Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals

What it means

• Season series: STL wins series 3-0.
• Cubs 28-40 on the road; Cardinals 45-22 at home.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Oct 9

Inside a Wrigleyville rooftop owner's fight with the Cubs

ESPN · Oct 9

Inside a Wrigleyville rooftop owner's fight with the Cubs

ESPN · Oct 2

Cubs' Jed Hoyer makes 'pitching acquisition' top offseason priority

ESPN · Oct 1

Padres silence Cubs' bats again, finish off 2-game wild-card sweep

ESPN · Oct 1

Wrigley Field rooftop business can't sell tickets to Cubs games

Recap · Oct 1

Gavin Sheets' pinch-hit homer propels dominant Padres past Cubs 4-1 for 2-game Wild Card sweep

ESPN · Sep 30

Padres pummel Cubs behind Tatis' leadoff blast, King's gem in Game 1

Recap · Sep 27

Misiorowski continues Cy Young Award push and Turang gets 100th RBI as Brewers beat Cardinals 6-4

Injuries and inactives

Cubs5th in NL Cent

• Ben Brown RP

  Neck, Fracture
  60-Day-IL
• Justin Steele SP

  Elbow, Surgery, left
  60-Day-IL
• Phil Maton RP

  Knee, Sprain, right
  60-Day-IL
• Riley Martin RP

  Elbow, Strain, left
  60-Day-IL
• Shelby Miller RP

  Elbow, Surgery, right
  60-Day-IL

Cardinals2nd in NL Cent

• Masyn Winn SS

  Thumb, Soreness, left
  Out
• Richard Fitts SP

  Lat, Surgery, right
  Day-To-Day
• Blaze Jordan 3B

  Ankle, Sprain, left
  10-Day-IL
• Everson Pereira RF

  Hand, Bruise, left
  10-Day-IL
• Joshua Baez LF

  Oblique, Strain, left
  10-Day-IL

Probable starters

Cubs5th in NL Cent

Marcus Stroman SP

Probable starter · 6-7, 3.50 ERA, 119 K, 1.15 WHIP

Lineup

1. 1Zach McKinstry2B
2. 2Seiya SuzukiRF
3. 3Franmil ReyesDH
4. 4Ian HappLF
5. 5Nico HoernerSS
6. 6Rafael OrtegaCF
7. 7P.J. HigginsC
8. 8Alfonso Rivas III1B
9. 9Christopher Morel3B

Cardinals2nd in NL Cent

Miles Mikolas SP

Probable starter · 12-13, 3.29 ERA, 153 K, 1.03 WHIP

Lineup

1. 1Lars NootbaarRF
2. 2Brendan DonovanDH
3. 3Paul Goldschmidt1B
4. 4Nolan Arenado3B
5. 5Corey DickersonLF
6. 6Tyler O'NeillLF
7. 7Nolan Gorman2B
8. 8Andrew KniznerC
9. 9Tommy EdmanSS

The series

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri · Attendance 46,642

Officials

Mark Wegner (Home Plate Umpire), Adrian Johnson (First Base Umpire), John Tumpane (Second Base Umpire), Ryan Blakney (Third Base Umpire)