The Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 on May 30, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Pete Crow-Armstrong went 4-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Ben Brown pitched 7.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Kyle Leahy pitched 4.1 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Hoerner | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Miguel Amaya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 40 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
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 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Jacob Webb | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Palencia | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ivan Herrera | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Crooks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Torres | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Masyn Winn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Leahy | 4.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ryan Fernandez | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Bruihl | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous May 29, 2026: CHC 5, STL 6 · Next May 31, 2026: CHC 1, STL 5
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous May 29, 2026: CHC 5, STL 6 · Next May 31, 2026: CHC 1, STL 5