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St. Louis will try to cool off the Cubs with left-hander Matthew Liberatore (6-6, 3.70 ERA), who earned a 7-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday in his latest start. He held them to three hits and five walks while striking out five in six-plus innings to run his personal winning streak to three starts.

Michael Busch and the Chicago Cubs turned their holiday into a home run. Eight of them, to be exact. Busch hit three longballs, Pete Crow-Armstrong connected twice and the Cubs went deep a franchise-record eight times to hammer the St.