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Cubs beat Pirates behind another Arrieta pitching gem

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Oct 7, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; (Editors note: Caption correction) Chicago Cubs second baseman Starlin …

(Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs celebrated their first postseason win in 12 years when they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 in the Major League Baseball playoffs on Wednesday.

Chicago pitcher Jake Arrieta struck out 11 in a complete game shutout while Kyle Schwarber and Dexter Fowler both blasted home runs as the Cubs clinched the one-off National League Wild Card game.

For the Cubs, who have not won the World Series since 1908 - the longest drought in North American professional sports - their next opponents will be the St.