Thursday, April 6, 2017

Cubs Beat Cardinals 6-4: Yadier Molina Walks & Knocks In Two Runs; Matt Adams & Randal Grichuk Each Single & Drive In One Run; Sam Tuivailala Strikes Out One Over One Scoreless Inning

Individual Highlights:
Aledmys Diaz started at shortstop and batted leadoff.  2-for-5 with one double, two runs, and grounded into one double play.
Matt Carpenter started at first base and bated third.  1-for-3 with one run and one walk.
Yadier Molina started at catcher and batted fourth.  0-for-2 with two RBIs, one run, one walk, one sac fly, and one strikeout.
Matt Adams started in left field and batted fifth.  1-for-3 with one RBI and two strikeouts.
Randal Grichuk started in right field and moved to left, batting sixth.  1-for-4 with one RBI, two strikeouts, and one fielding error.
Kolten Wong started at second base and batted eighth.  1-for-3 with one double and one walk.
Lance Lynn started and pitched 5.1 innings.  He allowed five hits, two earned runs, one walk, and struck four out.  0-for-2 with one strikeout.  (p-s:98-61)(g/f:7-4)
Sam Tuivailala entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and struck one out.  (p-s:10-9)(g/f:1-1)

Rough Outing:
Jedd Gyorko started at third base and batted seventh.  0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
Stephen Piscotty entered late in the game in right field and batted ninth.  0-for-2 with one strikeout.
Matthew Bowman entered in the sixth and pitched to three batters.  He allowed one hit and no runs for the hold (1).  (p-s:11-7)(g/f:1-1)(ir-s:1-1)
Brett Cecil entered in the seventh and pitched to five batters.  He allowed two hits, four earned runs, one home run, two walks, threw one wild pitch, and struck one out for the blown save (1) and losing decision (0-1).  (p-s:21-12)
Miguel Socolovich entered in the seventh and pitched two innings.  He allowed one hit, no runs, hit one batter, and struck one out.  (p-s:27-18)(g/f:2-2)(ir-s:2-1)

Former Cardinals:
Jason Heyward started in right field and batted sixth.  2-for-4 with one run and one hit by pitch.
Jon Jay started in centerfield and batted ninth.  2-for-3 with one two-out RBI, one run, and one walk.
John Lackey started and pitched six innings.  He allowed six hits, four runs (three earned), two walks, threw one wild pitch, and struck seven out.  2-for-2 at the plate.  (p-s:98-66)(g/f:7-3)

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