MILWAUKEE -- Cubs manager Joe Maddon planned on scoreboard watching Sunday. Chicago began the day one game behind Pittsburgh in the National League Wild Card standings.
A win over the Brewers and a Pirates loss to the Reds at PNC Park would shift Wednesday's NL Wild Card Game presented by Budweiser to Wrigley Field.
Maddon knows all about having Game 162 determine whether or not a team makes the postseason. On Sept. 28, 2011, the last game of the regular season, his Rays faced the Yankees with a postseason berth on the line, and fell behind, 7-0, after five innings.