Paul DeJong, Nolan Gorman and Lars Nootbaar homered, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Tuesday night.
DeJong put St. Louis in front when he opened the ninth inning with a drive to left-center for his third homer this year. Dylan Carlson then tripled and scored on Andrew Knizner‘s bloop double into shallow right field.
Chris Stratton (1-0) got four outs for the win, and Giovanny Gallegos worked the ninth for his second save.
3B Nolan Arenado returned to the starting lineup after he was scratched for the series opener because of neck stiffness. … OF Tyler O’Neill (lower back tightness) took some pregame swings off a tee.
Jordan Montgomery (2-4, 3.29 ERA) in the series finale on Wednesday night, 5:45 with the pregame and the first pitch at 6:40 on KIRX.