The Cubs were hoping for a bounceback performance after being swept in Saturday’s doubleheader and looking bad doing it. Instead, the Cardinals beat up on Jon Lester Sunday night and moved even closer to first place.
The teams traded solo homers in the 1st inning with Tommy Edman and Anthony Rizzo providing the poser. Jason Kipnis gave the Cubs a lead when he mashed a Dakota Hudson slider for a two-run homer in the 2nd.
Lester ran into problems in the 3rd inning and fell victim to the home run ball again.