Cubs End Cardinals Win Streak, MLB Scores

Anthony Rizzo went deep again. So did Jon Lester. Rizzo homered for the third time in five games with three RBIs and Lester had a strong outing for the Chicago Cubs, who ended the St. Louis Cardinals' eight-game winning streak and their own four-game skid with a 6-5 victory on Wednesday night.

"What did they have, two runners on the last inning?" said rookie Kris Bryant, who had two hits and an RBI. "It was huge for us to get that win."

Jhonny Peralta hit a 447-foot homer and Yadier Molina had two hits and two RBIs for the Cardinals, who erased deficits of five and three runs the first two games of the four-game series but couldn't quite make up a three-run, fifth-inning deficit. Lance Lynn (1-3) allowed five runs in six innings.

"I just think this is who we are," manager Mike Matheny said. "We're just going to keep coming. Regardless of what's happened in recent games, just keep playing."

St. Louis put runners on the corners with one out in the ninth before Hector Rondon escaped for his sixth save in seven chances. The Cardinals entered a major league-best 20-6, the best start for the franchise since 1900, and their NL Central lead was shaved to 5 1-2 games over the second-place Cubs. They're 13-3 at home.

Lester (2-2) left leading 5-4 after seven innings but only one of the runs was earned against the team he dominated in St. Louis in Game 5 of the 2013 World Series. He's worked seven innings in each of the last two starts. The pitcher's fielding error covering first led to a run in the second and second baseman Addison Russell missed a liner for a fielding error that led to two more runs in the sixth. Lester also mishandled a cutoff throw on pinch hitter Kolten Wong's RBI single in the eighth.

White Sox 7, Tigers 6

The White Sox hadn't hit a home run in nine games, a drought manager Robin Ventura knew eventually had to end. After Conor Gillaspie snapped the homerless streak, Melky Cabrera made sure his long ball was a difference-maker. Cabrera hit a tying homer and drove in four runs, and Chicago scored four times in the eighth inning to rally past the Detroit Tigers 7-6 on Wednesday night.

"We keep talking about the offense eventually putting it together," Ventura said. "It's been sputtering for a little while -- not a whole lot of home runs and things like that -- but they continue to grind."

Gillaspie homered early for Chicago, its first long ball since April 22. Cabrera tied the score at 6 with a three-run shot in the eighth. Avisail Garcia's two-out single drove in the go-ahead run on the sixth straight hit off reliever Joba Chamberlain (0-1). All of them came after he retired the first two batters in the inning.

Wednesday, May 6 Scoreboard

Washington 7, Miami 5

Arizona 13, Colorado 7

San Diego 9, San Francisco 1

New York Mets 5, Baltimore 1

Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 0

Toronto 5, New York Yankees 1

Tampa Bay 5, Boston 3

Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 5

Arizona 5, Colorado 1

Chicago White Sox 7, Detroit 6

Cleveland 10, Kansas City 3

Milwaukee 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Minnesota 13, Oakland 0

Texas 11, Houston 3

Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 5

Los Angeles Angels 4, Seattle 3

Thursday, May 7 Schedule (All Times Central)

Oakland at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m.

Los Angeles at Milwaukee, 12:40 p.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 12:45 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 1:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.

Baltimore at New York, 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

Texas at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.

Houston at Los Angeles, 9:05 p.m.

Miami at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.