After dropping Monday’s opener, the Chicago Cubs managed to leave St. Louis with an important series win and maintain their position in the driver’s seat of the National League Central race. Now three games ahead of Milwaukee and 4.5 in front of the Cardinals, the Cubs took Thursday’s game, 3-0, after also winning in a shutout on Wednesday. One home run, a few clutch hits and a complete team effort on the mound led Chicago to blanking the Cardinals and ruining their hopes of narrowing the standings. Getting the Cubs on the board early, first baseman Michael Busch sent the ball into the stands in right field. Bush’s 13th home run of the season was one of his two hits in the game. Chicago would add one more in the fourth and then another in the eighth inning, including an RBI from Ian Happ. Both runs would prove to be unnecessary thanks to the performance of returning starter Shota Imanaga and the four Cubs’ relievers who backed him up. In his return from the injured list, Imanaga gave up just one hit in f
