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Cubs wrap up series with St. Louis today

The Chicago Cubs' win-loss record accounts for a total
of 15 games, many of which have been played in conditions manager
Joe Maddon doesn't believe were conducive to baseball.
But an extended winter has forced five postponements, including on
Wednesday when a forecast of rain and sleet forced the Cubs and St.
Louis Cardinals to extend their series to a scheduled off-day on
Thursday.
The postponement, the third at Wrigley Field since Sunday, came a
day after the Cardinals won the pushed-back first game of the
series on a night when temperatures were in the 30s and the wind
chill was in the 20s.
And for a Cubs team waiting for its starting pitching and sporadic
offense to heat up, it has become a matter of just trying to play
through it.
"It's all how you put it in perspective," first baseman Anthony
Rizzo told reporters after his first game back off the disabled
list. "You can let it make you miserable or you can just go out and
play. It is what it is. You know the sunny days are coming. Both on
the field and as a group. You just keep playing through it."
After being slated to pitch on Wednesday, left-hander Jon Lester
(1-0, 4.40 ERA) will pitch today against the Cardinals. Lester
has produced a mixed bag of results this season.
Lester scattered seven hits and allowed four earned runs in his
only start at Wrigley this year. In 14 career starts against St.
Louis, Lester is 5-4 with a 2.30 ERA.
The Cardinals, who have won five straight games, will start Luke
Weaver in today's game, which is weather permitting. The
forecast calls for 1-to-2 inches of snow to fall overnight, which
could put yet another matinee start at Wrigley in jeopardy.
Weaver was pushed into the Wednesday starting assignment in place
of Michael Wacha, who has struggled at Wrigley Field. Wacha will
instead make his next start on Friday against Cincinnati on eight
days rest.
Weaver (2-0, 2.08) will make his third start and has yet to allow
more than five hits or two earned runs in any of his outings.
Weaver has, however, struggled in his two career starts against the
Cubs, against whom he is 0-1 with a 12.86 ERA.
The moves manager Mike Matheny has made aren't limited to his
pitching staff.
While third baseman Jedd Gyorko came off the disabled list after
missing two weeks with hamstring injury, Matheny elected to keep
him out of the lineup. Greg Garcia started at third on Tuesday with
Matt Carpenter playing at second in place of struggling Kolten Wong.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Wednesday that minor league
outfielder Tyler O'Neill has joined the Cardinals and will be
activated on Thursday.
O'Neill already has hit six home runs at Triple-A Memphis with a
Pacific League-best 18 RBIs. O'Neill's arrival could mean that
center fielder Tommy Pham's groin soreness could be more of an
issue that originally believed.
With all the movement, however, Matheny insists everything will
take care of itself.
"We're trying to put pieces together to try to make it look right,"
Matheny told reporters Wednesday, according to MLB.com. "Greg
Garcia will be a part of it. Jedd Gyorko will be a part of it soon.
And Kolten Wong is going to continue to be a part of it, but there
are things to work on.
"When it's not clicking, you have to go back to the drawing board
and figure something out and make the most of those opportunities. "

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