Five things we learned Monday

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National League powers met head-to-head, Lucas Duda (stress fracture in his back) and Alex Gordon (fractured wrist) landed on the DL, and we hope Pittsburgh Pirates starter Ryan Vogelsong is OK after getting hit in the head by a pitch and hospitalized. (On a related note, Josh Donaldson had some strong words on Sunday after getting thrown at twice.) Here are five things we learned Monday …

1. The Chicago Cubs are human! I mean, we knew this. The only guy we weren’t sure about was that scary mime from spring training, but he’s not on the roster. John Lackey was cruising along with a three-hitter and a 3-1 lead when Matt Adams stepped up as a pinch hitter with two outs and a runner on in the seventh. Lackey was under 90 pitches, and if you bring in a lefty to face Adams, the Cardinals possibly use another pinch hitter there, so I had no issues leaving Lackey in. Adams hit a 2-1 curveball up in the zone 418 feet to center, then Randal Grichuk hit a walk-off home run off Adam Warren to win it. The Cubs are just 4-8 over their past 12 games, and their pace has gone from 130 wins to a mere 109.

It’s a Walk-Off! #STLCards pic.twitter.com/cVzTJebU0i

— #VoteSTL (@Cardinals) May 24, 2016

2. Clayton Kershaw is not …

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