Meeting for the first time since last year’s NLDS, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs feature two of the league’s best offenses through the first couple of weeks of baseball.
The Cubs will be without slugging left fielder Kyle Schwarber, who burnt the Cardinals for a pair of long home runs in the 2015 NLDS.
Chicago newcomers Jason Heyward and John Lackey will make their return to Busch Stadium for the first time.
That figures to be just one of the many subplots that develop over the next three days at Busch Stadium in St.