CHICAGO • The play not made. The jersey fluttering just right. The inning squandered. Or, perhaps the reliever not used.
There are many ways to skin what happened late in Saturday's game at Wrigley Field, but whatever direction the criticism cuts against the Cardinals it all ends in the same spot.
Off Kyle Schwarber's bat and into the bleachers.
The Cubs' struggling No. 9 hitter launched the first grand slam of his career to lift the locals to a 5-3 victory against the Cardinals. Schwarber had been 0-for-2 in the game when he came up with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning.