Cubs 5, Cardinals 3 (6.3.17)

OSS: Kyle Schwarber blasts the Cubs to at least a series win.

Three up:

Kyle Schwarber hit an opposite field grand slam off of Mike Leake in the seventh to put the Cubs ahead. You may have heard that Schwarber is in a bit of a slump, having just five hits in the previous two weeks going into this game. The day before he was pinch hit for by noted slugger Albert Almora. Hopefully this helps boost that confidence level and he can build on it.

Were it not for the late inning dramatics from the Cubs offense, the big story of the day would have been Jon Lester picking Tommy Pham off at first base in the fifth inning. No one is going to mistake Lester for Andy Pettite out there, but it was a legit…