ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 in 10 innings Thursday afternoon at Busch Stadium III, splitting the four-game series. Javier Assad struck out six over 4 1/3 innings, allowing one earned run on six hits for the Cubs, who improved to 62-47.

St. Louis took a 1-0 lead in the second on Bryan Torres’ RBI single. Chicago tied it in the fourth on a throwing error by right fielder Lars Nootbaar that allowed Alex Bregman to score. The Cubs went ahead 2-1 in the seventh on Michael Busch’s run-scoring single.

The Cardinals tied it in the bottom of the seventh on a run-scoring single by JJ Wetherholt, who finished 2-for-5 with a home run later in the game.

Chicago broke the tie in the 10th on a Bregman double and an Ian Happ double, plating two runs. Jacob Webb (4-2) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win. Aaron Civale earned his first save. Luis Gastelum (2-2) took the loss. Attendance was 29,475. The game lasted 3:02.