On a night when fireworks will light up Chicago’s sky, the Cubs and Cardinals bring the heat to Wrigley Field with the NL Central race tightening and St. Louis desperate to snap a historic scoreless skid.

The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals resume their National League Central rivalry series Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field.

For more on the Cardinals, here’s Heather Simon, manager of our SB Nation Cardinals site Viva el Birdos, with a nod to the Fourth of July! The St. Louis Cardinals limp into Wrigley Field after being swept by the Pittsburgh Pirates in a series so forgettable that it bordered on historical revisionism.