00:00Thanks for hanging around with us. Better late than never. An hour rain delay. We're set to resume one of the baseball's biggest and best rivalries. The Route 66-I-55 series. It's time for the third and decisive game of this three-game series between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals.
00:18Sonny Gray was really good his last time out. That was against the Dodgers. He went seven innings in that game and only gave up one hit and one run. Sonny Gray loves pitching in St. Louis and the numbers show it. 30 starts at 3-1-6 ERA at home. One away. Here is Seiya Suzuki. Suzuki hits this one hard center field. Nobody's going to be able to get to that. Victor Scott picks it up. Seiya Suzuki is aboard. Low a walk to Carson Kelly. Two on for Pete Crow Armstrong. And here is Pete Crow Armstrong and a big spot for him.
00:48One for 27 over his last seven. 3-0. They green light him. It's going to be a race to first. It's Gray who beats Pete Crow Armstrong. A 3-0 green light to help a struggling young hitter. And he grounds out. They leave two aboard.
01:02Shota Imenaga will start for the Cubs. He's 8-4 with a 3.12 ERA. Imenaga is coming off a quality start against Cincinnati. Six and a third innings on Tuesday night. One run on three hits. No walks. He struck out seven.
01:15With two down. And the batter now is Wilson Contreras.
01:19That is fouled off at home plate. Fouled off Wilson Contreras. One and two.
01:24And he threw that cutter or slider right in on Wilson Contreras who fouled it off his left leg.
01:30And he's taking a moment outside the batter's box to shake off the sting.
01:34The leg seems to be better.
01:36And a bounce to the first.
01:37Bush will win the race to first.
01:39It's Contreras diving in head first.
01:43And Bush takes a tumble.
01:45Close play but it goes to the Cubs.
01:47Alec Burleson first up for St. Louis.
01:49Bottom of inning number two.
01:50Herb ball swing and a miss. Strike three.
01:52That's out number one.
01:53It's his first strikeout of the game.
01:55Walker for the series is four for eight.
01:57A home run.
01:58Two runs batted in.
01:59Swing and a miss.
02:00Strike three.
02:01Walker chased a low splitter down in the dust.
02:04Back-to-back strikeouts for Shota Imenaga.
02:07And that is strike three.
02:09Shota Imenaga strikes out on the side.
02:12Going to hear in the second.
02:13Sonny Gray who's had some traffic in the first two innings.
02:16But was able to put up a couple of zeros.
02:18Swing and a miss.
02:19Gray starting to warm himself.
02:21That is back-to-back strikeouts.
02:23He got Shota in the second.
02:25And now Bush to lead on here.
02:27Swing and a miss.
02:28Suzuki will jog down to first.
02:30And he'll be thrown out there.
02:32Three consecutive strikeouts.
02:34Well, anything you can do, I can do better.
02:36Imenaga struck out the side in the top half.
02:39And the breaking pitch is a called strike three on the outside corner.
02:42He doesn't like the call.
02:44But Sonny Gray indeed strikes out the side in the top of the third inning.
02:49It's a leadoff single for Thomas Sejaci.
02:51Pedro Pajas, right-handed batting catcher, steps in.
02:55Next pitch is hit high in the air to deep left center field.
02:58That's going back to the track.
03:01And it's gone!
03:02Big fly!
03:04Pedro Pajas!
03:06Two-nothing Cardinals in the third inning.
03:08His eighth home run of the year into the bleachers in left field.
03:13Imenaga had retired six straight, but the Cardinals get to him here in the third.
03:18Pete Crow Armstrong came up with two on and two down in the first and grounded out to first.
03:24There's a line drive base set to right.
03:26He hit it a little bit out on the end of the bat.
03:28Not a real solid line drive, but the way Pete has been struggling run 0 for 10 in the series
03:33before this at-bat, that had to feel good.
03:36And now he'll grab a lead.
03:37He's got 29 stolen bases.
03:39Armstrong grabs another lead.
03:40He's off.
03:41Here's the throw.
03:42And he has stolen his 30th of the year.
03:45Pete Crow Armstrong took a crow hop, and then he kept going.
03:48This guy's three home runs away from the 30-30 season already.
03:52And be careful about him trying to steal third.
03:54Mason Wynn trying to keep him close.
03:56And a pick-off attempt.
03:57They got him!
03:58Mason Wynn sneaking in behind him.
04:00Armstrong says he might be safe.
04:03And we'll see what Craig Council says.
