Famous (OK, maybe not-so-famous) lasts:

• Last time the Cubs swept a series: August 1-4, 2011, at Pittsburgh
• Last time the Cubs swept a series at Wrigley Field: July 22-24, 2011, vs. Astros
• Last time the Cubs swept the Cardinals: Sept. 13-15, 2010, at St. Louis
• Last time the Cubs swept the Cardinals at Wrigley Field: July 27-30, 2006

In fact, that awful 2006 Cubs team, that lost 96 games, swept the Cardinals twice at Wrigley Field -- they also did it from April 7-9, and wound up 11-8 against the team that wound up winning the World Series that year. This year's Cubs team might not be very good, either, but they've got a chance to do something that no Cubs team has done in six years -- sweep their division rivals at home.

Sounds good to me.

Cubs lineup:

DeJesus RF, Campana CF, Castro SS, LaHair 1B, Soriano LF, Stewart 3B, Clevenger C, Barney 2B, Volstad P

Cardinals lineup:

Furcal ss, Carpenter 1b, Holliday lf, Beltran rf, Freese 3b, Molina c, Descalso 2b, Robinson cf, Lynn p

Today's Starting Pitchers

Chris Volstad Cubs vs. Lance Lynn Cardinals 0-2 W-L 3-0 6.19 ERA 1.42 14 SO 17 4 BB 4 1 HR 2 vs. StL -- vs. Cubs

We have yet another pitching rematch this afternoon; these two pitchers matched up in St. Louis on April 14. Volstad wasn't bad -- he got a "quality start" out of the outing by giving up three runs in six innings -- but Lynn was better, allowing the Cubs just one run. The Cubs offense was pretty meek that day, with just five singles and a double. Perhaps today will be better.

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Discuss amongst yourselves.