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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 ...
A wild card team appeared in the World Series each year from 2002 to 2007. The 2002, 2014, and 2023 World Series have been the only times when both teams were wild cards. The Baltimore Orioles, in 1996, were the first wild card team to win a Division Series. The Marlins, in 1997, were the first wild card team to reach and first to win the World ...
Cubs: 9–6: Cubs, 4–2 Cubs, 5–4 Cubs 79–75 2008: Cubs: 9–7: Cubs, 5–2 Brewers, 5–4 Cubs 88–82 Brewers clinched NL Wild Card and first postseason appearance since 1982 against the Cubs in game 162 of the regular season in Milwaukee with a victory along with a Mets' loss. 2009: Cubs ...
Miami is tied for the third NL wild card with the Chicago Cubs, who lost 6-5 in 10 innings at NL East champion Atlanta. Both teams are 82-76 with four games left, and the Marlins have the head-to ...
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 ...
This was the third consecutive year that the NL Wild Card Game was played in Pittsburgh. [2] This was the third consecutive postseason appearance for the Pirates, all of which came as a wild card qualifier, while the Cubs made the postseason for the first time since 2008. [3] This was the first postseason meeting between the Cubs and the Pirates.
The Cubs’ postseason hopes could not afford a series loss to the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates, yet their spiral continued Thursday with an 8-6 defeat at Wrigley Field. They have dropped 10 of their ...