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Holy mackerel! The Cubs beat Miami 6-5 on Saturday behind Ryan Zeferjahn's first save as a Cub, two RBI from Ian Happ, and a Michael Conforto home run, the team's 200th of the season! It was the third straight win for Chicago.

Ryan Rolison and Zeferjahn combined for 2.1 innings of scoreless relief to secure the win for the North Siders, who wrap up the series tomorrow before heading to Milwaukee on Monday to kick off a three-game set.

 

Cubs Magic Numbers:

Division:  27
1st Wild Card & Home Field:  19
Wild Card:  13

See this post for CMN calculation details. 

 

Here's how the remainder of the season shapes up:
 

4 vs. 71-72 Miami (1 road, 3 home)
3 at 88-55 Milwaukee
3 vs. 70-73 Pittsburgh
3 vs. 84-58 Atlanta
3 at 68-74 Cincinnati
3 at 78-65 Boston

The Cubs currently sit seven games back of Milwaukee in the NL Central, 1/2 game ahead of Philadelphia in the race for the top NL Wild Card berth and its benefit of home field for all NLWCS games, and six games ahead of Arizona for the final NL Wild Card berth.
 
143 games down, 19 to go.
 
Go Cubs go! 

 

Image Credit:  Chicago Cubs