The Chicago Cubs locked up the top spot in the NL Wild Card race on Saturday, which comes with home-field advantage next week against the San Diego Padres, but the final wild card berth remained unclear heading into Game 162 on Sunday. When the dust settled the NL Central rival Cincinnati Reds emerged victorious.
There's no immediate direct impact on the Cubs. Chicago will take on San Diego in the best-of-three Wild Card Series that starts on Tuesday and the winner of that series will advance to take on the #1 overall NL seed and NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers in the NLDS.