The Cubs get back to work Friday with the first of three at Miller Park. And don’t look now, but the Cubs have the best record in baseball again. The Cubs are 57-37, 20 games above .500 and the .606 winning percentage is tops in baseball. The Cubs have the same amount of victories as the Nationals (57-39) and Giants (57-38).
The Cubs saw their lead in the division shrink during the off-day.
Since the Cubs beat the Mets on Wednesday afternoon and finished a difficult six-game homestand with a 4-2 record, the Cardinals posted three victories against the Padres and completed a four-game sweep of the Friars at Busch Stadium.