<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td width=5> </td><td align=center><img id="story-photo" width="478" src=https://images.cubshq.com/stories/18/baseball/hendricks_patrick_gorski.jpg><br><font size=2></font></td></tr></table><table width="100%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><a target=_blank href=/story/baseball/Cubs-drop-Cardinals-decrease-their-magic-number-to-two-14738 class="newstitle"><font style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Helv, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #D12325; text-decoration: none">Cubs drop Cardinals, decrease their magic number to two</font></a><br><br><font class=newsbody>Causing their magic number for clinching the National League Central to drop to two games, the Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals quite handily.</font> <a target=_blank href=/story/baseball/Cubs-drop-Cardinals-decrease-their-magic-number-to-two-14738><font class=fullstory><b>Full Story »</b></font></a></td></tr></table>