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The 2017 Chicago Cubs season was the 146th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 142nd in the National League and the Cubs' 102nd season at Wrigley Field.The Cubs were managed by Joe Maddon, in his third year as Cubs manager, and played their home games at Wrigley Field as members of the National League Central.
The 2017 Major League Baseball season began on April 2 with three games, including the 2016 World Series champions Chicago Cubs facing off against the St. Louis Cardinals, the regular season ended in late September. The postseason began on October 3.
The Chicago Cubs came into the MLB season as the reigning World Series champions for the first time in 109 years and as huge favorites to win the 2017 World Series. Nevertheless, the Cubs started its season with a 4–3 walk-off loss to their division rivals St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. [77]
The Cubs are known as "the North Siders", a reference to the location of Wrigley Field within the city of Chicago, and in contrast to the White Sox, whose home field is located on the South Side. The Cubs won the Laureus World Team of the Year in 2017. [11]
The 2017 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball’s 2017 postseason pitting the overall #1 seed Los Angeles Dodgers against the defending World Series champion and third-seeded Chicago Cubs for the National League pennant and the right to play in the 2017 World Series.
The Cubs ultimately prevailed in an offensive shootout in Game 5 to close out the series. To date, this is the last playoff series win by the Cubs. This was the last time the Nationals lost in the NLDS, as in 2019 , they ran the table and won the World Series as the fourth seed in the National League.
The Cubs added one more run in the top of the sixth to make it 8–4 Cubs, but the Nationals struck back in the bottom half. After the first two batters were retired, Jayson Werth drew a walk off Cubs' reliever Pedro Strop. Mike Montgomery came on to pitch, and he surrendered a double to Bryce Harper. Then on a full count to Zimmerman ...
The following lists the results of every season of the Chicago Cubs baseball club of Major League Baseball beginning in 1870 and continuing to 1876 as a charter member of the National League (NL). The White Stockings changed their name in 1890 to the Chicago Colts and again in 1898 to the Chicago Orphans until finally settling in 1903 with the ...