ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Chicago Cubs had their odds, yet quite recently couldn't get the enormous hit.
The Cubs stranded 10 runners, including leaving the bases stacked in the second and fourth innings, as the St. Louis Cardinals revitalized for a 4-2 win Tuesday night, guaranteeing that the runaway Cubs won't secure the NL Central at Busch Stadium.
Chicago's enchantment number is three, and the arrangement in St. Louis wraps up Wednesday.
"We set up together some okay at bats today evening time," Chicago shortstop Addison Russell said. "It's simply you must offer credit to their pitchers, as well. They kept us reeling it appeared like, and made the plays."
St. Louis remained a half-amusement behind the New York Mets for the second NL trump card spot.
Cardinals reliever Alex Reyes' absence of control prompted the vast majority of the Cubs' odds. Reyes (2-1), who pitched 4 1/3 innings of alleviation after Jaime Garcia neglected to escape the second, strolled six and permitted a hit yet at the same time figured out how to keep the Cubs off the load up.
"The fastball charge wasn't there," Cubs director Joe Maddon said. "We were out of the zone. We had each open door had we been somewhat more patient."
Offspring starter Jason Hammel (14-9) struck out a season-high nine, yet surrendered two-run homers to Brandon Moss in the 6th and Aledmys Diaz in the second.
"The pitch to Diaz was a fastball that returned over the plate," Hammel said. "The pitch to Moss I backtracked and took a gander at it and I felt I made my pitch and it simply left the yard. I must make sense of how to keep it on the ground."
Dexter Fowler opened the amusement with a grand slam against Garcia. It was his seventh leadoff homer of the season.
"I'm seeing the ball well," Fowler said. "Control what you can control and other than that you must continue pushing."
Garcia kept going only 1 2/3 innings in the most brief excursion in his 146-begin vocation. He surrendered two keeps running on three hits, including a RBI twofold by Russell in the second.
"I let my group down," Garcia said. "I've been through intense times some time recently. Whatever I can say is I'm going to keep on doing what's in my control to keep on fighting."
Greenery entered the amusement buried in a 1-for-41 slip. He singled in the second and scored on Diaz's fifteenth homer of the season.
"It was an awful groove, yet he pulled himself through," Cardinals director Mike Matheny said.
Diaz began interestingly since July 31, when the All-Star shortstop broke his thumb.
Kevin Siegrist got his second spare.
The misfortune implies the soonest the Cubs can secure their first National League Central Division title since 2008 would be Thursday against Milwaukee at Wrigley Field.
"It will happen," Fowler said. "It's simply an issue of when."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Cardinals: INF Matt Carpenter was in the beginning lineup subsequent to leaving Monday's diversion with back snugness. ... RHP Trevor Rosenthal tossed batting hone. He has missed 46 diversions with shoulder irritation. ... RHP Michael Wacha is relied upon to be initiated off the debilitated rundown tomorrow and could be gone to the warm up area. He has been out since Aug. 9 with shoulder aggravation.
UP NEXT
Offspring LHP Jon Lester (16-4, 2.51) goes up against RHP Carlos Martinez (14-7, 3.05) in the last round of the three-diversion set. Lester has permitted one run or less in each of his last five begins. He is 6-0 with a 1.17 ERA in his past eight begins. Martinez is 6-3 in 11 day begins this season. He has prompted a NL-driving 32 twofold plays.
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