Crow-Armstrong's home run quiets chanting crowd, shuts down Cardinals 6-1

Pete Crow-Armstrong had four hits including a homer, Ben Brown allowed three hits in seven innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 on Saturday night.

Crow-Armstrong hit his seventh homer of the season in the eighth, also doubled and scored twice, driven in both times by Michael Busch. Nico Hoerner hit an RBI single in the sixth inning, Ian Happ scored on a wild pitch in the eighth and the Cubs finished with 12 hits while winning for the third time in four games.

Ryan Fernandez (1-1) gave up two unearned runs and walked two after replacing starter Kyle Leahy.

In a scene that could have been from a movie script, Crow-Armstrong was the target of a chant of "over-rated" from the newly popular "tarps off" section in right field. His response was to crush a deep home run into the middle of the shirtless fans in that section.

The Cubs slammed the door on the Cardinals in the ninth inning when right fielder Seiya Suzuki threw out Iván Herrera at third base, and Crow-Armstrong made a diving catch for the final out in left center field.

LHP Jordan Wicks (0-1, 16.62 ERA) will make his second start this season for the Cubs in the series finale. LHP Matthew Liberatore (2-3, 4.76) will start on the mound for the Cardinals.



(AP Photo Scott Kane)