ST. LOUIS -- There is a gap between the Cubs and Cardinals, but manager Joe Maddon doesn't think it's that wide and it's definitely not insurmountable.
"I'm not discouraged by this series," Maddon said after the Cardinals won, 5-1, on Thursday to take three of the four games at Busch Stadium. "It's a long season, folks. We played really well for four games here.
"I like what I'm seeing out of our guys a lot, not a little bit," he said. "The pitching will come together. The young hitters will start figuring this stuff out.