Holliday carries Cards back from five-run deficit

The Cardinals’ offense emerged from its typical station-to-station ways to catapult past the Cubs and closer to the Brewers with a flurry of extra-base hits and by riding the back (and bat) of Matt Holliday. The Cardinals, poised to open a key series against Pittsburgh on Monday, gave themselves a chance to enter September as co-leaders in the National League Central by stealing a 9-6 win over the Cubs on Sunday to split a four-game series.