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The Chicago Cubs can potentially clinch their third straight division title on Saturday, but they would need a little bit of help to make it happen.
The Cubs, who currently hold a one-game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers in the Central Division race, will take on the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon. If they can beat the Cardinals for the second straight day, then they will have clinched at least a share of the Central Division crown, dropping their magic number to one.
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Mientras que en el Progressive Field la joven plantilla de los oseznos era todo júbilo.
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Jake Arrieta threw a complete game shutout, and Kyle Schwarber launched a home run into the river in Pittsburgh to defeat the Pirates in the National Leauge Wild Card Game.
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The Cubs won their first playoff series in 12 years when they outslugged the St. Louis Cardinals in a 3-1 series win. Kyle Schwarber hit another prodigious blast, this one landing on the top of the right field video board.
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The Cubs’ sizzling bats went silent as Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, and the rest of the Mets held them in check in a four-game sweep.
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The Giants were poised to tie the series at 2-2 in Game 4, but the Cubs had other ideas, scoring four runs in the top of the ninth inning to stun the Giants and advance to the NLCS for the second straight year.
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The Cubs were down 2-1 in the series and had been shutout in back-to-back games, but all of the sudden, the team’s bats came to life in Game 4 and never stopped, as the Cubs racked up 23 runs in the final three games of the series to finish off the Dodgers and punch their ticket to the World Series for the first time since 1945.
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Down 3-1 in the series, the Cubs had their backs against the wall, but the heroes of October had one more trick up their sleeves, as Kyle Schwarber roared back, Jon Lester pitched a stellar relief gem in Game 7, and Ben Zobrist won MVP honors in an epic series win over the Cleveland Indians that ended the team’s 108 year championship drought.
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The Cubs advanced to the NLCS for the third straight year with a five-game series win over the Washington Nationals, and the final game was downright crazy, as the nearly five-hour game resulted in 17 runs, 23 hits, and two critical Nationals errors in a 9-8 Cubs victory.
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The Dodgers, the best team in the National League during the regular season, made sure to make quick work of the Cubs, avenging their 2016 defeat in a five-game series victory.
In that situation, the Cubs could clinch the title with a Brewers loss to the Detroit Tigers, as those teams will square off at Miller Park on Saturday evening.
If the Cubs and Brewers both win on Saturday, then the Cubs could still clinch the division Sunday with a win over the Cardinals.
First pitch between the Cubs and Cardinals is set for 12:05 p.m., and the game will air on Fox. The Brewers and Tigers will get underway at 6:05 p.m., and that game will air on FS1.
