The Cubs’ 5-3 loss to the Cardinals Saturday afternoon on a blistering hot afternoon at Busch Stadium (you could tell how hot by the number of folks from a sellout of 45,159 left before it was over) was a real example of how fundamentally sound the Cardinals are, and how far from that the Cubs are at this stage of — all together now — another rebuild.
It started showing in the first inning. Adrian Sampson retired the first two hitters, then Paul Goldschmidt doubled. After that Nolan Arenado lofted a ball into short left field.