The Cubs completed their 1989 Wrigley Field season September 24 with a 4-2 win over the Pirates, their fourth in a row and 11th in their last 15 games since that thrilling 4-3 win over the Cardinals September 9, chronicled in the last installment of this series.
Their lead over the second-place Cardinals was 4½ games with six games remaining, a division-clinching magic number of three. So they’d have to go on the road to clinch, and the first stop on a season-ending road trip was Montreal.
The Cubs have since clinched a division title at home (2008) and won the N.