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Wednesday in the NL pennant race:  Cubs lose to Milwaukee, Phillies beat Houston, Padres beat the Nats, and Arizona lost to the Royals, lowering the CMN for a Wild Card berth to 12!

Cubs Magic Numbers:

Division:  26
1st Wild Card & Home Field:  17
Wild Card:  12

See this post for CMN calculation details. 

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

3 vs. 71-73 Pittsburgh
3 vs. 85-61 Atlanta
3 at 69-76 Cincinnati

3 vs. 72-75 Miami

3 at 80-67 Boston

The Cubs currently sit ten games back of Milwaukee in the Central, 1.5 games behind Philadelphia in the race for the top Wild Card berth and its benefit of home field for all NLWCS games, and three games ahead of Arizona for the final Wild Card berth.

147 games down, 15 to go.

Go Cubs go! 

2016 World Series Champions Jason Heyward and Kyle Schwarber