The Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-1 on Aug 9, 2025 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Michael Busch went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Cubs.
- Colin Rea pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Ryan Fernandez pitched 3.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Busch | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Tucker | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Shaw | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Reese McGuire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jon Berti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willi Castro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 40 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Rea | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Drew Pomeranz | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Nootbaar | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ivan Herrera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yohel Pozo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Saggese | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Garrett Hampson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Fernandez | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 2.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Pallante | 1.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 7.0 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2025 season · Previous Aug 8, 2025: CHC 0, STL 5 · Next Aug 10, 2025: CHC 2, STL 3
- Cardinals · 2025 season · Previous Aug 8, 2025: CHC 0, STL 5 · Next Aug 10, 2025: CHC 2, STL 3