Series Preview: Cardinals Vs. Cubs

The magic number for clinching the season series from the rival Cubs is also 1, with the Cardinals having won 10 of the first 17 meetings. Often when last-place teams are playing out the string, they will employ minor-league call-up pitchers but the Cubs are scheduled to go with very familiar faces in Travis Wood, Edwin Jackson and Jeff Samardzija, who have totaled nine of the previous 17 starts against the Cardinals this year, with Wood and Jackson having four each.

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