04:05Play on.
04:05He says play on.
04:07A pick-off at the second base bag.
04:09Outstanding work by the Cardinals.
04:11And Pete Crow Armstrong can't believe it.
04:13And the 2-2 delivery to half is swung on and missed.
04:16That is now five strikeouts for Sonny Gray as he's pitched four scoreless.
04:21The home plate umpire, Edwin Jimenez, getting a chance to call a lot of strikes
04:25for both Iamanaga and Sonny Gray in the early going.
04:29You wonder if the hitters will become more aggressive as we move along.
04:33On the ground to third.
04:34Backhanded Shaw.
04:35Rises.
04:36Fires.
04:37Nice play, Matt Shaw.
04:39Been very, very good there at third base.
04:42He retires Walker and threw four innings on Sunday night.
04:46It stays 2-0.
04:47Cubs with three hits tonight.
04:49All singles.
04:50Suzuki, Swanson, and Crow Armstrong.
04:53A bouncing ball hit to third.
04:55Fielded on a belt-high hop by the third baseman.
04:57Gorman is throw to first.
04:58Is offline.
05:00And Swanson is safe.
05:01They're going to give the error to Gorman on the throw.
05:04So E5.
05:05Let's see if the Cubs can take advantage of the error by Gorman.
05:09Shaw coming to play today, red-hot since the All-Star break, hitting at 333 in 19 games.
05:15Shaw swings.
05:16It's a high-fly ball deep left.
05:18Burleson going back at the track near the wall.
05:20He leaps.
05:21It's gone.
05:22Tie ball game.
05:24Matt Shaw with a two-run home run into the Cubs bullpen in left.
05:29And his hot streak continues.
05:31And just like that, the Chicago Cubs answer back.
05:36That's taken advantage right there at the X-Row.
05:38Well, so far as scripted in the 10s here, Imanaga and Gray.
05:41Both of these guys have been pitching ahead in the count.
05:44Both guys have been really dominant tonight.
05:47Think about it.
05:47It was an error and a home run.
05:50Scored two runs for the Cubs.
05:51A single and a little rollover ground ball to the left side.
05:54And then a home run for St. Louis.
05:57So, you know, kind of similar for both teams.
05:59That breaks a streak of 14 consecutive batters retired by Imanaga.
06:03In a scoring position with his six stolen bag and those long strides of Jordan Walker.
06:09Imanaga will try to bear down.
06:10Gorman looking for that big hit.
06:12Swing and a base hit to right field.
06:15Walker rounds third.
06:16He's headed home.
06:17Throw to the plate.
06:18Not in time.
06:19Down to second and safe is Nolan Gorman.
06:22The Cardinals take the lead.
06:24Nolan Gorman delivers in the seventh.
06:27A clutch two out, two strike hit for Gorman.
06:31Puts the Redbirds on top.
06:33Talk about manufacturing a run, though.
06:35Walker delivers that single, a stolen base, and then Gorman with two strikes.
06:39Sends one to right.
06:40And the Cubs have met at the corners with two down.
06:43Looking for another big hit.
06:45The Cardinals got theirs in the seventh.
06:47The Cubs, since July, the eighth and ninth inning runs hard to come by.
06:51Grounded to the shortstop.
06:53Wynn throws him out.
06:55The Cubs strand two.
06:56Romero and the pen get it done.
06:59Big walk for Ian Happ.
07:01Birdie now comes in to run.
07:03And he's going on the first pitch.
07:04The throw to second, the tag.
07:06Out at second base.
07:08Out.
07:09Birdie is thrown out.
07:10Oh, the hand came off the bag when Sajase put the tag down on Birdie.
07:14It's a great job by Sajase just keeping the glove down.
07:17And the Cubs are down to their last out.
07:19And my goodness, this is a game of inches.
07:22That just changed everything that called at second base.
07:26And the Cubs now have the tying run at second.
07:29And the potential go-ahead run at first.
07:32Just a typical Cubs-Cardinals game.
07:35And that's what this is.
07:36Going right down to the final play.
07:39Two outs, two on.
07:41Cubs trail 3-2 ninth inning.
07:43The 1-1 pitch here for Shaw.
07:45Swing and a ground ball right to Sajase.
07:47He steps on second.
07:49That's a Redbird winner.
07:50And a series win over the Chicago Cubs.
07:53Light it up in downtown St. Louis.
07:55The Cardinals take two out of three from the Cubs.
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