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Tuesday Trends: Bullpen Leads Way as Cubs Pull Closer to First

It’s been quite a turnaround for the Chicago Cubs, huh? At the beginning of May, the team sat at 12-15 and were five games back of the first place St. Louis Cardinals.

The times, they are a-changing.

Thanks in large part to a series win in St. Louis this past weekend, the Cubs find themselves only 1.5 games back from those Cardinals, who lost in their game against the Chicago White Sox. That kind of turnaround has come with some noteworthy individual performances. Let’s dig into them.

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