Miami Marlins at Chicago Cubs

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Miami Marlins

78-81, 33-48 Away

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Chicago Cubs

88-71, 46-35 Home

Cubs clinch 2nd straight playoffs trip by beating Marlins 2-1 as Crow-Armstrong joins 40-40 club

Cubs crowd erupts as PCA joins the 40/40 club

Seiya Suzuki homered for the Cubs (88-71), who assured themselves of one of the NL's three wild card berths.

Chicago also was a wild card last year, when the Cubs beat San Diego in the first round and lost to Milwaukee in a Division Series. The Cubs will be making consecutive postseason appearances for the first time since four straight from 2015-18, which in 2016 included their first championship since 1908.

The Cubs clinched their berth shortly after the White Sox earned their postseason trip with a 9-1 win at Kansas City.

Miami (78-81) was assured its third straight non-winning season.

A favorite to win the NL MVP award, Crow-Armstrong became the seventh 40-40 player, joining a group that includes Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Jose Canseco was the first with the 1988 Oakland Athletics.

Crow-Armstrong hit his 45th homer during Sunday’s 9-1 win at Cincinnati, extending his career high. The 24-year-old drew a leadoff walk from Tyler Phillips in the first inning and swiped second base on the next pitch to Suzuki for his 40th steal in 47 attempts. Fans chanted “MVP” as the Wrigley Field videoboard proclaimed the feat.

Ohtani was the previous player with a 40-40 season, hitting 54 homers and stealing 59 bases for the 2024 Dodgers. Acuña hit 41 homers and swiped 73 bases for Atlanta in 2023. Alfonso Soriano (2006 with Washington), Alex Rodriguez (1998 with Seattle) and Barry Bonds (1996 with San Francisco) are the other 40-40 players.

Matthew Boyd (10-5) allowed one run, five hits and two walks over seven innings, and Ryan Zeferjahn pitched a perfect ninth for his seventh save to finish a five-hitter.

Ian Happ tripled off Jack Ralston (0-2) to start the sixth and came home three pitches later on Nico Hoerner’s single, breaking a 1-1 tie.

Miami’s Jakob Marsee had an RBI single in the third and Suzuki hit his 26th homer in the fifth, a drive off Jack Ralston.

Up next The Marlins return to Miami on Friday to begin a season-ending, three-game series against Atlanta.

The Cubs play a day-night doubleheader Friday at Boston. The opener was shifted to Sunday by Major League Baseball because of a forecast for a storm.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Conine grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Conine hit for De Los Santos
	9th Inning	Stowers grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Stowers hit for Ruiz
	9th Inning	Ramírez fouled out to catcher.
	9th Inning	Zeferjahn relieved Palencia

Statistics

MIA		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	12
3	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	4
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
114	Pitches	134
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	11
34	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
0.7	Runs Created	4.3
.161	Batting Average	.207
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.194	Slugging Percentage	.379
.161	Secondary Average	.483
.235	On Base Percentage	.324
.429	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.703
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
0.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.9
12.0	Batter Rating	23.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.35	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.94
.032	Isolated Power	.172
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.147
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.276
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
65.8	MLB Rating	75.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0