Cubs, Darvish hold off Cardinals

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CHICAGO (AP) – Yu Darvish pitched six effective innings in his fourth straight win, leading the banged-up Chicago Cubs to a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Darvish allowed one run and eight hits while improving to 4-0 with a 1.04 ERA since he struggled in his first start of the season July 25 against Milwaukee. St. Louis pushed across two runs in the eighth and had runners on the corners when pinch hitter Andrew Knizner looked at a called third strike from Rowan Wick, ending the inning. Wick then worked the ninth for his fourth save.

The teams wrap up their five-game series with a double header Wednesday afternoon. Jack Flaherty (1-0) starts for the Cardinals in the first game, while Alec Mills (2-1) goes for the Cubs. No starters have been announced for the second game.

The first game begins at 1:20 with the pre-game at 12:25 on KTLO-AM.

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