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Cubs Turn For Shutout; Then Cardinals Club Cubs in Nightcap of Doubleheader

Javier Assad pitched four scoreless innings in his major league debut and combined with four relievers on a five-hitter as the Chicago Cubs cooled off the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 on Tuesday in the first game of a doubleheader.

 

Michael Rucker (3-1), Sean Newcomb, Erich Uelmen and Brandon Hughes allowed one hit over the final five innings to halt the NL Central-leading Cardinals' season-high eight-game winning streak. Hughes picked up his third save.

 

Nico Hoerner and Seiya Suzuki drove in runs off St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright in the third. Rookie Christopher Morel had two hits for the Cubs, who have won six of eight.

 

Chicago kept red-hot, 42-year-old Albert Pujols in the ballpark. He went 1-for-4 with a double after batting .548 (17-for-33) with seven homers in his previous 10 games.

 

Wainwright (9-9) yielded two runs on five hits in six innings.

 

Lars Nootbaar doubled twice but was thrown out at the plate in the first when he tried to score from third on Goldschmidt's grounder to first.

 

The Cardinals loaded the bases with two outs in the third on Brendan Donovan's single followed by a pair of walks. Assad got Gorman to ground out.

 

The Cubs scored on Hoerner's RBI groundout and Suzuki's single up the middle that deflected off Wainwright's glove.

 

Nolan Arenado and Tyler O'Neill homered in a five-run fourth inning, Corey Dickerson had four hits and the St. Louis Cardinals pounded the Chicago Cubs 13-3 on Tuesday night to split a doubleheader.

 

The NL Central-leading Cardinals got back on track in the nightcap with 16 hits. Tommy Edman had a solo homer, a double and three RBIs.

 

Dylan Carlson had a two-run triple as the Cardinals pulled away with six runs in the ninth. Chicago designated hitter Franmil Reyes came on for his first pitching appearance and hit pinch-hitter Albert Pujols with a 70 mph delivery, then got Paul Goldschmidt to hit into a double play and struck out Paul DeJong.

 

Jake Woodford (3-0) allowed one run on four hits in 5 1/3 innings in his first start this season.

 

Hitless in the opener, Arenado went 3-for-4 in the nightcap. The seven-time All-Star is 11 for his last 25.

 

Dickerson doubled twice and had an RBI. Brendan Donovan drove in two runs.

Chicago's Rafael Ortega and Reyes each had RBI doubles, and Nick Madrigal had two hits. The Cubs have dropped three of four following a five-game winning streak.

 

Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (10-9, 3.32) is slated to start on Wednesday night. Chicago will counter with RHP Luke Farrell, who will be recalled from Iowa.

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