The Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 on Jul 5, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Jordan Walker went 1-for-2 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 5.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Nico Hoerner went 1-for-3 with 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Javier Assad pitched 4.2 innings for the Cubs, allowing 0 earned runs 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 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Church | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Fermin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Masyn Winn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Walker | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Torres | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 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 | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Matt Svanson | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Fernandez | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Pedro Ramirez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Assad | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jacob Webb | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Drew Pomeranz | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Rolison | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Jul 4, 2026: STL 3, CHC 0 · Next Jul 6, 2026: MIL 4, STL 3
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