Cardinals, Cubs split doubleheader
CHICAGO - The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals ended the first half of the season by splitting a day-night doubleheader.
In the afternoon game, Carlos Zambrano pitched six solid innings and hit his third homer of the season, helping Chicago beat St. Louis, 7-3.
Micah Hoffpauir had a three-run homer for the Cubs. Zambrano allowed three runs and five hits.
In the night game, Ryan Ludwick hit a pair of two-run homers and Adam Wainwright pitched eight strong innings to lead St. Louis to a 4-2 win.
Cubs starter Randy Wells (4-4) handled Cardinals superstar Albert Pujols in Game 2, but couldn't get Ludwick out. Wells got Pujols to hit into a double play with runners on first and second and no outs in the first inning. Ludwick followed with a two-run shot to center.
Wells gave up a leadoff single to Colby Rasmus in the sixth inning. Pujols followed with a groundout to third, but Ludwick tagged Wells again to put the Cardinals up by 4-1.
Wainwright improved to 3-0 against the Cubs this season. All-star closer Ryan Franklin, a former Phillies bust, struck out the side in the final inning for his 21st save of the season in 22 tries. His earned run average is 0.79.
FIRST GAME
St. Louis 003 000 000 – 3 6 2
Chicago 300 100 30x – 7 9 1
St. Louis AB R H BI Avg. Chicago AB R H BI Avg.
Schumaker 2b 4 1 1 0 .301 Fukudome cf 4 0 0 0 .252
Rasmus cf 3 1 0 0 .277 Theriot ss 5 1 2 0 .299
Pujols 1b 4 1 1 2 .337 A.Soriano lf 3 2 2 0 .236
Ludwick rf 4 0 2 0 .256 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 ---
Duncan lf 2 0 0 0 .234 d-Fntnot ph-3b 1 0 0 0 .230
Thurston 3b 4 0 2 1 .227 M.Hoffpauir 1b 4 2 1 3 .245
LaRue c 4 0 0 0 .241 J.Fox 3b 5 0 2 0 .316
Lohse p 2 0 0 0 .263 Gregg p 0 0 0 0 ---
Motte p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bradley rf 1 1 0 0 .237
