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Nico Hoerner went 3-for-4 with a double, triple, RBI and three runs scored on Sunday night, leading the Cubs in an 11-0 rout over the Cardinals.
Hoerner led off the second inning with a double off of Erick Fedde and scored on a two-run single off the bat of Kyle Tucker. He then singled and scored on an Ian Happ ground out in the third inning. The 28-year-old infielder also smacked a run-scoring triple in the fourth that extended the Cubs’ lead to 9-0 before trotting home on a ground ball to shortstop off the bat of Reese McGuire. With his three-hit attack, Hoerner is now hitting .287/.336/.382 with three homers, 37 RBI and 16 stolen bases on the season.
Kyle Tucker drove in three runs, stole a base and scored a run on Sunday evening as the Cubs demolished the Cardinals at Wrigley Field.
Tucker drew a one out walk off of Erick Fedde in the opening inning, swiped second base and scored the game’s first run on an RBI single by Pete Crow-Armstrong. He then delivered a two-run single in the second inning that extended their early lead to 3-0. He finished the night 1-for-2. On the season, the All-Star outfielder is hitting .284/.387/.515 with 17 homers, 55 RBI and 22 stolen bases.
Seiya Suzuki belted his 25th home run of the season as the Cubs throttled the Cardinals on Sunday evening in Chicago.
Suzuki delivered a run-scoring double in the third inning that extended the Cubs’ lead to 8-0. He then launched a 405-foot solo shot off of Matt Svanson in the fifth inning that made it an 11-0 ballgame. The 30-year-old slugger finished the night 2-for-5 and is now hitting .263/.319/.561 with 25 homers and a whopping 77 RBI on the season.
Matthew Boyd cruised to his ninth victory of the season on Sunday, hurling five innings of scoreless baseball against the Cardinals.
The first-time All-Star racked up nine strikeouts on the evening while scattering three hits and one walk. The Cubs staked him to a big early lead and all he had to do was throw strikes and keep the train on the tracks for five innings, which he did with absolute ease. Boyd got 14 whiffs on 87 pitches on the night — seven of them on his fastball — while registering a CSW of 33 percent. Now 9-3 on the season, he’ll carry a pristine 2.52 ERA, 1.07 WHIP and a 96/23 K/BB ratio (103 2/3 innings) into his final start of the first half against the Yankees in New York on Saturday.
Willson Contreras went 2-for-3 with a double as the Cardinals were shut out by the Cubs on Sunday evening at Wrigley Field.
As a team, the Cardinals only tallied six hits in the contest, with Contreras the only member of the offense to collect more than one. He has had a solid first half offensively, slashing .250/.341/.420 with 11 homers and 51 RBI.
Erick Fedde had another disastrous outing in Sunday night’s loss to the Cubs, giving up three runs on two hits in just 1 1/3 innings of work.
The 32-year-old right-hander also issued four walks in the abbreviated outing and didn’t record a single strikeout. The Cubs scratched out a single run in the first inning, then Fedde allowed a double and a pair of walks before exiting in the second — two of which eventually scored against the bullpen. He got just two swings and misses on 53 pitches on the night, posting a CSW of 21 percent. Fedde now holds a troublesome 4.79 ERA, 1.47 WHIP and a 57/45 K/BB ratio over 94 innings on the season. Not only has his trade value diminished greatly over his last two starts, but his spot in the Cardinals’ rotation could also now be in jeopardy as well.