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- Updated: April 20, 2016
ST. LOUIS — Despite losing, 5-3, on Wednesday, the Cubs took the first series against the Cardinals, and now have won eight of the past 12 regular-season meetings. That’s quite a turnaround after opening the 2015 season 2-8 against St. Louis.
“This is a team we can compete with,” Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said. “Now we know we can compete with these guys, and obviously, we’ve played well against them.”
Matt Holliday sparked Wednesday’s win with a two-run homer to back Carlos Martinez. The Cubs trailed, 4-1, when rain interrupted play in the seventh, causing a three-hour and 21-minute delay. Chicago then tallied twice in the eighth — including an RBI single by Anthony Rizzo, who had homered in the fourth — to close to 4-3, but St. Louis added an insurance run in the eighth on Yadier Molina’s RBI single.
“Winning the series is always your goal,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “You get greedy after winning the first two — you always want to try to sweep the series at that point. My takeaway is, after winning the first two games, …
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