7th consecutive win that propels the Cubs to the broom of the cardinals, 1st place in the standings

A month ago, the Chicago Cubs were fighting for a freaky start to the season, but after a landslide win against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, they are now in first place in the Central League Central.

The win, won by Willson Contreras and the big parties of Anthony Rizzo and David Bote, resulted in a sweep in three games against the hated Cardinals and propelled the Cubs to the top of the pile in the game. Central.

Bote, Contreras and Rizzo both had two points each, and José Quintana played his role in the hunt, conceding two earned runs on eight hits in six innings as the Cubs won their seventh straight game.

Despite two errors on the field, Kris Bryant will probably not complain after the game, while he managed a grand slam in the eighth inning to push the Cubs even further in the victory.

Yadier Molina scored two runs, and Paul DeJong and Marcell Ozuna both scored home goals in the ninth inning, but that was not enough as the Cardinals fell.

Adam Wainwright was strong for the Cardinals early in the game, giving up just a solo circuit to Contreras in the first four innings. At the opening of the fifth inning, the Cubs extended their lead. Jason Heyward scored a triple for RBI in the middle of the field and Bote made a sacrificial volley to get him in and extend the Chicago advantage to 3-0.

After Molina made a one-point game with a double-two in the sixth, the Cubs immediately bounced back. Rizzo scored twice in the center on the right, scoring Kris Bryant and Ben Zobrist. Even after Rizzo was thrown on the baspaths, the Cubs still managed to add a new series of insurance because Contreras led to Javier Báez with a simple goal. a part 6-2.

Zobrist had a RBI single in the seventh and Bote and Albert Almora Jr. each had double RBIs in the eighth, while the Cubs used it against the St. Louis marker.

After the three-game sweep, the Cubs will host the Miami Marlins at Wrigley Field for a four-game series starting Monday, and the Cardinals will come home to face the Washington Nationals at Busch Stadium starting Monday.