Line Score – Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
STL 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 8 13 1 5
CHC 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 6 9 1 10

Box Score

CHC AB R H RBI BB SO BA
LF Happ 2 0 0 1 3 1 .231
RF Tucker 4 1 1 0 0 0 .283
DH Suzuki 4 0 1 1 1 2 .261
CF Crow-Armstrong 4 0 0 0 1 2 .270
SS Swanson 5 0 1 0 0 2 .253
C Kelly, C 5 2 2 1 0 0 .268
1B Busch 5 2 3 1 0 2 .293
2B Hoerner 3 1 1 1 1 0 .282
3B Shaw 3 0 0 0 0 0 .210
3B Turner, J 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208
CHC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Pomeranz 0.1 1 2 2 2 1 25-16 0.76
Flexen 3.2 4 1 1 0 2 64-45 0.83
Brasier 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 7-5 1.20
Thielbar 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 14-8 1.89
Pressly 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 13-10 3.38
Keller, B 1.0 5 5 5 0 1 31-19 2.88
Hodge 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 14-8 4.63
STL AB R H RBI BB SO BA
2B Donovan 4 1 2 0 1 0 .296
SS Winn 5 0 1 0 0 1 .256
1B Contreras, Wn 4 1 1 0 1 2 .246
RF Burleson 5 1 3 1 0 1 .294
RF Hampson 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180
3B Saggese 4 1 2 2 0 1 .254
LF Nootbaar 4 1 1 0 0 0 .227
DH Gorman 4 2 2 2 0 0 .220
C Pagés, P 3 0 0 0 0 1 .214
C Pozo 1 1 1 3 0 0 .329
CF Scott II 4 0 0 0 0 2 .235
STL IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Liberatore 5.0 4 2 2 4 4 94-49 3.70
Leahy 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 18-13 3.13
Matz 1.2 1 1 1 2 3 31-18 3.45
Romero, J 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 17-12 2.70
Helsley 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11-8 3.30

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T1 Thomas Saggese singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Brendan Donovan scores. Willson Contreras scores. Alec Burleson to 3rd. Thomas Saggese to 2nd. Thomas Saggese advances to 2nd, on a fielding error by right fielder Kyle Tucker. 0-2
B2 Michael Busch homers (18) on a fly ball to center field. 1-2
T4 Nolan Gorman homers (8) on a fly ball to center field. 1-3
B4 Ian Happ grounds out, third baseman Thomas Saggese to first baseman Willson Contreras. Nico Hoerner scores. Matt Shaw to 3rd. 2-3
B6 Nico Hoerner singles on a fly ball to center fielder Victor Scott II. Carson Kelly scores. Michael Busch to 3rd. 3-3
B6 Matt Shaw grounds out, shortstop Masyn Winn to first baseman Willson Contreras. 4-3
B7 Carson Kelly homers (11) on a fly ball to left field. 5-3
T8 Alec Burleson homers (11) on a fly ball to center field. 5-4
T8 Nolan Gorman singles on a ground ball to left fielder Ian Happ. Thomas Saggese scores. Lars Nootbaar to 3rd. 5-5
T8 Yohel Pozo homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Lars Nootbaar scores. Nolan Gorman scores. 5-8
B8 Seiya Suzuki doubles (21) on a line drive to center fielder Victor Scott II. Kyle Tucker scores. 6-8

