A Cub has hit eight vs. the Cards in six seasons: Wilson, 1928 and 1930; Rogers Hornsby, 1929; Bill Nicholson, 1941; and Banks, 1958 and 1960. Sammy Sosa is among eight who hit seven. Among the others: Hank Sauer, 1954; Dave Kingman, 1979; Ryne Sandberg, 1990; and Moises Alou, 2003.

Cade Horton, the Chicago Cubs’ top starter, was placed on the 15-day injured with a rib fracture, ending his chance of pitching in the wild-card series.

A day after they blew a five-run lead in a 9-7 loss, the Cubs bounced back in a 10-3 victory over the Mets that ignited the Wrigley Field crowd as the postseason approaches.

St. Louis manager Oli Marmol was unapologetic about issuing the free pass: "I’m not here for anybody's amusement. I’m trying to win a game."

The Chicago Cubs have some work to do this weekend to secure home-field advantage in their series against the San Diego Padres.

Michael Busch homered twice, tripled, doubled and drove in four runs to help the Chicago Cubs clinch home-field advantage for their National League wild-card series with a 7-3 win against the visiting St.

This Cardinals' season series vs. the Cubs at Wrigley will go down among their worst ever. It continues Saturday at 1:20 p.m. in the season's penultimate game.

The Chicago Cubs want to make sure everything is OK with rookie right-hander Cade Horton, who could start one of their wild-card games next week.