CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Busch homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Chicago Cubs clinched the top NL wild card with a 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday. Pete Crow-Armstrong and Seiya Suzuki also connected for Chicago in its third win in four games. Chicago Cubs' Michael Busch, right, high-fives third base coach Quintin Berry (0) after hitting a triple during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Chicago. He doubled in the third and connected for a tiebreaking two-run shot in the fifth for his team-leading 34th homer. He added a run-scoring triple in the seventh before he was walked intentionally in the eighth.