Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Winner take all

A two-run homer by Gary Gaetti, center, powered the Cubs to a 1998 Wild Card tie-breaker victory (Daily Herald photo)
Winner-take-all games in Chicago Cubs history:
Oct. 4, 1908, make-up game tie-breaker at Chicago, Cubs 5, Pittsburgh 2
Oct. 8, 1908, make-up game tie-breaker at New York, Cubs 4, New York Giants 2
Oct. 10, 1945, World Series Game 7 at Wrigley Field: Detroit 9, Cubs 3
Oct. 7, 1984, NL Championship Series Game 5 at San Diego: San Diego 6, Cubs 3
Sept. 28, 1998, NL Wild-Card tie-breaker at Wrigley Field: Cubs 5, San Francisco 3
Oct. 5, 2003, NL Division Series Game 5 at Atlanta: Cubs 5, Atlanta 1
Oct. 15, 2003, NL Championship Series Game 7 at Wrigley Field: Florida 9, Cubs 6
Oct. 7, 2015, NL Wild-Card Game at Pittsburgh: Cubs 4, Pirates 0
Nov. 2, 2016, World Series Game 7 at Cleveland: Cubs 8, Cleveland 7, 10 inn.
Oct. 12, 2017, NL Division Series Game 5 at Washington: Cubs 9, Washington 8

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