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MLB playoffs 2021 - Why Braves slugger Joc Pederson has former Cubs teammate Anthony Rizzo to thank for his NLDS heroics

For a team that lost 91 games, the Chicago Cubs are having quite an impact on the 2021 MLB playoffs.

Everywhere you turn, some recent ex-Cub is turning up as the latest October hero. The trend reached a ridiculous proportion with Monday's NLDS contest between the Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers.

In the bottom of the fifth, Braves pinch-hitter Joc Pederson became just the third player to hit two pinch hit homers in the same postseason, belting a three-run jack off Milwaukee righty Adrian Houser that accounted for all the scoring in the Braves' 3-0 win.