The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals are set up for another high-scoring series this weekend at London Stadium.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Cubs players practice during a training session ahead of the weekend series against the Cardinals at London Stadium on June 23, 2023.Morel had just finished batting practice Friday afternoon on a humid workout day at London Stadium before the Chicago Cubs’ two-game weekend series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
London Stadium, home to Premier League’s West Ham United, originally was built and created for the track and field events at the 2012 Olympics. It was designed to minimize wind and air flow in the stadium in an effort to reduce weather’s impact on events. The unique wind dynamics made the pitch-turned-diamond an offensive haven during the 2019 London Series between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox when they combined for 50 runs in two games.
The Cubs also got their first chance to get a look at the way a baseball will play off the turf. Seiya Suzuki went to the outfield before their workout to repeatedly throw a ball off the turf. During infield work, the turf played fast and created a different spin coming off it onto the dirt, which might require an adjustment in reading balls off the bat.The Cubs and Cardinals are heading in different directions as their two-game set in London gets underway.
Recapturing momentum that had eluded them for a six-week stretch, the Cubs have won 10 of their last 12 and can get back to .500 with a sweep at London Stadium. Meanwhile, the Cardinals, losers in 12 of their 18 games this month, continue to sit in last place in the National League Central. The Cubs, who entered Friday 3 1/2 games behind the first-place Cincinnati Reds, know what’s at stake less than six weeks before the Aug. 1 trade deadline.
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