CHICAGO _ Of all the wild, wonky, and of course windy games the Cardinals have played in more than a century of visiting the Cubs at the corner of Clark and Addison streets, Monday's doubleheader was a doozy, unlike any the old bones of the Friendly Confines had seen.
There was the greatest game yet by a Cardinals designated hitter in a National League contest, and he did so for a St. Louis team playing a home game at Wrigley Field. But the Cardinals wore road grays, not their classic whites. Professional courtesy. When the visiting team rallied to win the evening game, the crowd roared _ or so the noise pumped into the empty ballpark tried to recreate. Dexter Fowler hit a homer in Game 1 and went into the bleachers to retrieve Max Schrock's first career home run ball in Game 2. There were debuts, blunders, and a modern twist for Ernie Banks' sunny exclamation: "Let's play two! But only seven innings."
At the nexus of it all was new Cardinal and eight-year veteran Brad Miller. He hit two homers in Game 2 and had the game-winning two-run double in Game 1.
