The St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Cubs in Chicago earlier. The game really game down to one single inning. Going into the bottom of the fourth inning, the Cardinals were up 3-0. However, the Cubs poured it on and scored 6 runs. It proved to be too much for the Cardinals to over come. They tried to come back, but fell one run short. The Cubs won 6-5.

Jason Marquis got the loss for the Cardinals. He managed just 3.2 innings of work. He allowed 3 runs over 9 baserunners. 3 of the Cubs runs were unearned. Unearned runs will kill you and tonight they killed the Cardinals—they only lost by one.

Marmol started for the Cubs and pitched an average game. He was a walk machine tonight. 7 Cardinals reached base thanks to the walk. Still, he only gave up two earned runs and pitched up his 4th win of the season.