The Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Jul 30, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Alex Bregman went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Javier Assad pitched 4.1 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- JJ Wetherholt went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Andre Pallante pitched 6.1 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 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 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Conforto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Pedro Ramirez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 39 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Assad | 4.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Ryan Rolison | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacob Webb | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aaron Civale | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Walker | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ivan Herrera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blaze Jordan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Torres | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Fermin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Church | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmy Crooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 38 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Pallante | 6.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Gastelum | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Soriano | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Jul 29, 2026: CHC 2, STL 3 · Next Jul 31, 2026: NYY 2, CHC 0
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Jul 29, 2026: CHC 2, STL 3 · Next Jul 31, 2026: STL 1, TOR 3