Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. Cubs 5, St. Louis 1
When: 8:15 PM ET, Monday, September 13, 2010
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Jim Joyce, 2B - Marvin Hudson, 3B - Derryl Cousins
Attendance: 40720

Chicago starter Jeff Samardzija navigated through 5 2/3 scoreless innings in his first start since 2009 to help the Cubs to a 5-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday.

It wasn’t easy for Samardzija (1-1), who gave up six hits and walked four while striking out one. The 6-foot-5 righty threw 105 pitches, 64 for strikes and also added a hit and an RBI at the dish.

Four Cubs came out of the bullpen to nail down Samardzija’s third career win, allowing a single run on three hits.

Geovany Soto had three hits, driving in the game’s first run with a single that scored Aramis Ramirez. Soto also walked once and scored a run. Alfonso Soriano added a hit and a pair of RBIs.

St. Louis starter Jaime Garcia (13-8) allowed four runs - two earned - on seven hits over six innings.

Matt Holliday and Yadier Molina both had a pair of hits for St. Louis. Holliday drove in his 92nd run of the year with an RBI single in the seventh inning.

The Cardinals were just 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left 12 stranded on base.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. Cubs   St. Louis
Jeff Samardzija Player Jaime Garcia
Win W/L Loss
5.2 IP 6.0
1 Strikeouts 4
6 Hits 7
0.00 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Chi. Cubs   St. Louis
Geovany Soto Player Yadier Molina
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 2
1.000 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. Cubs 10 0 11 .270 18 6 5 1 0 0
St. Louis 9 0 10 .265 22 6 1 5 0 1