Those who spent Thursday’s Cardinals off day wondering if the last-place locals were going to do something drastic due to a season that appears to be slipping down the drain should have taken note of what happened the very same night in Chicago.
At Wrigley Field, the (barely) first-place Pittsburgh Pirates could be found coughing up a two-run lead to surrender a sweep to the Cubs.
It was the Pirates’ third loss in its last four games, and sixth in their last eight.
Here come the Cubs?
Eh, maybe, but before they were winners of six of their last seven games counting Friday’s defeat of Baltimore, they had dropped six of the previous eight.