Cutting Montero

× Powell: Cubs Clinching in Cards’ Territory is the Cherry on Top of Division Championship St. Louis – For the first time in well over 100 years, the Cubs are headed to the playoffs for the third straight season. The cherry on top? They got to celebrate and pop champagne on their archrivals’ home field after clinching the NL Central. “To do it on their turf, it feels pretty good,” Kyle Schwarber said after the Cubs, 5-1, clincher.

ST.LOUIS --The Cubs are now the class of the NL Central. Cardinals fans don’t want to hear it, but it’s true. The Cubs beat the Cardinals in the NLDS in 2015, they won the World Series last year and this season they’re going to celebrate a division title at their rival’s home ballpark. “We’re definitely arriving at that same mental level that we’ve had the past two seasons,” manager Joe Maddon said after the Cubs beat the Cardinals 10-2. This is what the Cubs have become.

MILWAUKEE —Despite the hot and muggy conditions at Miller Park, it felt like October baseball Thursday night. It was fitting that the two teams that have been jockeying for the division lead all season went to extras in the opener of the biggest series of the season. “That was a pretty special game,” Joe Maddon said after the Cubs 5-3 victory. Javy Baez came up with another big hit, tying things in the 9th with an RBI-single up the middle.