Masyn Winn homered, drove in four runs and scored twice to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-7 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night, their seventh win their last eight games.
Cardinals starter Michael McGreevy allowed five runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings, striking out one and walking one. Steven Matz (4-2) went 1 1/3 innings of relief and Ryan Helsley earned his 15th save in 20 tries.
The Cubs lost their third straight, tying a season high.
Lars Nootbaar gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead with a two-run homer in the second and Winn hit a two-run homer in the third.
Nolan Gorman sparked a four-run rally in the fourth with a 432-foot leadoff home run to tie it at 5-all. Winn gave the Cardinals the lead with a two run double and scored from second on Alec Burleson‘s sacrifice fly to deep center to make it 8-5.
The Cubs will start LHP Matthew Boyd (6-3, 2.84 ERA) against Cardinals RHP Erick Fedde (3-6, 3.54) on Wednesday, 5:50 with the pregame and the first pitch at 6:45 on KIRX.