September has not been kind to the Cubs playoff hopes and with four games left in the season the Cubs no longer control their own destiny. They not only need to win out, they need to hope that the Marlins lose, because the Marlins control the tiebreaker with the Cubs after winning four of the teams' six games earlier this season.
We all knew looking at this stretch of the schedule that finishing the season with six games against division leaders would be difficult. The Cubs have played an absolute juggernaut of an Atlanta Braves squad to the bitter end of each game — but they’ve also fallen short twice.