Rizzo walk-off propels Cubs to win over Cardinals

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The Cubs remained quiet on the trade front as of Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field.
The action was on the field.

Anthony Rizzo's two-run home run in the 10th capped a 4-2 victory, as the Cubs completed a series victory over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field. It marked a stark contrast to a week ago, when the Cardinals outscored the Cubs 23-1 in three games.

The Cubs improved to 14-9 in July.

Carlos Beltrans solo home run off Shawn Camp tied the game 2-2 in the eighth. The Cubs left two on base in the bottom of the inning.

Starter Paul Maholm continued his dominating streak. He became the first Cubs left-hander in modern history to allow one or fewer runs in at least six innings for at least six consecutive starts.

Maholm gave up a run, struck out five and walked four in 6 23 innings. He exited with two outs in the seventh after giving up a run and loading the bases with a double and two walks. Manuel Corpas ended the inning with a strikeout.

The Cubs went ahead 1-0 when David DeJesus led off the first with a triple and scored on Starlin Castros groundout.

The Cubs added another run in the second when Darwin Barney led off with a double and scored on an error on an attempted double play by the Cardinals.

The Cardinals cut the lead to 2-1 in the seventh on Tyler Greenes sacrifice fly after David Freese singled and Matt Carpenter doubled against Maholm.

Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright allowed two runs, struck out five and walked one in six innings.

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