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Jon Lester went seven strong innings to end his roughest stretch of the season, and Chicago Cubs scored five times in the sixth inning to halt a three-game skid with an 8-1 home win over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. In the makeup of a postponed game from April 14, the Cubs won for just the third time in 11 games. The Angels, who were in Seattle on Sunday and host Oakland on Tuesday night, had won seven of their previous nine. Continue to Article

June 03, 2019 7:28:pm EST

The governor of Illinois is expected to sign legislation that will legalize sports betting in the state, including at Soldier Field, home of the Bears. Soldier Field is one of seven venues in Illinois that would be eligible for sports betting licenses, according to Joe Ostrowski of 670 The Score. Other venues eligible for sports betting licenses include the homes of the Chicago Cubs, White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks. Continue to Article

June 03, 2019 5:01:pm EST

The St. Louis Cardinals will go for a three-game sweep against the visiting Chicago Cubs on Sunday afternoon. Approximately 12 hours later, the division rivals will square off again in the series finale. A sweep for St. Louis would even the season series at three wins apiece after the Cubs swept the Cardinals at Wrigley Field from May 3-5. Continue to Article

June 02, 2019 11:13:am EST

The St. Louis Blues were making their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals in a home game since May 5, 1970 at the old St. Louis Arena, a 6-2 loss in Game 2 of that series against the Boston Bruins. Saturday night's results proved to be just as lopsided, and a huge disappointment for fans in St. Louis looking to crank Laura Branigan's Gloria to high decibels. Hey, at least the St. Louis Cardinals were able to top the Chicago Cubs by a 7-4 score in a rain-delayed battle at Busch Stadium, so it wasn't a totally lost night for St. Louis sports. Continue to Article

June 02, 2019 5:50:am EST

The once-struggling Cardinals are quickly putting their woeful May behind them. Dexter Fowler and Harrison Bader hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning, and St. Louis outlasted the Chicago Cubs in a 7-4 victory that ended early Sunday after a rain delay of over three hours. ''To kind of get it going and have some things go our way, when they weren't really going our way, feels really good,'' Bader said. Continue to Article

June 02, 2019 2:56:am EST