|
 ST. LOUIS (AP) - Ted Lilly won his seventh straight decision and Cliff Floyd and Mike Fontenot both drove in two runs in the Chicago Cubs' 7-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.
Alfonso Soriano lacked only a home run for the cycle for the Cubs, who have won nine of 12 and pulled within two games of NL Central-leading Milwaukee. Chicago's 31-15 record since June 3 is the best in the major leagues in that span.
Juan Encarnacion had four singles and an RBI for the Cardinals, who have lost the first two games of a seven-game homestand against the two teams they're chasing in the NL Central. The defending World Series champions, who have been bedeviled by injuries, are 45-52 and nine games out of first place.
|