Masyn Winn homers, drives in 4 as Cardinals edge Cubs 8-7

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Masyn Winn homered, drove in four runs and scored twice to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-7 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night, their seventh win their last eight games.

Cardinals starter Michael McGreevy allowed five runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings, striking out one and walking one. Steven Matz (4-2) went 1 1/3 innings of relief and Ryan Helsley earned his 15th save in 20 tries.

The Cubs lost their third straight, tying a season high.

Lars Nootbaar gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead with a two-run homer in the second and Winn hit a two-run homer in the third.

Nolan Gorman sparked a four-run rally in the fourth with a 432-foot leadoff home run to tie it at 5-all. Winn gave the Cardinals the lead with a two run double and scored from second on Alec Burleson's sacrifice fly to deep center to make it 8-5.

Cubs starter Jameson Taillon (7-5) allowed eight runs on eight hits.

Seiya Suzuki’s three-run homer, a 404-foot shot that left his bat at 110.2 mph, capped a five-run third. It came immediately after Kyle Tucker’s two-run single as the Cubs took a 5-2 lead.

Nico Hoerner’s first homer run of the season, a two-run shot in the sixth, cut the Cardinals lead to 8-7.

With the Cubs trailing by one and runners on first and third with one out in the seventh, Crow-Armstrong attempted to bunt. The bunt was cleanly fielded by JoJo Romero, who held Tucker at third and threw out Crow-Armstrong. Burleson then made an off-balance catch against the netting along the right field line on Dansby Swanson's popup to end the threat.

The Cardinals have hit nine home runs in their last four games. The team hit 75 homers in their previous 77 games.

The Cubs will start LHP Matthew Boyd (6-3, 2.84 ERA) against Cardinals RHP Erick Fedde (3-6, 3.54) on Wednesday.

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St. Louis Cardinals' Victor Scott II (11) scores past Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jameson Taillon (50) and catcher Reese McGuire during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Chicago Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw is unable to catch a foul ball by St. Louis Cardinals' Nolan Gorman during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

St. Louis Cardinals' Nolan Gorman (16) is congratulated by teammate Willson Contreras after hitting a solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

St. Louis Cardinals' Masyn Winn celebrates after scoring from second on a sacrifice fly by Alec Burleson during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)