Overview

• The Cubs belted eight homers against the Cardinals on July 4 at Wrigley Field, surpassing their previous single-game record of seven in an 11-3 victory.
• Michael Busch recorded his first career three-homer game and Pete Crow-Armstrong added two longballs, with Seiya Suzuki, Carson Kelly and Dansby Swanson each contributing solo shots.
• All six homers in the first three innings came off starter Miles Mikolas, who conceded eight runs and ten hits over six innings.
• On July 5, the Cardinals snapped a four-game skid with an eight-run eighth inning capped by Yohel Pozo’s pinch-hit three-run homer in an 8-6 comeback win.
• The Cubs placed Jameson Taillon on the 15-day injured list with a right calf strain, intensifying questions about their starting rotation ahead of the trade deadline.