CHICAGO -- Atoning for the error that left the Cardinals precariously close to falling further back in the National League Central than they had been all season, Paul DeJong delivered a ninth-inning, go-ahead RBI single to cap the club's frenetic 6-3 comeback win over the Cubs in the nightcap of Saturday's doubleheader.
The Cardinals, who dropped Game 1, 7-2, avoided the doubleheader sweep by finding renewed offensive life behind a suddenly unstoppable Matt Carpenter. After sitting on the bench for the first five innings, Carpenter entered in a double-switch and promptly homered in his sixth straight game when he came to the plate in the seventh.