The Cubs dominated St. Louis with pitching Friday and clutch hitting Saturday.
They won 13-5 on Sunday night thanks to a total team effort, giving them seven straight wins.
Brandon Kintzler and Steve Cishek did the job Sunday before Tyler Chatwood gave up three runs on two homers in the ninth.
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Contreras cranked one 419 feet to the opposite field in the second, pointing to something or someone out in left-center as he rounded the bases.
Kris Bryant thrilled the crowd of 36,499 — and padded his stats — with a grand slam in the eighth off right-hander Dominic Leone.
And it will help Bryant sleep after he made two errors at third, one on a throw and another on a mishandled grounder to his left.
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