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The Cubs and the Mets both had a lot to play for as they filed into their respective dugouts before the game Wednesday at Wrigley Field.
“This is a great week for a baseball fan, it really is,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said before the Cubs’ 10-3 win. “Three weeks in the schedule left, you were like, I don’t know how this is going to end. And now, you’re like, wow.”
Entering play Wednesday, only two division races had been decided, the NL Central (Brewers) and NL East (Phillies). The Wild Card races were tight in both leagues.