The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 on May 31, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Alex Bregman went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Trent Thornton pitched 2.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Masyn Winn went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 5.1 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 0 earned runs 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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Conforto | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Thornton | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Rolison | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ethan Roberts | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Velazquez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Fermin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pedro Pages | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Saggese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Liberatore | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Hunter Dobbins | 3.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous May 30, 2026: CHC 6, STL 1 · Next Jun 2, 2026: ATH 2, CHC 1
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous May 30, 2026: CHC 6, STL 1 · Next Jun 1, 2026: TEX 2, STL 1