Lucky 7 for the Fish
Little was expected of the Marlins by the experts and the pundits before the season began but that was then and this is now. Miami shook off the funk of a woeful 2019 in which they won only 57 games and now find themselves in the postseason by virtue of a regular-season record barely north of .500. However, in the expanded playoff format this year, that’s all they needed and now everything is shiny and new.
The No. 3 seeded Cubs received home-field advantage for all the games against sixth-seeded Miami in the best-of-three series.