ST. LOUIS — Whether the venue has been Yankee Stadium, Wrigley Field or Busch Stadium, the result has been the same this year when left-hander Jordan Montgomery faces the Chicago Cubs.
He had blanked them for seven innings in a June 11 start in New York when he was still a Yankee. After coming to the Cardinals on Aug. 2, Montgomery blanked the Cubs on one hit for his first shutout in Chicago on Aug. 22. On Friday, the Cubs did only a tad better.
Chicago managed just three hits to the outfield off Montgomery, who shut them out again on seven hits overall, this time for six innings, in an 8-0 Cardinals rout before a sellout paid crowd of 44,491 at Busch. In 22 innings against the Cubs this season, Montgomery has begrudged them 13 hits and two walks.
