For the first time in its 112 years as a baseball team, the Chicago Cubs won a postseason series on its home turf in Wrigley Field. Since moving to the ballpark in 1914, it has taken the Cubs 100 years to finally pull off this feat in front of their hometown fans.
The victory came in Game 4 of their NLDS matchup against their division rivals St. Louis Cardinals, winning the series in four games to one. The night was filled with home runs from Kyle Schwarber, Javier Baez, and Anthony Rizzo with the two latter home runs solidifying the lead for the Cubs. With two men on base for the Cardinals during the ninth inning, Cubs closer Hector Rendon struck out batter Stephen Piscotty to a roar from the Wrigley stands and the Cubs dugout clearing immediately. “This is all just baseball fantasy, right?” Cubs owner Tom Ricketts said after the game.
The Cubs will have to wait until Saturday for their NLCS pennant opponent because of an all-or-nothing Game 5 between the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers happening tomorrow. The north Chicago team last won the World Series in 1908 with their last appearance in the series in 1945, making it the longest drought any U.S. professional sports team has gone through to win a championship.
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Photo: CHICAGO, IL – OCTOBER 13: Kyle Schwarber #12 of the Chicago Cubs bats in the second inning against the St. Louis Cardinals during game four of the National League Division Series at Wrigley Field on October 13, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
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