Cardinals beat Cubs 8-0, move into 1st place in NL Central
Jack Flaherty struck out nine in seven strong innings and Matt Wieters hit a three-run homer as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 8-0 Thursday in a matchup of NL Central leaders.
The Cardinals won two games in the three-game set and claimed first in the division, a game ahead of Chicago. The Cubs have lost four of six overall and 11 of their last 16 on the road.
Colten Wong and Paul DeJong had three hits apiece.
Cardinals: Dakota Hudson (10-5, 3.88 ERA) squares off Saturday against Oakland’s Mike Fiers (9-3, 3.54 ERA) in the first of a two-game set in Oakland following a rare Friday night off.
The Kansas City Royals were off Thursday but go to Minnesoto tonight to play the Twins, Glenn Sparkman starts for KC