Friday was a bad day for the St. Louis Cardinals, but no one had it worse than Miles Mikolas. The 36-year-old starting pitcher suffered the loss at Wrigley Fiel

In an effort to sling-shot the Cardinals out of the doldrums of a three-game sweep in Pittsburgh where they were blanked offensively the entire series, Miles Mikolas gave an impassioned and fiery spee

Cubs Make History Against Cardinals on Fourth of July originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Chicago Cubs are 52–35 and in sole possession of first place in the NL Central as they head into a weekend divisional series with the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Cubs, a franchise dating back to 1876, hit more homers in a game Friday than they ever did before, with an octet of long balls rewriting the record books.

Michael Busch smacked three home runs and the Chicago Cubs belted a team-record eight homers to defeat visiting St. Louis 11-3 on Friday at historic Wrigley Field.After trading runs with St. Louis in the fourth and fifth innings,