Game One Hundred Forty-Nine – Cubs 3, Cardinals 4
WP – Carlos Martinez (14-7) LP – Jon Lester (10-11) Save – Trevor Rosenthal (46)
The Cubs ended up a run short for the second straight series with the Cardinals from completing a sweep. Jon Lester gave up three runs in the first inning on a pair of home runs and another run in the third. The Cubs cut the Cardinals lead in half with an Anthony Rizzo two-out, two-run single in the third. And the Cubs made it a 4-3 game in the eighth on a bases loaded walk by Tommy La Stella.