St. Louis Cardinals’ Tyler Greene (27) steals second as Chicago Cubs second baseman Darwin Barney can’t handle a throw from Geovany Soto in the ninth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 in St. Louis. Breene took third on the throwing error. The Cardinals defeated the Cubs 2-1. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Cardinals kept their faint wild-card hopes alive when Carlos Marmol forced home the tying run with a bases-loaded walk to Ryan Theriot with two outs in the ninth inning and followed with a game-ending wild pitch, giving St. Louis a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
After losing consecutive games to the New York Mets and Cubs, the Cardinals began the day three games back of the wild-card leading Atlanta Braves. St. Louis plays the Cubs again Sunday, then closes with three games at Houston.
Jason Motte (5-2) got two outs for the win when St. Louis ended a string of 15 consecutive scoreless innings.
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