The St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs play the second game of their 3-game series Saturday at Wrigley Field.

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CHICAGO -- 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. Louis Cardinals 11-3 on Friday for their fourth straight victory.

The Cubs set a franchise record with eight home runs in an 11-3 rout of the Reds on Friday, including three from first baseman Michael Busch.

An update to the previous announcement,” a Cubs official said into the press box microphone. “Michael Busch’s home run now represents the 26th time this has happened.” Such was the nature of Friday’s 4th of July game between the Cubs and the St.

Bad first pitches tend to go viral; however, Alvin Kamara brought the heat with his first pitch before the Chicago Cubs took the field.

In town for a big NASCAR race, Alvin Kamara threw out the first and second pitches for Saturday's Chicago Cubs game after asking for a do-over.

Alvin Kamara got a mulligan. And he made the most of it. Via MLB.com, the Saints running back threw out the first pitch for Saturday’s game between the Cardinals and the Cubs. He didn’t like his first attempt at the first pitch, which was in the dirt and bounced away from the mascot/catcher. So Kamara took a second one.