Game Forty-Three – Cubs 3, Cardinals 4
WP – Trevor Rosenthal (2-1) LP – Adam Warren (3-1) Save – None
The Cubs took a 3-1 lead into the seventh inning. John Lackey served up a two-run pinch hit homer to Matt Adams that tied the game. Randal Grichuk took Adam Warren deep with two outs in the bottom of the ninth as the Cubs lost the opener of the three game series in St. Louis on Monday night.
The Cubs outplayed the Cardinals once again at Busch Stadium but could not put the game away.