Hunt and Peck

The Cardinals sweep of the Cubs was historic - A Hunt and Peck

And fun.

By lil_scooter93 Sep 23, 2019, 1:00pm EDT

MLB: St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs

Over the weekend the Cardinals completed a four-game sweep of the Cubs. It was quite an unexpected outcome. Up to that point the Cardinals had played six games at Wrigley.

They had lost all six.

“Now we gotta go beat those Cubs in Chicago. We haven’t beat ‘em all year in Chicago. We’re gonna beat ‘em this time.” - Adam Wainwright #stlcards
— Jeff Jones (@jmjones) September 18, 2019

Just as Adam Wainwright promised, over they weekend that record regressed toward the mean. The Cardinals swept the Cubs, bringing them to the brink of playoff elimination and clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2015. It was delightful.

Cubs broadcast calls the final out of the Cardinals' 3-2 victory to complete the 4-game sweep and essentially end the Cubs' season #timetofly pic.twitter.com/JbgC9l3RPg
— VHS (@VanHicklestein) September 22, 2019

good evening pic.twitter.com/a4ce1bKNQF
— scooter simon (@lil_scooter93) September 22, 2019

That is not all, though. In sweeping the Cubs, all in one-run games and in dramatic ninth-inning comebacks, the Cardinals had done something to the Cubs for the first time almost 100 years: sweep them in four games at Wrigley.

• First 4-game sweep by Cards at Wrigley since 1921
• First 4-game sweep in MLB with all 1-run losses at home since 1919
• First time Cubs have lost five 1-run games in a row since 1915

Division hopes? Gone.

“There's no words right now.”https://t.co/48yX09yzfJ via @MLB
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) September 23, 2019

Other things that happened the last time the Cardinals completed a four-game sweep of the Cubs at Wrigley: