on Friday, September 21 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
Cubs’ pitching rotation pitched well and earned a huge victory. Starter Chris Volstad pitched five innings and received three runs on six hits. He showed some early offensive plays as his ERA rose to 6.22. Though he was unable to strike-out any batter but he still saved the game for the Cubs.
Miguel Socolovich supported his team-mate and starting pitcher Volstad well and showed his class. He pitched one inning and did not receive any run or hit. He struck-out two while his ERA remained at 5.40.
Relief pitcher James Russell received one run and two hits as he tossed one inning on his 3.50 ERA.
Cubs’ hitters also performed tremendously and helped their team oust the Cardinals with great determination.
Centre fielder David DeJesus scored two runs and hammered four hits on his six at-bats. He also ran for an RBI while he maintained his slugging percentage at .400.
Darwin Barney batted five times and scored two runs and smashed two hits along with three RBIs. He did very well on the plate and maintained his slugging percentage at .376.
"I'm just trying to get Rizzo up," Barney said. "Fortunately, he threw me another fastball and I got to it. I was worried about the wind, that the wind was gonna knock it down, but it went."
Barney added, "I feel like there's some times where I've gone through periods of adjustments and I'm not really helping out the offense that much, It's one of those things where we're working on finding an approach I can stick with and take into the offseason and work on it, and hopefully come in and stick with one thing next year."
On the other hand, Cardinals’ pitchers and hitters disappointed with their performances. They were hammered with big hits and could not show their natural game against the Cubs’ as they lost with humiliation.
Chris Carpenter pitched five innings and received two runs and five hits. He struck two while his ERA rose to 3.60.
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