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The Cubs defeated the Cardinals 3–1 to advance to the National League Championship Series, where they lost to the New York Mets. [20] The rivalry was further heated after John Lackey and Jason Heyward signed with the Cubs after the 2015 season and Dexter Fowler signed with the Cardinals after the Cubs' 2016 championship season.
The Cardinals–Cubs rivalry (also called the Route 66 rivalry and The I-55 rivalry) refers to games between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. The Cubs lead the series 1,091–1,044 through 2010 , [ 104 ] while the Cardinals lead in National League pennants with 19 against 17 for the Cubs.
Their 7-2 victory Sunday at Wrigley Field capped their series win versus their division rival to keep the Cubs (48-51) climbing toward .500. The Sox completed their longest trip of the season ...
The rivalry turned physical on May 20, 2006, when a brawl broke out during a White Sox-Cubs game at U.S. Cellular Field. [13] In the bottom of the second inning, Brian Anderson of the White Sox hit a sacrifice fly, attempting to score catcher A. J. Pierzynski. [13] Pierzynski collided with Cubs' catcher Michael Barrett. Barrett dropped the ball ...
The Cubs then proceeded to chip away, first with a run-scoring double-play by Cody Bellinger and a run-scoring balk in the fifth, then with another rally in the seventh inning to take a 6-5 lead.
The Brewers ended the season on an 8-game win streak, [21] while the Cubs won their final game 10–5 over the Cards to force the tiebreaker. [22] The Cubs won the right to host the tie-breaker with an 11–8 head-to-head record against the Brewers. [22]
The Cubs survived their 10-day West Coast gauntlet with a winning record, and that was with letting two winnable games get away from them. Despite losing right fielder Seiya Suzuki to a right ...
The Brewers–Cubs rivalry is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs. Both clubs are members of MLB's National League (NL) Central Division. The rivalry is also sometimes known as the I-94 Rivalry , because the two teams' ballparks are located only 83 miles (134 km) from each other off Interstate 94 ...