The Cardinals left eight men on base in a 7-1 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Miles Mikolas was charged with his tenth loss after giving up three earned runs and two unearned runs in six-and-two-third innings. Lars Nootbaar drove in the Cardinals only run with a solo home run in the fifth. St. Louis remains in first place in the NL Central at 71-and-53. Dakota Hudson starts for the Cardinals against Chicago today.