CHICAGO (Interstat) — Jordan Walker homered and drove in four runs as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 11-4 on Sunday, Aug. 16, at Wrigley Field. Walker went 3 for 4 with a double, a home run and four RBIs. Alec Burleson added three hits in five at-bats with a home run and four RBIs.

The Cardinals took control with six runs in the fourth inning. Burleson’s two-run homer in the first opened scoring, and St. Louis added a run in the second. Pete Crow-Armstrong’s two-run homer in the third cut the lead to 3-2, but St. Louis answered with six in the fourth. The Cardinals added two in the eighth, while the Cubs scored one in the eighth and one in the ninth. Crow-Armstrong and Miguel Amaya homered for Chicago.

Hunter Dobbins improved to 3-3, allowing two hits and two earned runs in five innings with seven strikeouts. Edward Cabrera fell to 5-5. The Cardinals outhit the Cubs 13-6. Attendance was 39,395, and the game lasted 3:06. St. Louis improved to 65-63, and Chicago dropped to 74-53.