The Chicago Cubs are inching closer to clinching a playoff spot, and their win over the Atlanta Braves helped them out on Wednesday.
The win, powered by an incredible night from Pete Crow-Armstrong, kept the Cubs in the top spot in the National League wild race with a narrow lead over the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Cubs are off on Thursday, but here’s where things stand in the playoff hunt, and who they would play in the postseason if the season were to end with the current standings in place.
Here are the current wild card standings in the National League:
Chicago Cubs 85-68
Philadelphia Phillies 84-68
San Diego Padres 83-69
Arizona Diamondbacks 80-73 (3.5 GB)
What is the Cubs’ magic number?
Thanks to the Cubs’ win over the Braves on Wednesday and the Diamondbacks’ loss to the Marlins, Chicago’s magic number now stands at just four to clinch a wild card spot in the National League.
If the Cubs were to finish the regular season tied with Arizona, they would win a tiebreaker thanks to winning the season series over the Diamondbacks, so they are closing in on a playoff spot for the second consecutive year.
If the season ended today, who would the Cubs play?
The Cubs are still in the top wild card spot in the National League, holding a narrow lead over the Phillies in that race. If the season were to end today, the Cubs would host the Phillies at Wrigley Field for a best-of-three series.
The other Wild Card Series would feature the Braves taking on the Padres in Atlanta, with the Brewers and Dodgers earning byes into the Division Series. The Brewers would face the winner of the Cubs-Phillies series, and the Dodgers would get the winner of the other series.
What does the road ahead look like for the Cubs?
The Cubs have Thursday off, then they kick off a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday. They then will welcome the Marlins to Wrigley Field for their final home series of the season, and will wrap up the campaign against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
The Phillies will start a four-game series against the Mets at Citi Field in New York on Thursday, then they head home for a tough six-game homestand to finish the season against the Brewers and Rays.
The Padres have one more game against the Rockies on Thursday, then they’ll head home for a three-game series against the Marlins. The Dodgers and Diamondbacks will then be their final opponents of the regular season.
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