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April 13, 2014- Cubs at Cardinals

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Cubs Come Back to take Game 3 of Chicago-St. Louis Series

By Andrew Kovalchuk, MLB.com Journalist, April 13, 2013

ST. LOUIS- Needing to rebound in a big way, the Chicago Cubs (4-7) came into the last game of their series with the St. Louis Cardinals (4-7) hungry. And their mentality paid off. They would send Travis Wood (2-0) to the mound against Michael Wacha (1-1).

Wood, last year an All-Star, began rolling, setting down the first eight he faced without allowing a hit. The Cubs managed to get two on in the second and load the bases in the third, but could not score any.

The breakthrough came in the fourth for Chicago. After Darwin Barney singled, catcher Welington Castillo would hit a deep double to center, putting the first run on the board. Mike Olt then singled, but Justin Ruggiano created doubt about a bigger lead when he struck out. Outfielder Ryan Sweeney then lined to left, clearing the bases and putting the Cubs up 3-0. A home run by Anthony Rizzo to begin the fifth saw the end of Wacha's day.

But the Cardinals came roaring back. In the sixth, after putting two men on, Allen Craig hit into a double play. Nonetheless, Chris Carpenter scored from 3rd ending the shutout. It only got more interesting in the bottom of the sixth. With Pedro Strop pitching, Yadier Molina hit a bomb to center that reduced the lead to 2. Next, rookie Randal Grichuk got on base with a line drive and stole second. He hurt his arm sliding into third on a Jhonny Peralta groundout, prompting Peter Bourjos to come in for the injured rookie. Despite there being two out, Jon Jay grounded to left, scoring Bourjos. The lead was now 1.

Luckily, the Cubs bullpen managed to hold the damage there. The middle relievers have been pitching their hearts out lately, and Blake Parker held the Redbirds scoreless in the eighth, prompting Jose Veras to come in and earn his 3rd save of the season.

Darwin Barney was the Cubs' best offensive performer today, going 2-for-4. Ryan Sweeney, who hasn't seen a lot of playing time lately, also had a good game: 2-for-5 with 2 RBI. Nate Schierholtz, who also hasn't seen a lot of the field recently, did the opposite, going 0-for-4. On the other side of the baseball, Chris Carpenter hit for one double, the Cardinals' biggest hit of this game. However, Matt Holliday has been kept quiet in the series, not managing a hit and striking out 6 times.

The Cubs will travel to New York City on the 15th and 16th for a two-game interleague series against the Yankees. Then, they will return to Wrigley to host the Reds. The Cardinals have it tough as they will return home for a series against the division-leading Brewers and then a four-game interleague series against the Diamondbacks. St. Louis does not have a day off until May 1st.

Andrew Kovalchuk covers the NL Central for MLB.com. He also writes for Sporting News and SBNation.com. Follow him on Twitter at @ItsAndyK.

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
Apr 13, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (4-7)	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	11	1
St. Louis (4-7)	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	6	0
W: Wood (3-0) L: Wacha (L, 1-1) S: Veras (3)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CHC	STL

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Ruggiano, CF	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	.171
Sweeney, LF	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	.241
Castro, SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.244
Rizzo, 1B	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	.167
Schierholtz, RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.240
Barney, 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.268
Castillo, C	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.187
Olt, 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.162
Wood, P	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200
Kalish, OF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200
TEAM TOTALS	37	4	11	4	1	7	1
BATTING: 2B: Castillo (1) HR: Rizzo (2) RBI: Rizzo (4), Sweeney 2 (3), Castillo (3) SAC: Wood
FIELDING: E: Sweeney (1)

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Carpenter, 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.356
Ellis, 2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.132
Craig, RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Adams, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.171
Holliday, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
Molina, C	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.286
Grichuk, CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.429
r-s- Bourjos, CF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Peralta, SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333
Wacha, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Taveras, OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282
Jay, OF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.333
TEAM TOTALS	33	3	6	2	1	4	1
BATTING: 2B: Carpenter (3), Peralta (4) HR: Molina (2) RBI: Molina (2), Jay (4) GIDP: Craig
BASERUNNING: SB: Grichuk (1)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Wood (W, 3-0)	6.1	4	2	1	1	3	0	2.00
Strop (H, 1)	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	6.35
Parker (H, 3)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15
Wright (H, 3)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Veras (S, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	6	3	2	1	4	1

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Wacha (L, 1-1)	4.0	9	4	4	1	4	1	4.00
Garcia	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57
Neshek	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.66
Choate	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29
Motte	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5.40
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	11	4	4	1	7	1