With one out, both Austin Romine and Rafael Ortega drew walks. The Cubs threatened to tie the game in the ninth in extremely weird fashion thanks to an assist from the umpiring crew. The molten-hot Paul Goldschmidt went deep earlier in the game to get St.
Louis’ magic number for a postseason spot down to one.Ĭhicago took a 2-1 lead into the eighth inning Sunday, though Harrison Bader slugged a long solo home run to tie the score, then Andrew Knizner scored the winning run on Codi Heuer’s wild pitch in the top of the ninth. The win combined with the Phillies losing to the Pirates (PIT 6, PHI 0) knocked St. The Cardinals extended their historic winning streak with a 4-2 come-from-behind win (box score) over the rival Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
Louis Cardinals history is up to 16 games.
