Garcia was lit up for eight hits and five runs in 3 2/3 innings, walking one and whiffing three as he suffered his fourth straight loss.
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If there were any doubts about Kyle Hendricks’ ability to pitch on a big stage, the Cubs’ 15-game victor believes he quelled the skeptics with his eight innings of one-hit ball Monday night.
“If you’re going to give it up, at least it’s that way and not a cheap hit”, Hendricks said.
The Cubs (92-51) got home runs from Ben Zobrist and Dexter Fowler to help support Hendricks (15-7, 2.03) in his one-hit gem.
Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and the Cubs can keep closing in on the NL Central crown with a win over the rival Cardinals in St. Louis.
After Kyle Hendricks lost his no-hitter, umpire Joe West tried to stop a meeting at the mound between Hendricks and the Cubs infielders.
Maddon was ejected for the third time this season, and Chapman entered to finish the one-hitter.
Kyle Hendricks smiles in the dugout in the ninth Monday night after evoking memories of the no-hitter Jake Arrieta (left) threw late last season.
“It’s a different form of dominance”, Maddon said of Hendricks, who relies on the best changeup on the staff and spotting a fastball more than 5 miles per hour behind Arrieta’s.
Mike Leake took the loss for the Cardinals giving up four runs, three earned, on six hits over six innings.
ATHLETICS 16, ROYALS 3 Khris Davis and Marcus Semien hit three-run home runs and visiting Oakland matched a season high with 17 hits while drawing 10 walks in a rout over Kansas City.
Jeremy Hellickson (11-9) struck out six and allowed an unearned run over 6 1/3 innings.
As the Cardinals were being no-hit, Carpenter was probably not the only one to want to leave early. Jose Bautista hit a two-run homer and Francisco Liriano combined with three relievers on a four-hitter, with Jason Grilli picking up the victory.
It was the first time Chicago had scored in every inning since a 12-8 victory over the Boston Red Sox on May 11, 1949, according to STATS.
St. Louis is 5-2 in Wrigley Field. Wacha said he hopes to come off the disabled list Wednesday.
Watch the Cardinals Live pregame and postgame shows before and after every St. Louis Cardinals game on FOX Sports Midwest. Besides continued maturation of the Cubs’ prodigious young talent core, the big difference in a rematch would be that the 2015 Cardinals’ leaders in WAR among pitchers (John Lackey) and position players (Jason Heyward) are now members of the 2016 Cubs.
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That could describe much of his breakout season, which began as the Cubs’ fifth starter and is finishing strong as a potential Game 2 playoff starter.
