Feel better now? Even a little?

The Cubs put together a varied offense Saturday night in St. Louis and crushed the Cardinals 9-1.

Let’s begin at the beginning, because the Cubs did. Michael Busch led off with a double and advanced to third on a ground out.

Kyle Tucker singled Busch in [VIDEO].

Then Tucker stole second. That was significant, per BCB’s JohnW53:

Kyle Tucker’s first-inning steal was the Cubs’ first in 11 games, since they had three against the White Sox on July 27. The Cubs had not even attempted a steal during their 10-game drought, which was their longest since they went 11 games without a steal, April 5-16 of last year.

Carson Kelly followed with a single. Tucker was going to stop at third, but when Jordan Walker’s throw into the infield got away from Willson Contrera

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