Overview
- The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 on May 31 to win the three-game series at Busch Stadium.
- Left-hander Matthew Liberatore delivered a quality start, going 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk while retiring 16 of the final 18 batters he faced.
- Hunter Dobbins was promoted from Triple-A Memphis the same day and worked 3 2/3 innings, striking out four, allowing a solo homer to Alex Bregman, and earning his first major-league save.
- Cubs rookie Jordan Wicks struggled in his second big-league start, giving up four hits and three runs in just over two innings and taking the loss.
- The game aired on Sunday Night Baseball on NBC and Peacock, and the series result briefly shifted short-term NL Central momentum with Chicago holding a slim lead in the standings entering the finale.