The Chicago Cubs (53-36) and the St. Louis Cardinals (48-42) have split the series so far as they close out their series on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball.

Matthew Boyd celebrated his All-Star Game selection by striking out nine batters in five innings as the Chicago Cubs demolished the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 11-0 Sunday night. Fellow All-Star selection Kyle Tucker drove in three runs for the Cubs,

“Caissie was the prospect mentioned the most by execs — and it wasn’t even close…Five years ago, the Cubs acquired Caissie as one of the prospect headliners in the Yu Darvish trade with the Padres. Now, in all likelihood, they will trade him for pitching at the deadline,” Bowden wrote.