Cubs as spoiler in pennant races, Part 2 By JohnW53 on Jun 12, 2021, 5:13am CDT +
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Pirates won by 1.5 games over Cardinals
The Cubs were just 65-92 and wallowing in last place in the East Division, 19 games behind co-leaders Pittsburgh and St. Louis (both 84-73), when they hosted the Cardinals in the middle game of a weekend series on Saturday, Sept. 28.
Cubs starter Rick Reuschel was yanked in the fourth inning after issuing back-to-back 2-out walks. Dave LaRoche walked the first batter he faced, then served up a 2-run double and a 1-run single.
But LaRoche shut out the Cardinals over the next 4.1 innings, while the Cubs got a solo homer from Billy Williams in the fourth, a go-ahead bases-loaded triple from Bill Madlock in the sixth and 4 more runs in the seventh on 2 singles, 3 errors, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly.
Starter Bo Takahashi no-hit St. Paul through 5.2 innings, Dwight Smith Jr. had two hits and drove in a pair of runs and the Louisville Bats beat the Saints for a second straight night 6-3. \[BOX SCORE\] With the victory, Louisville has now won four of its
Louisville ends Saints seven-game winning streak Louisville scored all six of its runs in the eighth.
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LOUISVILLE, KY. – The Louisville Bats scored six runs in the eighth inning to beat the St. Paul Saints 6-2 on Wednesday, ending the visitors seven-game winning streak in the series opener. The first game in this series was supposed to be Tuesday, but it was rained out.
Lefthander Charlie Barnes held the host Bats to three hits in six innings and left with a 2-0 lead. He struck out six and walked two.
Reliever Lewis Thorpe followed him and gave up five runs on three hits and two walks in 1⅔ innings. Ian Gibaut relieved him and got the last out in the eighth but gave up the sixth run on two hits.
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