The Cubs began to show that they could play up to the level of the Cardinals in this split doubleheader sweep.
In this game, they came from behind with a three-run seventh inning to post the win, even with a bit of shaky relief work in the ninth.
The Cubs ended the day 7½ games behind the Cardinals and three games in back of the second-place Pirates.
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The last time the Cubs swept a doubleheader from the Cardinals, Cubs second baseman Addison Russell was...
You've heard those kinds of lines before, but in this case Russell wasn't even born yet, in fact more than a year away from arrival on Earth when the Cubs took two from the Cardinals June 8, 1992 in St.