Cardinals Beat Cubs 5-4: Jack Flaherty Strikes Out Eight & Allows One Run Over Eight Innings; Harrison Bader Singles, Doubles, Walks, & Drives In Two Runs; Matt Carpenter Hits A Solo Home Run

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— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) September 20, 2019

Individual Highlights:
Matt Carpenter entered late in the game at third base and batted second.  1-for-2 with one home run, one RBI, one run, and one strikeout.
Paul Goldschmidt started at first base and batted third.  2-for-5 with two doubles, one run, and two strikeouts.
Tommy Edman started at third base and moved to second, batting seventh.  2-for-4 with one triple, two runs, and one strikeout.
Harrison Bader started in centerfield and batted eighth.  2-for-3 with one double, two RBIs (one w/two-outs), one walk, and one strikeout.
Jack Flaherty started and pitched eight innings.  He allowed three hits, one earned run, one home run, one walk, threw one wild pitch, and struck eight out.  1-for-2 with one sacrifice and one strikeout.  (p-s:118-84)(g/f:10-3)
Giovanny Gallegos entered in the tenth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out for the save (1).  (p-s:14-8)(g/f:0-2)

Rough Outing:
Dexter Fowler started in right field and batted leadoff.  0-for-5 with three strikeouts and grounded into one double play.
Kolten Wong started at second base and batted second.  1-for-3 with one caught stealing.
Marcell Ozuna started in left field and batted fourth.  0-for-5 with two strikeouts.
Carlos Martinez entered in the ninth and pitched to five batters.  He allowed three hits, three earned runs, one walk, and struck one out.  (p-s:20-13)
Andrew Miller entered in the ninth and pitched to two batters.  He allowed no hits or runs for the blown save (4) and winning decision (5-5).  (p-s:6-6)(g/f:1-1)(ir-s:2-1)

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