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MILWAUKEE — It was the 23rd hour of the 29th day of the ninth month of the year when the 2023 Cubs’ championship dreams died an unofficial death.
Maybe a bit melodramatic, but we’ll go with it.
It was agonizing and yet not unexpected. Sudden and yet, perhaps, overdue.
Earlier, 500-some miles away at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, the Marlins rallied for a four-run eighth inning that would hold up in a 4-3 win against the Pirates.
Then, the Brewers beat the Cubs in 10 innings by a matching 4-3 score.