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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

2026-08-16 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 39395 · 86°F, Cloudy · Wind 4 mph, Out To RF · 3:06

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 11–4. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 1st — Alec Burleson homers (21) on a fly ball to right center field. JJ Wetherholt scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Pete Crow-Armstrong homers (28) on a fly ball to right center field. James Triantos scores — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	11	13
CHN	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	6

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
JJ Wetherholt 2B	4	3	2	1	1	0
Ivan Herrera DH	3	1	1	1	1	1
Alec Burleson 1B	5	2	3	4	0	1
Jordan Walker RF	4	1	3	4	0	0
Joshua Báez LF	5	0	0	0	0	3
Everson Pereira LF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Church CF	4	0	0	0	1	0
Masyn Winn SS	4	1	0	0	1	1
Jimmy Crooks C	4	2	2	0	1	1
Blaze Jordan 3B	5	1	2	1	0	2

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	5	1	1	2	0	3
Seiya Suzuki RF	5	1	1	0	0	3
Alex Bregman 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tyrone Taylor LF	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ian Happ LF	3	0	1	0	0	0
Nico Hoerner SS	3	0	1	0	1	0
Pedro Ramírez 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2
James Triantos 2B	3	1	0	0	1	1
Dansby Swanson SS	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Conforto DH	3	0	0	0	1	1
Miguel Amaya C	3	1	1	1	1	1