There are some key similarities between Sonny Gray's last opponent, the Dodgers, and his foe Sunday, the Cubs.

Gray and the Cardinals wrap a three-game series vs. the Cubs with the rubber game at 6:10 p.m. Sunday in another nationally televised affair.

The Cubs won 9-1 on Saturday , dispatching starter Andre Pallante early.

The right-hander Gray (10-5, 4.21 ERA) is coming off one of his best starts in a Cardinals uniform , seven innings vs. the Dodgers in which he allowed only a solo home run.

Both the Dodgers and Cubs rank as two of baseball's best offenses. Like the Dodgers then, the Cubs have been in a funk offensively.

Against the Dodgers, baseball's best team against the fastball, Gray didn't allow a hit vs. that pitch, his first time doing so in more than a month.

During hi

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