Meghan Montemurro
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Cubs beat writer at The Chicago Tribune. Previously: The Athletic. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumna.
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Cade Horton threw an up-down-bullpen today and it went very well, Counsell said. How Horton feels tomorrow will be important.

“It was a really positive day.”
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Counsell noted that besides Boyd, who pitched last night, every pitcher on their NLDS roster will be available to pitch in the win-or-go-home Game 5.
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Craig Counsell isn’t ready to announce who the Cubs will start in Game 5 tomorrow against Milwaukee.
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Craig Counsell isn’t ready to announce who the Cubs will start in Game 5 tomorrow against Milwaukee.
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This is the second time the Cubs have won 3 games facing elimination in a single postseason, joining 2016 (WS 5-7)
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Cubs beat the Brewers, 6-0, to force a decisive Game 5 in the NLDS Saturday in Milwaukee.

Cubs battle back from being down 2-0 in the series.
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The Dodgers advance to the NLCS ... on this.
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The Dodgers beat the Phillies in extra innings to move on to the NLCS.

If the Cubs advance, Game 1 of their NLCS matchup would be Monday at 6:08 p.m. CT at Dodger Stadium.

If the Brewers hold on to win this series, they would host Game 1 of the NLCS on Monday at 7:08 p.m.
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The 21 combined runs in the first inning in the Cubs/Brewers NLDS are 3 more than in the first innings of any other series in postseason history
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The Cubs have scored 11 runs in the first inning during the NLDS.

They have struggled to add more, though, against the Brewers. From the 2nd-9th innings in Games 1-3 of the NLDS, Cubs have scored 2 total runs.
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The Cubs strike again in the 1st with Ian Happ delivering the big swing for a 3-run homer off Freddy Peralta.

Happ with the bat drop watching it fly to the RF bleachers.

Wrigley Field is roaring
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Cubs fans started to chant “Freddy!” as Peralta allows a one-out single and walk in the first inning:
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It took four tries, but a Cubs starting pitcher has gotten through the first inning of the NLDS without allowing a run. Just what the Cubs needed out of the gate from Matthew Boyd.
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Cubs-Brewers will start on TNT until Dodgers-Phillies is over on TBS.
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Another elimination game for the Cubs tonight
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Nearly every game day, rain or shine, Cubs fan Sam Bernero (@sambernero.bsky.social) can be found in the same spot outside Wrigley Field.

"I feel like something would be wrong if I didn't get to see Sam on the way in every day," shortstop Dansby Swanson said.
Meet Chicago Cubs diehard fan Sam Bernero, whose candid Wrigley Field photos help connect players and fans
Nearly every game day, rain or shine, Chicago Cubs fan Sam Bernero can be found in the same spot outside Wrigley Field.
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Cubs will start Matthew Boyd in Game 4 tonight while the Brewers go with Freddy Peralta.
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Cubs-Brewers Game 4 on Thursday night will be an 8:08 p.m. CT start at Wrigley.
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hasn’t been announced yet
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fwiw, Craig Counsell said the umpires made right decision not deeming it an infield fly.

Counsell: “You have to have a player that's going to catch it to call infield fly, and we never had a player really close to catching it. Right call. I was hoping they made the wrong call, they did not.”
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An explanation on why the infield fly rule wasn’t called on the first-inning pop up that fell for a hit from umpire supervisor Larry Young, on site at Wrigley, via pool reporter:
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An explanation on why the infield fly rule wasn’t called on the first-inning pop up that fell for a hit from umpire supervisor Larry Young, on site at Wrigley, via pool reporter:
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Cubs beat the Brewers, 4-3, to force Game 4 tomorrow night at Wrigley.

If the Phillies get swept in LA, first pitch will be 6:08 p.m. If Phillies win tonight, Cubs-Brewers Game 4 will be at 8:08 p.m.