Michael Busch hits a 3-run HR and Matt Shaw adds a solo shot, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 9-1 rout
After getting shut out 5-0 in Friday's series opener, the Cubs built a six-run lead against Andre Pallante (6-9) by the second inning. Colin Rea (9-5) allowed one run in six innings, and Carson Kelly and Dansby Swanson each had three of the Cubs' 13 hits.
The Cubs remained five games behind the division-leading Milwaukee Brewers, who beat the New York Mets 7-4 for their eighth straight victory.
Busch set the tone by leading off the game with a double into the right-field corner, then scoring on Kyle Tucker's RBI single. Tucker scored when right-fielder Jordan Walker's throw got away from Willson Contreras, the cut-off man, on Kelly's single.
In the second inning, Busch made it 5-0 by hitting his 22nd home run of the season — his sixth in eight games against the Cardinals this season.
Busch hit four home runs during a three-game stretch when the Cardinals visited Wrigley Field last month, but he had hit only three more in 25 games since.
Pallante allowed six runs on seven hits in 1 2/3 innings, his shortest outing in 53 career starts. He was pulled after Seiya Suzuki doubled and scored on Kelly's RBI single.
Shaw tripled home Swanson in the third and added a 395-foot solo home run in the fifth that made it 9-0.
Lars Nootbaar doubled and scored the lone Cardinals run on Alec Burleson's sixth-inning groundout.
The Cardinals played without All-Star second baseman Brendan Donovan, a late scratch due to left groin tightness, and Contreras was removed from the game after an infield single in the sixth.
After Pallante allowed a single to Swanson and walked Shaw despite getting ahead 0-2, catcher Yohel Pozo visited the mound. Busch drove Pallante's next pitch 374 feet into the stands in right field for a 5-0 Cubs lead.
Busch has six home runs in 34 at-bats against the Cardinals this season.
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