Tomas Nido and Ian Happ also homered for the Cubs, who split the four-game set against their NL Central rivals.
Pete Crow-Armstrong and Christopher Morel each homered twice to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.Alec Burleson homered for St. Louis.Crow-Armstrong hit solo homers in the third and fifth innings. Nido snapped a 2-all tie with his fourth of the season in the fifth.Crow-Armstrong entered the game with a .194 average and only one home run. He also stole his 17th bases of the season.
Chicago, which has won six of eight, recorded back-to-back homers in the fifth and eighth innings.Jameson Taillon allowed three runs on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings.St. Louis starter Miles Mikolas surrendered six runs on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings. He gave up four home runs.Brendan Donovan had three hits and reached base four times for St. Louis.Cubs: LHP Luke Little has been sidelined with a shoulder injury. He will be reevaluated during the All-Star break.
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