Cubs' series-opening game with Cardinals starts in weather delay

ST. LOUIS — The first of four games between the Cubs and the division-rival Cardinals started in a delay Monday night, with "potential impending storms" in the area of Busch Stadium. Word of the delay came more than a half hour prior to the originally scheduled first-pitch time of 6:45 p.m. The Cubs, in the middle of a two-city road trip against NL Central opponents, started the day seven games back of the division-leading Brewers. Latest on the Cubs …