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Cardinals cash in on the Cubs' flubs, reach .500

The Cardinals' Jake Woodford pitches to Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant in the first inning of a game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Monday, July 20, 2021. He allowed six hits, no walks and struck out six in the Cards' victory. (Daniel Shular,

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The Cardinals' Jake Woodford pitches Monday night, when he held the Cubs to one run in 5 2/3 innings of work. He allowed six hits, no walks and struck out six.

Young righthander Jake Woodford had to wait his turn as the Cardinals explored other starting pitching options in a year in which only one hurler who opened the season in the rotation, 39-year-old Adam Wainwright, still is in it.