Well, at least the Cubs scored some runs.
Unfortunately, they also blew two leads and Mark Leiter Jr., who had been nearly lights-out all season, got hit hard in a four-run St. Louis eighth inning, giving the Cardinals a 7-6 win over the Cubs. It’s the first time in 2024 the Cubs have lost three in a row, and the loss also drops them to 3½ games out of first place, the first time this year’s Cubs have been more than 2½ games out of the top spot in the NL Central.
Jameson Taillon and Miles Mikolas matched zeroes for the first two innings, then the Cardinals put a pair of runs across in the bottom of the third.