ST. LOUIS — — Patrick Wisdom homered and Trey Mancini had a tiebreaking RBI single to help the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Friday night.
Drew Smyly (8-7) allowed just two hits in 4 1/3 effective innings in relief as the Cubs won their seventh straight game.
Cardinals pinch-hitter Alec Burleson hit a fly ball to deep center with a runner on third, but Mike Tauchman reached over the fence to take away a potential game-winning home run to finish the Cubs victory.
Lars Nootbaar homered twice for St. Louis, which has lost three of five.
St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol served a one-game suspension that was handed down earlier in the day after pitcher Miles Mikolas hit Ian Happ in the first inning Thursday. Bench coach Joe McEwing ran the team on Friday,
Mikolas was given a five-game suspension, but plans to appeal the ruling.
St. Louis RHP Adam Wainwright (3-4, 7.31) will go tonight, 5:20 with the pregame and the first pitch at 6:15 on KIRX.