CHICAGO -- Anthony Rizzo finished celebrating, retreated to the clubhouse and reminded his Chicago Cubs teammates that theyve now won games in their last at-bat on a wild pitch, a squeeze bunt and a bases-loaded walk.Its been that kind of season.Rizzo drew a walk from Zach Duke with two outs in the 11th inning and the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Thursday night for their 10th consecutive win.Its one of those things where its going our way, Rizzo said. We just want it to keep going our way.Not only did the Cubs open a 13-game lead over the second-place Cardinals in the NL Central, St. Louis lost slugger Matt Holliday to a broken right thumb after he was hit by a pitch in the 10th inning.Holliday wasnt sure if hell miss the rest of the season. Hes to see a hand specialist Friday.For sure its super disappointing but its part of sport unfortunately, Holliday said.Pinch-hitters Willson Contreras and Jorge Soler led off with singles against the lefty Duke (2-1) and Dexter Fowler walked to load the bases with one out. Kris Bryant struck out before Rizzo took a 3-1 pitch inside to give the Cubs their longest winning streak since getting 12 straight in 2001.Crazy stuff, manager Joe Maddon said. Entertaining? Yes.Mike Montgomery (4-5) allowed a single and two walks to load the bases in the 11th before striking out Matt Carpenter to end the threat. Montgomery, who won his first game with Chicago after being acquired from Seattle last month, also hit Holliday with a 94 mph fastball on a 1-1 count with nobody on and two out an inning earlier.I definitely feel for him, Montgomery said. It wasnt on purpose. Its just one of those pitches thats a big part of the game, going inside, and it just got away.Randal Grichuk, called up from the minors before the game, tied it for St. Louis with a pinch-hit solo home run off Travis Wood in the seventh. Brandon Moss also homered for St. Louis.Chris Coghlan had a two-run single and David Ross an RBI bunt single in the sixth for the Cubs.Both managers used their closers in the ninth. Chicagos Aroldis Chapman needed three pitches to get two liners to third and a groundout, while Seung Hwan Oh struck out the side for St. Louis. Oh then worked out of a 10th-inning jam.The Cubs wasted three good opportunities to score before capitalizing in odd fashion, as has been their signature.After Coghlans two-out two-run single off Carlos Martinez tied it at 2, the 39-year-old Ross bunted an 0-1 curveball between the mound and third base. Martinez elected to throw to first, and it drew Carpenter off the bag as Jason Heyward scored to put Chicago ahead.Coghlan also teamed with Addison Russell to throw out Carpenter at the plate from left field on Stephen Piscottys double to end the seventh.Cubs lefty Jon Lester allowed two runs and five hits with six strikeouts in six innings but lost a chance at his 13th win when Grichuk sent a 1-0 cutter into the left-field bleachers.Moss hit his first homer off a lefty this season in the sixth to put the Cardinals up 2-0. Yadier Molina added three hits, including an RBI single in the first to extend his on-base streak to 24 games.Martinez allowed three runs and seven hits over six innings. He hurt himself when he cut off a throw home that seemingly had a chance to get Rizzo on Chicagos second run.The Cubs would have turned to starting pitcher John Lackey if the game had gone to the 12th. 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The Cubs, seeking their first championship in 108 years, played in front of packed, frenzied crowds for much of the season, and even the Indians are looking forward to the scene.Tomorrows going to be unbelievable, Cleveland slugger Mike Napoli said. I watched when they clinched to go to the World Series and how crazy it was and seeing the fans in the streets where they had to have police escorts. You could just see the crowd just part ways.So its going to be fun. Its something that I wanted to be a part of, and thought that it would be an unbelievable World Series, he said.Its been pretty great so far, and its only getting started.Corey Kluber pitched the Indians to a 6-0 win on Tuesday, striking out nine in a dazzling performance. After Josh Tomlin makes his third playoff start in the Wrigley opener, Kluber looms over Game 4 on Saturday night on short rest.The Cubs returned to Chicago on a high after working over Clevelands pitching staff in a 5-1 victory Wednesday night. Trevor Bauer lasted just 3 2/3 innings, beginning a parade to the mound that included six relievers and a total of 196 pitches.That was the plan, to get at least one over there and bring it back home, second baseman Javier Baez said. Everybody is excited to be here in Chicago. Everybody has been waiting for this moment.Schwarber will be relegated to pinch-hitting moments for the next three games after doctors said it was too soon after major left knee surgery to risk putting him in the outfield. The move takes one of Chicagos best bats out of the lineup after a surprising return by the slugger for the Series.Were going to respect the doctors, president of baseball operatioons Theo Epstein said.dddddddddddd Theyre the professionals here and move forward. Kyle understands that. He wants to play, hes the ultimate gamer, but he understands that the doctors judgment has to rule the day in this case.Schwarber was ruled out for the year after he tore two knee ligaments in an outfield collision with Dexter Fowler in Chicagos third game of the season. But he had an encouraging checkup with Dr. Daniel Cooper on Oct. 17 in Dallas, clearing the way for a short stay in the Arizona Fall League before serving as the designated hitter in Cleveland.Facing major league pitching for the first time in six months, Schwarber doubled and walked in Game 1. He added a pair of RBI singles Wednesday night , leading to lengthy phone conversations with Cooper and Dr. Stephen Gryzlo, one of the Cubs physicians, that ultimately led to the safe route for the 23-year-old catcher/outfielder.Facts are facts, Schwarber said. I just cant physically do it. So Im going to be ready at any time during the game to go out there and pinch-hit.The lack of a designated hitter for the NL park also affects the Indians, likely sending Carlos Santana to left field for only the second time in his career. He also played left for four innings on Aug. 12, 2012, against Boston.Were thinking about it, manager Terry Francona said. I think, I mean, theres no reason not to -- its no big secret, were trying to balance scoring more runs than them. OK, hes a big part of our offense.Santana set career highs with 34 homers and 87 RBI this season. The switch hitter also walked 99 times and had a .259 batting average for his best number since he hit .268 in 2013.The Indians managed just four hits against Jake Arrieta and two relievers in Game 2, and they are looking at another challenging matchup with Kyle Hendricks going for the Cubs at Wrigley. The major league ERA leader had a 1.32 ERA in 15 home games this year, and is coming off 7 1/3 shutout innings against Los Angeles in the clinching Game 6 of the NL Championship Series.It just feels like Im right at home, honestly, Hendricks said. I think thats part of why Ive had the success here.---Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap cheap falcons jerseys cheap ravens jerseys cheap bills jerseys cheap bears jerseys cheap bengals jerseys cheap cowboys jerseys cheap lions jerseys cheap texans jerseys cheap colts jerseys cheap jaguars jerseys cheap chiefs jerseys cheap rams jerseys cheap dolphins jerseys cheap vikings jerseys cheap saints jerseys cheap giants jerseys cheap jets jerseys cheap eagles jerseys cheap steelers jerseys cheap 49ers jerseys ' ' '