Matthew Boyd celebrated his All-Star Sport choice by hanging out 9 batters in 5 innings as Chicago Cubs demolished the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 11-0 Sunday night time.
Fellow All-Star choice Kyle Tucker drove in three runs for the Cubs, who’ve gained eight of their final 11 video games. Seiya Suzuki contributed a double, house run and two RBIs to the outburst, whereas Nico Hoerner had three hits, three runs and an RBI and Reese McGuire drove in two.
Boyd (9-3) allowed simply three hits and a stroll whereas profitable his third straight begin. Jordan Wicks threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings and Daniel Palencia retired the final two batters to finish the shutout.
The Cardinals have misplaced 5 of their final six video games to fall 6 1/2 video games behind the Nationwide League Central-leading Cubs.
St. Louis starter Erick Fedde (3-9) allowed three runs on two hits and 4 walks in 1 1/3 innings.
Chicago took a 1-0 lead within the first inning. Tucker walked, stole second and scored on Pete Crow-Armstrong’s single.
The Cubs knocked Fedde out of the sport within the second inning. Hoerner hit a leadoff double and took third on a one-out wild pitch.
After Fedde walked Matt Shaw and Ian Happ, Cardinals supervisor Oliver Marmol summoned John King. Tucker greeted King with a two-run single to place Chicago up 3-0.
The Cubs elevated their result in 8-0 within the third inning. Michael Busch and Dansby Swanson walked, then Hoerner hit a blooped single to load the bases. McGuire hit an RBI single to power one other pitching change — and the onslaught continued in opposition to reliever Matt Svanson.
Shaw’s fielder’s alternative grounder resulted in a run-producing throwing error. Happ hit an RBI groundout, Tucker hit a sacrifice fly, then Suzuki smacked an RBI double.
Hoerner’s RBI triple and McGuire’s run-scoring grounder pushed Chicago’s result in 10-0 within the fourth inning. Suzuki’s homer within the fifth inning made it 11-0.
–Subject Degree Media