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Friday in the NL playoff race:  Cubs lose, Phillies lose, Arizona loses, Miami loses, and San Diego wins.

Cubs Magic Numbers:

1st Wild Card & Home Field:  8
Wild Card:  3

See this post for CMN calculation details. 

Here's how the Cubs' remaining schedule shapes up: 

2 at Cincinnati
3 vs. Miami
3 at Boston

The Cubs currently sit atop the NL Wild Card race and its benefit of home field for all NLWCS games since they hold the tiebreakers against the Phillies and Padres; all three teams have identical records.

The North Siders sit five games ahead of Arizona for the final Wild Card berth, and they hold the tiebreaker there as well with a 4-2 record against the Diamondbacks.

154 games down, 8 to go.

Go Cubs go!