When does Ohtani pop champagne? The Cubs confirmed their fall baseball for the first time in five years after winning four consecutive games, and the third NL team is also nervous about winning the LAD district
Sep 18, 2025
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The Cubs won the away game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on the 18th (Korea time) with the concentration of the batters.
The Cubs, which have recently won four consecutive games, including three away games against Pittsburgh, have won 88 games and 64 games, securing at least a wild card to secure their advance to the postseason.
The Cubs, who are No. 1 in the NL wild card, are 11.5 games ahead of the fourth-place Arizona Diamondbacks (77 wins and 76 losses), so even if they lose all 10 games, they can be in the top three wild cards.
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As a result, the Cubs are the third team to confirm their advance to the fall baseball this year, following the Milwaukee Brewers (92-59) who are ranked first in the NL Central and the Philadelphia Phillies (91-61) who are ranked first in the East. In the case of Philadelphia, the team won the East Division.
The AL has yet to confirm its advance to the postseason due to the fierce ranking battle for the No. 1 spot in the district and the wild card.
The Los Angeles Dodgers (84 wins and 67 losses), which ranks first in the NL West, recently lost to Philadelphia for two consecutive games, making it difficult to guarantee a victory in the district. As of the 17th, there are only two games behind the San Diego Padres (82-69) who are ranked second in the district. Despite starter Shohei Ohtani's no-hit and no-run pitching in five innings against Philadelphia on the 17th, the Dodgers kneeled 6-9 due to extreme turbulence in the bullpen.
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Bush scored the first run with Oviedo's balk in a chance to first and third base with no outs made by the first Michael Bush's walk and Nico Horner's heavy hit. Ian Hep then pulled Oviedo's third 78.2-mile curve from a two-ball and connected it to a two-run shot that went well over the right fence, widening the gap to 3-0.
Moises Bayesteros then drew a back-to-back arch with a superior solo home run to run 4-0.
In the bottom of the first inning, Pittsburgh succeeded in tying the game 4-4, with a walk by Tommy Pham and a left-handed hit by Andrew McCutchen, Joey Bart shot a three-run home run in the middle of the first and second bases, followed by a one-out bases loaded and McCutchen drew a push walk in the bottom of the second inning.
With the two teams' batters in a lull, the Cubs scored three points in the top of the sixth inning to win the game.
After taking a one-point lead with Bush's sacrifice fly to right field in a chance with one out and runners on first and third bases made by leadoff Dansby Swanson's error on base and Matt Shaw's walk, the gap widened to 7-4 with Hep's heavy hit and Justin Turner's right-handed hit.
In the eighth inning, Turner's timely hit with one out and runners on the first and second bases sealed the game.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
