Cubs drub Cardinals with seven extra-base hits, avoid Wrigley sweep
CHICAGO — Turns out a winning streak, like that other elusive critter momentum, can only go as far as the next day’s starting pitcher takes it.
The Cardinals, on the brink of their first sweep of the season, tripped on the mound when starter Jordan Montgomery could not continue his mastery of the archrival Cubs. Regardless of whether he was wearing blue pinstripes or red feathers on his jersey,…