The St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs face off on Thursday in a MLB showdown at Wrigley Field. The two teams split the first four games of this series. On Wednesday, the Cubs offense was the difference in the victory.
The Cardinals come into this game with a 71-53 record overall, but their pitching has been pretty inconsistent this season. Overall this season the Cardinals pitching has been strong and they are giving up only 3.92 runs per game. Paul Goldschmidt has beeh te start of the offense hitting 31 home runs and driving in 100 RBIs.
On the other side of this matchup is the Cubs who sit with a 54-70 record overall but in the last St. Louis Cardinals the offense was strong scoring seven runs and that led to the six-run victory. The Cubs pitching overall has been an issue and they are giving up 4.74 runs per game which is 24th in the league. Ian Happ is having a strong season for the Cubs hitting 13 home runs and driving in 56 RBIs.
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