The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 8-6 on Jul 5, 2025 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Yohel Pozo went 1-for-1 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 5.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Michael Busch went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Chris Flexen pitched 3.2 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Burleson | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Masyn Winn | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Donovan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Thomas Saggese | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Pedro Pages | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yohel Pozo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 38 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
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 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Steven Matz | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Ryan Helsley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JoJo Romero | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Leahy | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Kelly | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Busch | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Tucker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nico Hoerner | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Shaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Justin Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Flexen | 3.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Brasier | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Keller | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Drew Pomeranz | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2025 season · Previous Jul 4, 2025: STL 3, CHC 11 · Next Jul 6, 2025: STL 0, CHC 11
- Cubs · 2025 season · Previous Jul 4, 2025: STL 3, CHC 11 · Next Jul 6, 2025: STL 0, CHC 11