With the game tied at 3 in the 11th, rookie Willson Contreras singled off Zach Duke, and pinch-hitter Jorge Soler reached on an infield single. One out later, Dexter Fowler walked to load the bases and one out later, Rizzo drew a walk for the game-winner.
The Cardinals loaded the bases in the top of the 11th against Mike Montgomery, but he struck out Matt Carpenter and picked up the win in relief.
Aroldis Chapman retired the Cardinals on three pitches in the ninth, with some help from third baseman Javier Baez, who caught back-to-back line drives by Jedd Gyorko and Greg Garcia.
The Cubs tied the score at 2 in the sixth on a strange two-run single by Chris Coghlan, who had tried to call time before the pitch from Carlos Martinez, but it wasn't granted. Coghlan lined the ball to right, and David Ross added a bunt single to take a 3-2 lead. But Randal Grichuk came off the bench to hit a solo homer with two outs in the seventh, the 13th pinch-hit blast this season by the Cardinals, to make it 3-3.
Coghlan's two-run single
STL@CHC: Coghlan asks for time, rips a two-run single
After requesting time and not getting it, Chris Coghlan takes an emergency swing and smacks a two-run single to right to tie the game at 2
With both bullpens depleted, both managers will be looking for deep starts from Friday starters, St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright and reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta for Chicago.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Time out: Kris Bryant and Rizzo both singled to open the Chicago sixth, only the third and fourth hits off Martinez at that point. Martinez struck out Ben Zobrist, and first baseman Carpenter made a nice catch of Addison Russell's popup near the Cardinals' dugout. But Jason Heyward was safe on an infield single that third baseman Jhonny Peralta had trouble with, which loaded the bases, and Coghlan followed with his two-run single to tie the score at 2. Heyward then scored on Ross' bunt single.
Ross' go-ahead bunt single
STL@CHC: Ross drops down a bunt to score Heyward
David Ross bunts for a single, scoring Jason Heyward from third base to give the Cubs a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the 6th inning
Back with a bang: Grichuk, summoned from Triple-A earlier in the day, took Travis Wood deep in the seventh inning. The pinch-hit blast put the Cardinals one away from tying the Major League record of 14 set by the D-backs and Giants in 2001. Before being sent down to the Minors on Aug. 2, Grichuk had been in a 3-for-26 rut, with 15 strikeouts and no extra-base hits.
Missed chances: With one out in the Chicago fifth, Coghlan walked and Ross doubled off the wall in left-center. Coghlan, though, didn't break right away, and needed to not only sprint but make an acrobatic sliding dive into third. He was safe, and the Cardinals considered challenging the call, but opted not to. Cubs starter Jon Lester, who delivered a walk-off bunt single in the 12th inning of a win over the Mariners earlier this season, bunted again, but this time, Martinez fielded the ball and tagged Coghlan out. Fowler then lined out to Carpenter at first. The Cubs were 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position at that point.
In their own way: The Cardinals have hurt themselves repeatedly this season with mistakes in the field and on the bases, and Thursday was no exception. Martinez inexplicably cut off a throw to the plate just feet in front of Yadier Molina, who appeared to have a chance to tag out Rizzo as he tried to score on Coghlan's two-run single. An out there would have kept the Cubs' sixth-inning damage to one run. An inning later, Gyorko was picked off first just ahead of Brandon Moss' home run. And the seventh ended with Carpenter being easily thrown out at home trying to score from first on a double. The Cardinals have now run into 44 outs on the bases this year, third most in the Majors.
Cubs nail Carpenter at home
STL@CHC: Coghlan, Russell throw out Carpenter
Chris Coghlan fields Stephen Piscotty's double in left and tosses to Addison Russell, who fires home in time to throw out Matt Carpenter
INJURY REPORT
Matt Holliday exited the game in the 10th inning after being hit on the right hand by a 94-mph fastball from Montgomery. It was an unwelcome deja vu for the Cardinals, who lost rookie shortstop Aledmys Diaz for at least a month when a fastball fractured his thumb 12 days ago. Holliday was sent away for X-rays as the game continued.
Holliday shaken up following HBP
STL@CHC: Holliday exits the game after getting hit
Matt Holliday gets hit on the hand with Mike Montgomery's pitch and is forced to leave the game in the top of the 10th inning
UPON FURTHER REVIEW
The Cardinals were unsuccessful in trying to challenge a leadoff single by Bryant in the 10th. Bryant hit a grounder to Carpenter, who then tried to beat Bryant to the bag. Carpenter slid feet first as Bryant went in head first, and Bryant was called safe by first-base umpire Chris Conroy. The call stood following a one-minute, 36-second review.
Bryant's infield single
STL@CHC: Bryant safe at first after call stands
Kris Bryant legs out an infield single in the bottom of the 10th inning and after the Cardinals challenge, the call stands
WHAT'S NEXT
Cardinals: Wainwright, 10-1 in his career at Wrigley Field, draws the start for St. Louis on Friday at 1:20 p.m. CT. Wainwright is coming off an outing in which he allowed six runs in the first two innings, but he owns the highest winning percentage of any pitcher (minimum 10 decisions) in Wrigley Field history.
Cubs: Arrieta, who is 1-1 vs. the Cardinals this season, will start Friday in the second game of this four-game series. Arrieta has a 1.71 ERA in 10 starts at Wrigley Field. He's coming off a win against the A's in which he gave up three hits over eight scoreless innings. First pitch will be 1:20 p.m. CT..
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