Sputtering Cubs after postseason hopes fade: 'It stinks'

MILWAUKEE -- The collapse was as dramatic as the climb.

Nearly two months to the day the Chicago Cubs decided to add to their team instead of subtract at the MLB trade deadline, they were eliminated from postseason contention by virtue of a 7-3 win by the Miami Marlins over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.

Miami and Arizona will join Philadelphia as the three wild card seeds in the NL while Chicago will be home for the playoffs.

"It stinks," catcher Yan Gomes said after the Cubs beat the Brewers 10-6. "That's going to be a bit of a sourdough."

The Cubs -- who FanGraphs gave a 92 percent chance of making the playoffs as recently as Sept. 6 -- played their worst brand of baseball at the…