LONDON: Ian Happ hit two solo home runs, Justin Steele struck out eight and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-1 on Saturday in Major League Baseball's pandemic-delayed return to the British capital. Happ led off the second inning with a drive to straightaway center and put another Adam Wainwright (3-2) pitch over the right-field fence in the third as the Cubs won their fourth straight game. The Cubs, who have won nine of 10, had more hits (14) than swings and misses (10). St. Louis, last in the NL Central at 31-45, lost its second straight following a four-game winning streak. Could they extend a winning streak to 13 games for the first time in a century?
