The Cubs won’t see old friend Willson Contreras in this series, as he’s out for several weeks after having suffered a fractured arm on a swing by J.D. Martinez of the Mets.
This is the first Cubs/Cardinals game this year in the season’s 52nd game. Nevertheless, it’s not the latest in the year for the first Cubs/Cardinals game. That happened June 14, 1985, in the Cubs’ 57th game of that year. (Thanks to BCB’s JohnW53 for the info.)
The balanced schedule still sucks.
For more on the Cardinals, here’s Heather Simon, manager of our SB Nation Cardinals site Viva el Birdos.