{"id":483260,"date":"2025-09-17T18:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T22:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/cubs-sweep-the-pirates-and-secure-their-postseason-berth\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T22:40:10","slug":"cubs-sweep-the-pirates-and-secure-their-postseason-berth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/cubs-sweep-the-pirates-and-secure-their-postseason-berth\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs sweep the Pirates and secure their postseason berth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n<strong>Pittsburgh.<\/strong> \u2013 The Chicago Cubs clinched their postseason berth for the first time in five years after defeating the Pirates 8-4 this Wednesday at PNC Park, completing a sweep that unleashed the celebration of the North Chicago team.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/gilbert-gomez-guia-a-los-brooklyn-cyclones-al-campeonato-de-la-south-atlantic-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">: Gilbert G\u00f3mez guides the Brooklyn Cyclones to the South Atlantic League championship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe triumph, supported by an early offensive with consecutive home runs by Ian Happ and the Venezuelan Mois\u00e9s Ballesteros in the first inning, allowed the team to reach a record of 88-64, with a guaranteed ticket to the playoffs and their sights set on reaching the top of the National League Central Division, where they are chasing the Milwaukee Brewers.\n\n&#8220;This celebration is about enjoying what we have achieved together. Every step is important and we are going to value this,&#8221; highlighted the leader <strong>Craig Counsell<\/strong>, who emphasized the unity of the group after advancing to the postseason.\n\nThe Cubs&#8217; offense also featured key contributions from Nico Hoerner, Dansby Swanson, and Justin Turner, who extended the lead in the sixth inning. From the mound, the bullpen responded effectively: &#8220;Porter Hodge, Aaron Civale, Drew Pomeranz, and Taylor Rogers&#8221; combined to hang six consecutive zeros and secure the victory.\n\nWith 10 games remaining on the schedule, the Cubs are keeping their divisional title aspirations alive, being 4.5 games behind Milwaukee, a team they have the advantage over in the event of a tie.\n\nThe victory marked not only the mathematical classification, but also the return to a postseason celebration for a franchise that had not enjoyed this moment since 2020 and that now dreams of conquering its <strong>fourth World Series<\/strong> in history.\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pittsburgh. \u2013 The Chicago Cubs clinched their postseason berth for the first time in five years after defeating the Pirates 8-4 this Wednesday at PNC Park, completing a sweep that unleashed the celebration of the North Chicago team. You may be interested: Gilbert G\u00f3mez guides the Brooklyn Cyclones to the South Atlantic League championship The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":483261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,39774,13766,41186],"class_list":["post-483260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-21Iw","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/images-13.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/images-13.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}