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Scouting report: Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals

Posted May 03, 2018 1:00 am

By Bruce Miles

bmiles@dailyherald.com

Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium

TV:

NBC Sports Chicago Friday; ABC 7 Saturday; ESPN Sunday

Radio:

WSCR 670-AM

Pitching matchups:

The Cubs' Jose Quintana (3-1) vs. Miles Mikolas (3-0) Friday at 7:15 p.m.; Tyler Chatwood (2-3) vs. Luke Weaver (2-2) Saturday at 1:15 p.m.; Jon Lester (2-1) vs. Michael Wacha (4-1) Sunday at 7:08 p.m.

At a glance:

The Cubs and Cardinals split a rain-shorted series at a game each in mid-April at Wrigley Field. The Cardinals are 9-5 at Busch Stadium. Antioch High School graduate Paul DeJong leads the team with 7 home runs. Tommy Pham has a line of .330/.447/.521 with 4 homers and 11 RBI. St. Louis pitching entered Thursday third in the National League in ERA (3.32) while the Cubs were fifth (3.48). Cardinals hitters ranked third in homers while the Cubs were 10th. In a departure from years past, Cubs batters entered Thursday 13th in walks drawn. Manager Joe Maddon attributed part of that to regular playing time for young players Javier Baez Albert Almora Jr., neither of whom takes many walks.

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