The Cardinals beat the Cubs 8-4 on Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field. Michael McGreevy (5-9) pitched 6 innings allowing 5 hits, 3 runs (1 home run) with 6 strikeouts, and 2 walks. The start is McGreevy’s (14th) quality start. Overall, the Cardinals now have (46) quality starts.

Joshua Baez 3(3), Alec Burleson (20), and Blaze Jordan (2) all hit home runs. Baez is the first player in MLB history to hit three home runs in his MLB debut. The home runs for Baez also happened in his first three at bats.

Baez 5(5), Burleson 2(86), and Jordan (23) all had RBI’s.

The Cardinals are now 62-61.

Game 3 is Sunday afternoon at 2:15 pm.

The scheduled starting pitchers are Hunter Dobbins (2-3), 3.40 ERA, 45 innings, 42 strikeouts, 17 walks, and a whip of 1.31 vs Edward Cabrera (5-4), 5.10 ERA, 72.1 innings, 65 strikeouts, 29 walks, and a whip 1.40.