The Chicago Cubs have taken another step toward clinching a playoff spot after a win over the Atlanta Braves Monday. <\/p>\n
The Cubs are still in the top spot in the National League wild card standings, and are hoping to host a best-of-three series at Wrigley Field to kick off the postseason later this month. <\/p>\n
Here is the latest update on the playoff hunt, and what the Cubs\u2019 schedule looks like in the weeks ahead. <\/p>\n
National League Wild Card Standings: <\/p>\n
Chicago Cubs 84-67 <\/p>\n
Philadelphia Philles 83-67 <\/p>\n
San Diego Padres 82-68 <\/p>\n
Arizona Diamondbacks 80-71 (2.5 GB) <\/p>\n
What is the Cubs\u2019 magic number? <\/p>\n
The Cubs\u2019 magic number to clinch a playoff spot has dropped to seven after their win over the Braves at Wrigley Field on Monday evening. <\/p>\n
If the Cubs and Diamondbacks were to finish the regular season with identical records, the Cubs would get into the postseason because they have a superior head-to-head record over Arizona. <\/p>\n
The Cubs also have that advantage over the Phillies, having won six of the seven games they played against Philadelphia during the regular season. <\/p>\n
If the season ended today, who would the Cubs play? <\/p>\n
If the season were to end today, the Milwaukee Brewers would earn the top spot in the National League, and would receive a bye into the Division Series, along with the Los Angeles Dodgers. <\/p>\n
The Braves would take on the Padres in Atlanta in a best-of-three Wild Card Series, while the Cubs would welcome the Phillies to Wrigley Field at the end of the month. <\/p>\n
What is the road ahead for the Cubs? <\/p>\n
The Cubs will continue their series against the Braves on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, and then after a day off Thursday they will face the Cincinnati Reds over the weekend. <\/p>\n
The Phillies will have a brief two-game series against the Washington Nationals before a three-game road set against the New York Mets. They then will end the season with home games against the Brewers and Rays. <\/p>\n
The Padres, who have won eight games in a row, will continue a road series against the Rockies, then will welcome the Marlins to Petco Park for a three-game series. <\/p>\n
The Diamondbacks will continue their homestand with two more games against the Marlins, and then three games against the Yankees. <\/p>\n
The team will wrap up the season with a three-game series against the Padres. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Cubs have taken another step toward clinching a playoff spot after a win over the Atlanta…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-893195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}