Defeating the St. Louis Cardinals is always nice from the Cubs’ point of view, and the three-game sweep completed Sunday with a 2-0 shutout win (the Cubs’ 15th shutout of the year) was particularly gratifying.
First, just because. But also because they got good pitching out of Javier Assad (5.1 shutout innings, six strikeouts) and three nice frames from Jordan Wicks, who had a rough year overall but ended it well and posted his first big-league save.