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The Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals in 11 innings yesterday in a hard-fought game of baseball. You never know what you’re going to see at a baseball game, and an MLB extra-innings game is always a possibility. It was one heck of a game that devotees with Cubs tickets will definitely cherish.
Cubs pitcher Esmailin Caridad (2.03 ERA) got the win, while Mitchell Boggs (4.37 ERA) took the loss for the Cardinals. Carlos Zambrano went 6 innings for the Cubs, allowed 5 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with 3 walks and 6 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Cubs was John Grabow (3.06), Kevin Gregg (4.72), Sean Marshall (4.46), and Aaron Heilman (4.21). The Cardinals’s starter Adam Wainwright went 7 innings, allowed 5 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with 2 walks and 10 strikeouts. Blake Hawksworth (2.31), Trever Miller (1.77), Jason Motte (4.92), Dennys Reyes (3.05), and Brad Thompson (4.98) also pitched for the Cardinals. With the win, Caridad’s record goes to 1-0, while Boggs is at 2-3. Carlos Marmol earned the save for the Cubs, bringing his saves up to 14.
In addition to the 6 runs, the Cubs scored 10 hits and committed one error. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Cubs, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. The Cardinals didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. Ryan Ludwick could not get much going at the plate as he left 8 runners on base. The Cardinals got 3 runs, 7 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Todd Tichenor, Kerwin Danley, Marty Foster and Mark Carlson. There were 44,937 Cardinals ticket holders in attendance at Busch Stadium.
The win puts the Cubs at a record of 76-72, (10 games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Cardinals to 87-63, still leading their division. Next up for the Cubs are the Milwaukee Brewers (74-75) at the Brewers’s Miller Park. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Milwaukee Brewers tickets because that game should be a good one. The Cardinals will next take on the Houston Astros (70-79) at Minute Maid Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Houston Astros tickets today and take in all the thrills.