ST. LOUIS -- For Michael McGreevy to navigate through a lineup, his control has to be precise and he has to stay out of the middle of the plate due to his reliance on pitching to contact.

He also, broadly, needs to stay out of the way of screaming line drives, but the 104.6 mph liner off Pete Crow-Armstrong’s bat that struck McGreevy square in the chest in the second inning wasn’t enough to slow him on Friday night. McGreevy spun six scoreless innings in the Cardinals’ 5-0 victory over the Cubs in the series opener at Busch Stadium.

The young righty scattered six hits -- all singles -- and walked only one hitter, coupled with three strikeouts. Matt Svanson, JoJo Romero and Riley O’Brien combined to toss three scoreless innings to close out the shutout.

Jordan Walker vaporized a Sta

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