All of that added up to an 8-0 Cubs shutout of the Cardinals, ending the team’s three-game losing streak. The Cubs remain the only team in MLB this year to have not lost four in a row at least once.

Christian Bethancourt hit a three-run home run in a five-run second inning Friday, and the Chicago Cubs held on for a 6-3 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field.

Cubs starting pitcher Jameson Taillon pauses on the mound after giving up a two-run home run to the Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar during the second inning Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in St. Louis.

Anyone who watched Sandberg play for the Cubs against the St. Louis Cardinals on a June 1984 Saturday probably remembers what ...