Overview

• Ian Happ hit a leadoff home run and Matthew Boyd allowed only three hits over six scoreless innings in the Cubs’ 8-0 victory on Wednesday night.
• Reese McGuire and Kyle Tucker each homered while the Cubs’ bullpen worked three scoreless innings to close out their seventh shutout of the season.
• Chicago snapped a three-game losing streak and maintained control atop the National League Central despite St. Louis’s recent surge.
• On Tuesday, Masyn Winn drove in four runs with a homer and double in the Cardinals’ 8-7 win, a game decided by Pete Crow-Armstrong’s rare outfield miscue.
• The Cardinals have won seven of eight games and hit nine homers over their last four contests, narrowing Chicago’s division lead before Wednesday’s setback.