The Marlins defeated the Cubs, 2–0, at Wrigley Field on Friday afternoon to advance to the National League Division Series.
First baseman Garrett Cooper's seventh-inning home run off Cy Young contender Yu Darvish helped lift Miami over Chicago in the best-of-three wild card series. Following Cooper's 370-foot moonshot to left field, Magneuris Sierra doubled the Marlins' lead with an RBI single to right field to bring in Lewis Brinson.
Rookie right-hander Sixto Sánchez pitched five scoreless innings, holding the Cubs to four hits and two walks while striking out six. After walking the first two batters he faced in the fourth, Sánchez escape the inning with some help from his defense.