Highlights

Description Length
Bullpen availability for Chicago, July 5 vs Cardinals 0:08
Bench availability for St. Louis, July 5 vs Cubs 0:08
Fielding alignment for St. Louis, July 5 vs Cubs 0:11
Fielding alignment for Chicago, July 5 vs Cardinals 0:11
Bench availability for Chicago, July 5 vs Cardinals 0:08
Starting lineups for Cardinals at Cubs – July 5, 2025 0:10
Yohel Pozo: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13
Visualizing Alec Burleson's swing using bat tracking technology 0:11
An animated look at Yohel Pozo's home run 0:11
Michael Busch: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:12
Analyzing Michael Busch's home run through bat tracking 0:11
Measuring the stats on Nolan Gorman's home run 0:12
Analyzing Nolan Gorman's home run through bat tracking 0:11
Breaking down Chris Flexen's pitches 0:04
Breaking down Matthew Liberatore's pitches 0:04
Matthew Liberatore's outing against the Cubs 0:27
Breaking down Carson Kelly's home run 0:12
An animated look at Carson Kelly's home run 0:11
The distance behind Alec Burleson's home run 0:13
Thomas Saggese's two-run single 0:27
Kyle Tucker's leaping catch 0:27
Chris Flexen fans Willson Contreras 0:06
Pete Crow-Armstrong greets Wrigley Field workers 0:43
Michael Busch's solo home run (18) 0:30
Matt Shaw's over-the-shoulder catch 0:21
Nolan Gorman's solo home run (8) 0:27
Thomas Saggese cuts down Michael Busch at home plate 0:30
Nico Hoerner, Matt Shaw execute double steal in 4th 0:13
Ian Happ's RBI groundout 0:17
Matthew Liberatore gets Seiya Suzuki swinging 0:06
Nico Hoerner's RBI single 0:26
Michael Busch scores on wild pitch 0:18
Matthew Liberatore's four strikeouts 0:30
Carson Kelly's solo home run (11) 0:23
Alec Burleson's solo home run (11) 0:24
Nolan Gorman's game-tying single 0:25
Alvin Kamara tosses out the first pitch 0:38
Yohel Pozo's go-ahead home run (3) 0:32
Seiya Suzuki first to 75 RBIs with RBI double 0:24
Ryan Helsley earns the save 0:07

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Matz (5-2, 3.45 ERA) Keller, B (3-1, 2.88 ERA) Helsley (17 SV, 3.30 ERA)

Game ended at 4:14 PM.

25 comments

  2. I personally can’t be mad at Keller. He’s been so consistent all year.

  3. Don’t mind the lost, our bullpen was due for a stinker. I’m just worried about our pitching health… one more arm goes down in the rotation and we’re cooked.

  4. Eh whatever. Bullpen game & some real missed chances.

    Win the series with Boyd tomorrow.

  6. Tempting to blame that on Keller but we should’ve scored more runs earlier. Lob cost us that one.

  7. Oh well, tough to win pure bullpen games.

    They’ve already taken care of business this week by going at least 4-2 on the homestand. Set up great to make it 5-1 tomorrow with Boyd on the mound and they get to face Fedde again.

  11. Womp Womp. Bullpen wasn’t gonna be near perfect forever. Boyd tomorrow gives them a great chance to take the series.

  12. It sucks that Brad picked a bad time to be bad, but the cubs can’t keep doing what they are doing at 3rd base. Matt Shaw 0-3, and had a boatload of opportunities with RISP. Hitting in the 130s over the last 20. Basically an automatically out at this point. Difference in the game for me

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    It’s okay. Boyd carves them up tomorrow and we take the series. FTC THEY SUCK ASS THIS GAME PROVES NOTHING

  15. My brain has a number of rational explanations and justifications for losing this one, but my emotions don’t seem to care. Baseball is weird that way. Still love this team.

  16. That stunk. Tomorrows game is going to kick ass. Boyd on the bump with the season series tied 3-3. Nationally televised as well.

    RIP Bobby Jenks. Sad day for Chicago baseball fans.

    Go Cubs.

  17. With the current field conditions, this had some really good pitching all around.

  18. All I got to say about this is that we can’t win them all. Just gotta move on to tomorrow and take the series.

  19. I’m wondering if Flexen is going to be stretched out and Wicks takes his spot as the long relief.

  21. After that display yesterday, I was resigned to this one being a loss. Just how baseball works. They scored enough runs but the bullpen didn’t have it. Crazy it was close though.

  22. The bullpen game didn’t work out today. Going 2 for 12 with RISP didn’t help either. The relievers can’t be perfect all season long. Go get the series win tomorrow night

  24. JD had a good point about “bullpen” games. Even with a great bullpen, if you throw 5-8 pitchers out there, chances are, one of them is gonna lay an egg. The odds are against *every* pitcher in the lot having their best stuff.

    I would have rather them just call someone up to spot-start.

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