The Cubs beat the Marlins 2-1 at Wrigley Field to clinch a National League wild-card berth, their second straight postseason trip. Pete Crow-Armstrong stole his 40th base of the season, becoming MLB’s seventh 40-homer, 40-steal player.
Miami took a 1-0 lead in the third on Jacob Marsee’s RBI single. Seiya Suzuki tied it with his 26th homer in the fifth, then Ian Happ tripled and Nico Hoerner singled him home in the sixth. Starter Matthew Boyd retired 11 of his final 12 batters; Daniel Palencia and Ryan Zeferjahn closed out the win, with Zeferjahn earning the save.
It is Chicago’s first stretch of consecutive postseason appearances since it reached the playoffs four straight years from 2015 through 2018. The Cubs’ exact wild-card position was still undecided; results from the Phillies-Brewers and Padres-Dodgers games later that night would clarify where they stood before their final three regular-season games.
