The unprecedented schedule in baseball on Monday, with two tiebreakers, makes this feel like a consolation game, but it shouldn't be -- and it isn't. The Chicago Cubs belong in the playoffs with 95 victories and a run differential of +116. The Rockies played extremely well down the stretch and caught and passed the Los Angeles Dodgers, but Colorado lost in the tiebreaker game on the road.
So now the Cubs and Rockies play in the National League wild-card game.
Only this time, the loser goes home.
Three reasons the Cubs will win
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