Cardinals vs. Cubs: Latest News and Notes Ahead of NLDS Game 3

There is no questioning how important the rookies have been for the Chicago Cubs this season.

The big strike of the game was Schwarber’s opposite field home run in the second inning.

The Chicago Cubs did what they needed to do in the first two games of the National League Division Series and head home with a chance to take the best-of-five set at Wrigley Field.

Wearing a sleeveless T-shirt with “WE ARE GOOD” in big block lettering across the front, Jake Arrieta looked at ease while he made himself a sandwich and mingled with the rest of his teammates on Sunday morning. Wacha has a 17-7 record and 3.38 ERA in the regular season.

St. Louis trailed 8-4 before Piscotty hit a two-run shot with two out in the ninth, a scary moment for a towel-waving crowd of 42,411 used to playoff heartache. Wacha hasn’t done well vs. Chicago in 2015, registering a 6.68 ERA in four starts. Shortstop Addison Russell left Monday’s game with a hamstring problem, and Maddon was uncertain of Russell’s status for Tuesday.

However, the Cubs can’t afford to take Wacha for granted even though they have had success against him this season.

The problem for Cubs fans is that Phil Cuzzi – behind the plate for Lester’s Game 1 start – was bad, missing 15 ball-strike calls and dropping his accuracy down to 88.4 percent.

Today’s Chicago Cubs vs St Louis Cardinals NLDS baseball playoff series Game 3 has a start time schedule of 6:07pm eastern time and will air on TV channel TBS. “When the Cubs win a World Series I can’t even believe what it’s going to be like”. “You know, but I was dedicated to getting over the hump, to putting in the time, the effort, making any adjustments necessary to get to this point”. The Cubs lead the best-of-five series two games to one.

“Just excited for this opportunity this year, being a part of this fantastic team and looking forward to seeing what we can do in this postseason”, Wacha said.

“I don’t remember anything about it, honestly”, Arrieta said with a straight face.

It’s not about me, it’s not about Kris, it’s not about Jorge [Soler], it’s about the whole team doing what we can do to win.

St. Louis will counter Arietta with Michael Wacha, a young pitcher who trailed off in September as his pitch count increased.

There were 21 home runs Monday, a record for one day in postseason play.