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With NL Central suddenly bunched up, a reminder it won't all be sunshine, lollipops and rainbows for Cubs in second half

The Cubs perfect second half came to a crashing halt Friday in the series opener with the visiting St. Louis Cardinals, an 11-4 drubbing low-lighted by a never-ending eighth inning in which the Cards torched the Cubs bullpen for nine runs. One nasty result after a six-game stretch of hot bats and hot pitching shouldnt send Cubs fans panicking about a falling sky even though the heavens opened up and poured a gigantic, watery metaphor down on the Friendly Confines after Fridays bullpen implosion.