“We’re No. 3!”
They did it, the Cardinals won Monday’s battle for third-place supremacy, forcing the surely forlorn Cubs into fourth.
It is distinctly bizarre to have a Cards-Cubs series in July in which neither team is in first place (or, for that matter, second). The clubs entered Monday’s game with identical 46-47 records but differing identities. The Cubs, it seems, are sellers, just waiting for famous faces to be traded in the coming days — already, Joc Pederson was sent to Atlanta for a prospect. The Cardinals don’t want prospects; they have the prophecy. The Redbirds foresee themselves in the hunt for October.
