Scouting report: Cardinals vs Cubs
Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field
TV:
FOX Thursday; ABC 7 Friday; WGN Saturday; NBC Sports Chicago Sunday
Radio:
WSCR 670-AM
Pitching matchups:
The Cubs' Kyle Hendricks (11-9) vs. Jack Flaherty (10-8) Thursday at 6:15 p.m.; Jose Quintana (13-8) vs. Michael Wacha (6-7) Friday at 1:20 p.m.; Cole Hamels (7-7) vs. Dakota Hudson (16-7) Saturday at 1:20 p.m.; Yu Darvish (6-7) vs. Miles Mikolas (9-14) Sunday at 1:20 p.m.
At a glance:
The Cardinals (85-67) enter the series leading the National League Central. This has been a home-team season series. The Cubs have won all six games between the teams at Wrigley Field. The Cardinals have won five of six at Busch Stadium. The teams will conclude the regular season next weekend in St. Louis. Paul Goldschmidt entered Wednesday leading the Cardinals in home runs (31) and RBI (89). Kolten Wong had a line of .282/.360/.422. The Cardinals get it done with pitching. Their team ERA of 3.81 was second in the NL entering Wednesday. The Cubs were third, at 4.02. Hendricks is 3-0 this year against the Cardinals with an 0.34 ERA.
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Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park, Tuesday-Thursday
- Bruce Miles