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The Cubs are at a point in the season and in a spot in the National League wild-card race where it’s easy to defuse questions about whether Friday’s 6-0 triumph over the Rockies was a must-win game.
“They’re all big,” manager David Ross said pregame.
But having lost 10 of their last 13 and sliding to the point of being out of the playoffs based on tiebreakers entering Friday, the Cubs spurning a chance to clean up on the woeful Rockies would be especially unforgivable.