The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night at PNC Park in the National League wild-card game. The win marks the Cubs' first postseason victory since 2003 (Chicago was swept in both the 2007 and 2008 NLDS). It also sets up an NL Central showdown between two teams that are longtime rivals in part due to geographic overlap of their respective fan bases.
The Cubs won 97 games this season, which was somehow only good enough to finish in third place in the Central. (Remember that last year the Cards won the division with 90 victories on their ledger.