It was the rubber game of the Cubs-Cardinals set with Jose Quintana making his second start as a Cub and facing Michael Wacha. Both men were respectively coming off of gems. The lead-up to the game was rather generic, but the action was straight brand-name.
The scoring started in the top of the 2nd with a two-run homer from Randal Grichuk, who is nearing the end of his witch doctor residency. A double play got Quintana out of the inning and the Cubs got the runs back in the bottom of the 3rd. Addison Russell started the inning with a leadoff double.