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Cubs Edge Cardinals to Close Out Regular Season

Matt Duffy extended his hitting streak to a career-high 13 games with a pair of run-scoring singles to help the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals on Sunday in a game that was halted after seven innings and the Cardinals dropped a rain-shortened season finale, turning their attention toward the NL wild-card game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.

 

Tommy Edman homered for St. Louis. Shildt removed regulars Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado after two innings to rest for a potential postseason run.

 

The Cardinals closed the regular season by winning 19 of their final 22 games, with a franchise-record, 17-game winning streak from Sept. 11-28. They will be participating in the postseason for the third year in a row.

 

Chicago lost 91 games this season, the most since it went 66-96 in 2013, however, the Cubs won four of their final five games.

 

Jake Woodford (3-4) gave up three runs on six hits in five innings.

 

The contest was delayed twice by a total of 42 minutes.

 

Adam Wainwright (17-7, 3.15) will start for the Cardinals on Wednesday. At age 40, he is the second-oldest St. Louis pitcher to start a postseason game behind 41-year-old Grover Pete Alexander, who started Game 2 of the 1928 World Series.

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