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Cards rally against Cubs to clinch playoff spot

Paul Goldschmidt hit a tiebreaking double in the ninth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals clinched a playoff spot by rallying past the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Sunday for their first four-game sweep at Wrigley Field in almost a century.

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Head to Head

STL wins series 4-0

STL Last 5 matchups CHC
  1. 3 Final 2019-09-22 @ CHC 2
  2. 9 Final 2019-09-21 @ CHC 8
  3. 2 Final 2019-09-20 @ CHC 1
  4. 5 Final/10 2019-09-19 @ CHC 4

Injuries

Chicago Cubs

  • Justin Steele 60-Day-IL
  • Shelby Miller 60-Day-IL
  • Ben Brown 60-Day-IL
  • Phil Maton 60-Day-IL
  • Riley Martin 60-Day-IL

St. Louis Cardinals

  • Richard Fitts Day-To-Day
  • Hunter Dobbins Out
  • Max Rajcic 60-Day-IL

Lineups

Confirmed

CHC

  1. Anthony Rizzo1B48
  2. Nick CastellanosLF21
  3. Kris Bryant3B23
  4. Kyle SchwarberLF12
  5. Ben Zobrist2B18
  6. Victor CaratiniC37
  7. Jason HeywardRF22
  8. Nico HoernerSS2
  9. Yu DarvishP11

Substitutes

  1. Javier BaezPR28
  2. David Bote3B12
  3. Ian Happ1B8
  4. Albert AlmoraCF5
  5. Willson ContrerasPH40
  6. Pedro StropP64

STL

  1. Dexter FowlerRF25
  2. Tommy Edman2B25
  3. Paul Goldschmidt1B46
  4. Marcell OzunaLF24
  5. Yadier MolinaC4
  6. Matt Carpenter3B13
  7. Paul DeJongSS18
  8. Harrison BaderCF9
  9. Miles MikolasP36

Substitutes

  1. Yairo Munoz3B95
  2. Matt WietersPH32
  3. Randy ArozarenaCF56
  4. Tyler WebbP64
  5. Jose MartinezPH16
  6. Tyler O'NeillPR9
  7. Andrew MillerP21

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