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Recap: Cardinals 7, Cubs 0
Cardinals 7, Cubs 0: Rookie Lance Lynn tossed six scoreless innings for his 12th win, getting plenty of run support as host St. Louis capped off a lopsided three-game sweep.
Lynn (12-4) scattered four hits and three walks, striking out five. He allowed the leadoff man to reach base four different times, but Chicago never advanced a runner past second base. Fernando Salas pitched two innings of one-hit relief before turning it over to Marc Rzepczynski, who finished the shutout with a 1-2-3 ninth.
The Cardinals, who outscored the Cubs by a 23-1 margin over the weekend, took a four-run lead in the first inning Sunday when Jon Jay and Tony Cruz hit consecutive two-out, two-run doubles against Travis Wood (4-5). Matt Holliday and Carlos Beltran added solo homers on back-to-back pitches in the fifth.
Wood gave up seven runs, six of them earned, on nine hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked two.
Tyler Greene had a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning for the Cardinals. Jay went 4-for-4, completing the first four-hit game of his career.
GAME NOTEBOOK: St. Louis outscored Chicago, 19-0, over the final 12 innings of the series … LHP Jeff Believeau, called up by the Cubs early in the day, made his major league debut in relief on Sunday. He pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings despite allowing three hits and a walk … RHP Rafael Dolis was optioned to Triple-A Iowa to make room for Beliveau … Chicago RHP Matt Garza, pulled early on Saturday due to cramping in his elbow, said on Sunday that he does not expect to miss his next start.
