Morning Box Score: Cards Sweep Cubs

By Matt Motyka in News on May 22, 2009 3:00PM

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cubs on Thursday by the score of 3-1, completing the series sweep of Chicago. Sean Marshall turned in another respectable performance by a Cubs’ starter, going five innings while holding the Cards to four hits and two earned runs. Unfortunately, two of those hits were homers—one by Albert Pujols in the first and the other by Brian Barden in the fourth. Chicago’s only offense came in the sixth, when Bobby Scales drew a walk to lead off the inning and Kosuke Fukudome singled him home three batters later. Fukudome’s RBI accounted for one of two runs scored by the Cubs in the series. On an encouraging note, Derrek Lee went 2-for-4 at the plate, extending his modest hitting streak to five games and boosting his May batting average to .326. The Cubs will get a clean slate in San Diego tonight when they kick-off a three game series versus the Padres.