The Cubs also lost a game to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the race for the top N.L. Wild Card position as Pittsburgh defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 in Los Angeles.
Those are the teams the Cardinals need to win in order to establish themselves as the clear front-runners of the National League Central. In the bottom half, rookie third baseman Jung Ho Kang hit a leadoff triple and scored the tying run on catcher Chris Stewart’s one-out...