Cubs Clinch!

Here's How They Got Here

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April 8: Cade Horton’s season ends due to an elbow injury – the first in a line of pitching injuries to Cubs’ staff in ‘26

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May 4: Michael Conforto’s pinch-hit, walk-off homer gave Cubs a 12th straight win at Wrigley Field and showed importance of bench players

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May 8: Cubs win in Texas to notch a second 10-game winning streak in a span of 23 games

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June 7: The Cubs’ offensive struggles through May and early June led to a slide in the division standings

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June 15: Pete Crow-Armstrong finishes 4-for-4, completing the 13th cycle in Cubs history

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Aug. 3: Cubs’ busy Trade Deadline headlined by big rotation additions of Kevin Gausman and Clay Holmes

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Aug. 12: Alex Bregman continued his incredible second half with the first three-homer game of his career

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Aug. 17: PCA hits leadoff and walk-off homers to beat White Sox, reaching 30-30 for a second year and increasing MVP talk

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Aug. 29: With team icons in town for the Cubs’ 150th anniversary celebration, PCA belts three homers to back Sammy Sosa’s request

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Sept. 6: PCA joined Billy Williams (42 homers in 1972) as only lefty hitters in Cubs history with 40+ homers in a season

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Sept. 24: The Cubs punch a ticket to the postseason with a 2-1 win over the Marlins