The Cubs still face very long odds when it comes to reaching the postseason, but they’ve overcome longer in the past. Like on Thursday night, for instance, when they went from 4% win probability with one out in the 9th to winning in walk-off fashion. There’s just something about Mike Tauchman and capping off improbable wins over the Cardinals around this time of year.
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The Cubs still sit dead last in the division and six games out of the Wild Card, in which they lack tiebreak advantages over any of the five teams ahead of them, so it’s not quite as easy as winning another game or two.