Cardinals Defeat Cubs Despite Late Rally
St Louis cruised to an early lead by notching three runs in the second inning. Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas did all he could to make sure those three runs would be enough, tossing seven shut-out innings with four strikeouts, but Chicago provided some late-game drama. With Cardinals closer Bud Norris in the game, the Cubs scored two runs in the ninth. Albert Almora scored the first, and then Ben Zobrist knocked in Javier Baez....