Final
Cardinals rally to beat Cubs 10-9
May 5, 2015 - 5:20 AM St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - Mark Reynolds hit a grand slam to help the St. Louis Cardinals pull themselves out of an early hole on the way to a 10-9 win over the Chicago Cubs in the opener of a four-game series Monday night.Tony Cruz hit a go-ahead two-run double during a four-run seventh inning that completed the comeback. The Cardinals, who have won seven in a row, trailed 5-0 midway through the first but got an immediate boost on Reynolds' blast in the bottom of the inning.
St. Louis starter Carlos Martinez, who entered the game with a 3-0 record and a 1.73 ERA, gave up seven runs, nine hits and four walks in just 3 2/3 frames.
Seth Maness surrendered a solo homer to Addison Russell in the ninth inning but picked up his second save.
Anthony Rizzo also homered and Miguel Montero knocked in three runs for the Cubs, who have lost three in a row.
Chicago starter Travis Wood hit an RBI single before he even took the mound. He was charged with six runs in five-plus innings.
"We played really well tonight, we just didn't pitch well," said Cubs manager Joe Maddon.
The Cardinals loaded the bases against Pedro Strop (0-2) in the seventh on singles by Matt Holliday and Jhonny Peralta and Reynolds' walk. Zac Rosscup came in for Chicago and got a groundout that scored a run and Kolten Wong followed with an RBI single.
Cruz then delivered his go-ahead two-run double into the left-field corner to make it 10-8.
Matt Belisle issued a pair of two-out walks to the Cubs in the eighth but retired Starlin Castro in a grounder to escape the jam.
Martinez walked the bases loaded in the top of the first inning and the Cubs took advantage, scoring five runs on four consecutive singles. Montero knocked in the first two runs and Castro, Chris Denorfia and Wood added RBI hits.
Reynolds drove a one-out fastball into the Cubs bullpen behind left field for his fourth career grand slam in the bottom of the first.
"We knew it was early in the first inning and we had plenty of time," said Reynolds. "We just wanted to chip away at the lead."
The Cubs got a run back on Rizzo's blast in the second inning and scored again in the fourth on Montero's double, which finally chased Martinez after seven runs.
Chris Coghlan tripled and scored on an error in the sixth to make it 8-4, but the Cardinals chased Wood and scored twice in the bottom of the inning. The first run came after consecutive singles by Reynolds, Jason Heyward and Wong, knocking out Wood. Peter Bourjos added a sacrifice fly off Jason Motte.
Game Notes
Miguel Socolovich (2-0) pitched the seventh inning to earn the win ... The Cardinals improved to 12-2 at home this season and increased their lead to 5 1/2 games over Chicago for first place in the NL Central.
- CHICAGO: 9
ST. LOUIS: 10
Final
May 4 11:54 PM - Tony Cruz doubles to deep left field. Kolten Wong scores. Jason Heyward scores.
Cubs 8, Cardinals 10 Bot 7, 1 OutMay 4 11:15 PM - Kolten Wong singles to left center field, advances to 2nd. Jason Heyward to third. Jhonny Peralta scores.
Cubs 8, Cardinals 8 Bot 7, 1 OutMay 4 11:13 PM - Heyward grounded into fielder's choice, third baseman Bryant to second baseman Russell, Holliday scored, Jh.Peralta to third, Heyward to first, Reynolds out.
Cubs 8, Cardinals 7 Bot 7, 1 OutMay 4 11:12 PM - Jason Heyward reaches on a fielder's choice to third base. Mark Reynolds out at second. Jhonny Peralta to third. Matt Holliday scores.
Cubs 8, Cardinals 7 Bot 7, 0 OutsMay 4 11:11 PM - Bourjos hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Fowler, Heyward scored.
Cubs 8, Cardinals 6 Bot 6, 2 OutsMay 4 10:38 PM - Peter Bourjos out on a sacrifice fly to left center field to Dexter Fowler. Jason Heyward scores.
Cubs 8, Cardinals 6 Bot 6, 1 OutMay 4 10:38 PM - Wong singled to center, Reynolds scored, Heyward to second.
Cubs 8, Cardinals 5 Bot 6, 0 OutsMay 4 10:29 PM - Kolten Wong singles to center field. Jason Heyward to second. Mark Reynolds scores.
Cubs 8, Cardinals 5 Bot 6, 0 OutsMay 4 10:28 PM - Rizzo safe at first on fielding error by shortstop Jh.Peralta, Coghlan scored, Rizzo to first.
Cubs 8, Cardinals 4 Top 6, 1 OutMay 4 10:18 PM - Anthony Rizzo reaches on error. Chris Coghlan scores. Fielding error by Jhonny Peralta.
Cubs 8, Cardinals 4 Top 6, 1 OutMay 4 10:18 PM - Miguel Montero doubles to deep left field. Kris Bryant scores.
Cubs 7, Cardinals 4 Top 4, 2 OutsMay 4 9:37 PM - Reynolds homered to left on a 0-1 count, Jay scored, Holliday scored, Jh.Peralta scored.
Cubs 5, Cardinals 4 Bot 1, 1 OutMay 4 8:41 PM - Mark Reynolds homers to center field. Jhonny Peralta scores. Matt Holliday scores. Jon Jay scores.
Cubs 5, Cardinals 4 Bot 1, 1 OutMay 4 8:41 PM - T.Wood singled to left, S.Castro scored, Denorfia to second.
Cubs 5, Cardinals 0 Top 1, 1 OutMay 4 8:28 PM - Travis Wood singles to left field. Chris Denorfia to second. Starlin Castro scores.
Cubs 5, Cardinals 0 Top 1, 1 OutMay 4 8:28 PM - Denorfia singled to center, M.Montero scored, S.Castro to second.
Cubs 4, Cardinals 0 Top 1, 1 OutMay 4 8:27 PM - Chris Denorfia singles to center field. Starlin Castro to second. Miguel Montero scores.
Cubs 4, Cardinals 0 Top 1, 1 OutMay 4 8:26 PM - Starlin Castro singles to center field. Miguel Montero to second. Kris Bryant scores.
Cubs 3, Cardinals 0 Top 1, 1 OutMay 4 8:25 PM - S.Castro singled to center, Bryant scored, M.Montero to second.
Cubs 3, Cardinals 0 Top 1, 1 OutMay 4 8:25 PM - M.Montero singled to center, Fowler scored, Coghlan scored, Bryant to second.
Cubs 2, Cardinals 0 Top 1, 1 OutMay 4 8:23 PM - Miguel Montero singles to center field. Kris Bryant to second. Chris Coghlan scores. Dexter Fowler scores.
Cubs 2, Cardinals 0 Top 1, 1 OutMay 4 8:23 PM
May 4 8:12 PM- CHICAGO: 0
ST. LOUIS: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
May 4 8:11 PM
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