CHICAGO (Interstat) — Seiya Suzuki hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning Friday, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field.

Suzuki’s homer scored Tyrone Taylor and Dansby Swanson, and he finished 2 for 4 with three RBIs. Clay Holmes (5-5) pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing one hit and no earned runs with three strikeouts. Jacob Webb earned his ninth save. Matthew Liberatore (5-10) took the loss, surrendering two earned runs and striking out six over 5 1/3 innings.

The Cubs improved to 72-51 and the Cardinals fell to 61-61. Chicago outhit St. Louis 6-3. Peter Strzelecki threw two scoreless innings for the Cardinals, and Ryan Zeferjahn struck out two in one inning for Chicago. Nico Hoerner had one hit for the Cubs, and Pete Crow-Armstrong went 0 for 4. The game lasted 2 hours, 34 minutes before a crowd of 40,374.