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Beginning in 2012, a second wild card team was added to each league. [2] The two wild card teams in each league face each other in a one-game playoff, the Wild Card Game, with the winner advancing to meet the number one seed in the Division Series. For the 2020 postseason only, the field expanded to include three second-place teams per division ...
Chicago has gone 20-8 since July 31 and 32-18 in its last 50 games, pulling within three games of the final NL wild-card berth. The Cubs have done it on the strength of a once moribund and ...
Both Wild Card Series began on October 1, with Game 2s for October 2, and Game 3 for one of the series on October 3. ESPN broadcast both Wild Card Series in the United States together with ESPN Radio. [1] [2] These matchups were: (3) Milwaukee Brewers (NL Central champions) vs. (6) New York Mets (third wild card): Mets won series, 2–1.
Because of the two dramatic League Championship Series, that both went to a seventh game, and a major upset in the World Series, the 2003 postseason was considered one of the most enthralling in MLB history. [30] The Cubs were upset again by the Marlins during the 2020 Wild Card Series, losing the series in a two-game sweep.
The playoffs begin on Tuesday, Oct. 1 with the best-of-three wild card series – two in each league. Here's a full look at the MLB postseason picture: AL wild card standings. Top three reach playoffs
The Cubs enter Friday tied with the Miami Marlins for the No. 3 National League ... Chicago Cubs fall into a tie for the No. 3 wild-card spot after an 8-6 loss: ‘We’ve got to turn it around ...
The Cubs led the eventual Wild Card winning Cardinals by 2.5 games in early September, but Preston Wilson's walk-off homer off of closer Tom "Flash" Gordon took the wind out of the team's sails, failing to make another serious charge. The Cubs did manage to finish 88–74, only 5 games behind both St. Louis and Houston, who tied for first, but ...
Justin Steele has often single-handedly kept the Chicago Cubs in games over the last six months. That has especially been true lately. Five of his previous six starts featured games decided by two ...