Playoff-bound Cubs take 2-0 win over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field
Moises Ballesteros added an RBI single for the Cubs (92-70), who finished as the top NL wild card.
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Moises Ballesteros added an RBI single for the Cubs (92-70), who finished as the top NL wild card.
The Cubs (91-70) will host San Diego in the first round of the playoffs.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a two-run shot to become the first Cubs player with 30 homers, 30 doubles and 30 stolen bases in a season as Chicago pounded the St. Louis Cardinals 12-1 on Friday.
Sonny Gray (11-5) threw seven innings to earn the win.
Michael Busch hit a three-run home run, Matt Shaw added a homer and an RBI triple, and the Chicago Cubs routed the St. Louis Cardinals 9-1.
The Cubs got on the board early, then surged ahead with a five-run third inning.
Nolan Gorman also went deep for the Cardinals, who rebounded after Michael Busch and Carson Kelly homered for the second straight day to help Chicago build a two-run lead after seven.
The NL Central leaders hit six homers in the first three innings off Miles Mikolas (4-6), a record for most home runs off a Cardinals pitcher in one game.
Michael Busch hit three home runs, Pete Crow-Armstrong connected twice and the Chicago Cubs went deep a franchise-record eight times in pounding the St. Louis Cardinals 11-3 on Friday for their fourth straight victory.
Michael Busch homered and singled and Carson Kelly also had two hits for the NL Central-leading Cubs.
Reese McGuire and Kyle Tucker also homered for the Cubs, who snapped a three-game losing streak.
The Cubs have tied a season high in losses after the game in St. Louis.
Ben Brown (4-6) allowed eight runs on nine hits in five innings for the Cubs.
Willson Contreras, who homered and drove in three runs to help St. Louis rally for a 5-4 win in the opener, had a two-out two-run double in the fourth for a 6-1 lead.
St. Louis handed Sox rookie starter Shane Smith (3-4) his worst defeat.
Chicago took three of four from its NL Central rival at Wrigley Field.
The Cubs' big inning came against Erick Fedde (7-5), who was acquired earlier in the week from the White Sox in a three-team trade.
With the Cubs down 4-2, Cody Bellinger hit a solo homer with one out. It kept getting better from there.
The White Sox are getting Dodgers prospects Miguel Vargas, Jeral Perez, and Alexander Albertus.
Tomas Nido and Ian Happ also homered for the Cubs, who split the four-game set against their NL Central rivals.
The Cubs had the bases loaded with one out in the third inning, but Christopher Morel grounded into a double play to end the inning.
Miles Mikolas pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Jameson Taillon and the Chicago Cubs 2-1.
Shota Imanaga pitched seven effective innings and Ian Happ hit a three-run homer.
Kyle Gibson pitched two-hit ball over seven innings, Pedro Pagés broke a scoreless tie when he led off the eighth with his first career homer and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0.
Brendan Donovan had a two-run single, Lars Nootbaar added an RBI triple and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied in the eighth inning to beat the Chicago Cubs 7-6 on Saturday night.
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A Wisconsin woman has been charged in the shooting death of a man last week in Chicago's western suburbs.
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A Lake County judge on Monday ordered a man and woman held in jail until they face trial for murder in the death of the woman's 8-year-old son.
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