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The Cubs will have to depend on Matthew Boyd, Shōta Imanaga, and Jameson Taillon from here on in, with Cade Horton having been placed on the IL.
Taillon took his turn against the Cardinals in the teams’ penultimate regular-season contest. ‘Matthew’ Busch treated him to a lead (33) [VIDEO]. Michael McGreevy didn’t have his best day.
Nolan Arenado (12) answered back with a solo home run in the fourth [VIDEO]. Busch was not to be deterred and took one deep the other way for two runs (34) [VIDEO]. Seiya said seeya in the sixth (31) [VIDEO].
Miles says ‘every day’s the 4th of July’ and so did Robert Lamm. Taillon turned in a quality effort, striking out eight men [VIDEO], allowing the single earned run, and the bullpen took over up three. Jordan Walker ran into one against Caleb Thielbar [VIDEO], and the lead was one. More fireworks would be needed.
It’s Michael Busch’s league. He tripled to score Shaw from first in the seventh [VIDEO], making the score 5-3. PCA went bombs away (31) in the eighth for two more [VIDEO].
Meatloaf.
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- Tony Andracki (Marquee Sports Network*): Cubs clinch top NL wild-card seed, will host Padres at Wrigley Field. “Get ready to see some playoff baseball at Wrigley Field, Cubs fans.” More from the Athletic{$}.
- Jordan Bastian (MLB.com*): Behind Busch’s near-cycle, Cubs clinch home-field advantage in Wild Card Series. “… the Cubs averted a cross-country flight to San Diego…”
- Patrick Mooney (The Athletic {$}): Cubs place Cade Horton on injured list, taking him out of playoff picture for now. “We had to shut that down,” Hoyer said.
- Andy Martinez (Marquee Sports Network*): How catcher went from Cubs’ weak spot to key offensive contributor. “… the Cubs have received some of the best production from that group in all of baseball.”
- Paul Sullivan (Chicago Tribune* {$}): Pete Crow-Armstrong and Seiya Suzuki resume game of one-upmanship in reaching milestones for Chicago Cubs. “The combo of Crow-Armstrong and Suzuki helped fuel the Cubs in the first half…“
- Matt Carlson (AP*): Crow-Armstrong hits 30th HR, making him the record 6th 30-30 player in the majors this season. “As the sixth 30-30 player this year, two more than the previous high, he joined Arizona’s Corbin Carroll, the New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr., the New York Mets’ Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto, and Cleveland’s José Ramírez.” Jordan Bastian* has more.
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