The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 8-2 on Jun 23, 2025 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Carson Kelly went 2-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Ben Brown pitched 5.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 8 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Lars Nootbaar went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 7.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
Chicago Cubs box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Tucker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Justin Turner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Shaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jon Berti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Brown | 5.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Michael Fulmer | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Brasier | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
St. Louis Cardinals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Arenado | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Brendan Donovan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pedro Pages | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Liberatore | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2025 season · Previous Jun 22, 2025: SEA 14, CHC 6 · Next Jun 24, 2025: CHC 7, STL 8
- Cardinals · 2025 season · Previous Jun 22, 2025: CIN 4, STL 1 · Next Jun 24, 2025: CHC 7, STL 8