Long-time rivals collide again Friday night in St. Louis, where the Cardinals will host the opener of a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium. The contest is scheduled to start at 8:15 p.m. ET (7:15 p.m. CT) with TV coverage on MLB Network and streaming on-demand .

How to watch: Live streams of the Cubs vs. Cardinals game are available with offers from DirecTV (free trial) , FuboTV (low intro rate) and SlingTV (low intro rate) .

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With the Milwaukee Brewers surging in the National League Central, the Cubs go into the weekend with the second-best record (66-48) in the National League and fourth-best in baseball, yet they sit four games back of MLB’s best team in the division. Chicago opens a new series as a solid favorite in

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