Paul DeJong loves playing at Wrigley Field.

The Friendly Confines have been very friendly to the veteran shortstop.

DeJong, Nolan Gorman and Lars Nootbaar homered, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Tuesday night for their season-high third straight win.

DeJong put St. Louis in front when he opened the ninth inning with a drive to left-center off Javier Assad for his third homer this year. Dylan Carlson then tripled and scored on Andrew Knizner’s bloop double into shallow right field.

It was DeJong’s sixth homer in the ninth at Wrigley and No. 14 overall for his career at the ballpark. DeJong grew up in Antioch, Illinois, about 60 miles north of Chicago, and played college ball at Illinois State.

Chris Stratton (1-0) got four outs for the win, and Giovanny Gallegos worked the ninth for his second save.

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