Chicago Cubs Secure Playoff Spot with 8-4 Win Over Pirates

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00:00Flying the W today, not because we went 2-0 last night in our best bet.

00:04Winners, but the Chicago Cubs, an 8-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

00:08They enter into the playoffs with that victory yesterday.

00:12Wasn't a great performance here by Boyd either.

00:14Three innings pitched, four earned runs, didn't matter.

00:16Rescued by the offense for the Cubs, which went 5-16 with runners in scoring position

00:20and still left 10 men on base and still played at eight runs here.

00:24Cubbies to the playoffs, welcome to October.

00:26Yeah, first postseason berth since, what, 2020?

00:32They get this sweep.

00:33Now what do you do with the remaining couple of weeks?

00:35Because they still are dealing with some injuries here on the Cubs.

00:39And you're right about Boyd.

00:41Not great, but he's actually come back down to earth in a big way.

00:46We kind of thought regression might be coming.

00:48He was over the top good for the first half of the season.

00:52But this latter half starting to slow down here a little bit.

00:56And you got to wonder.

00:57All right.

00:58So Imanaga, Boyd, and what else are the Cubs have here heading into the postseason?