Cika wannan jumlar: A cikin Wasannin Rukunin NL, Cubs sun fuskanci Atlanta, kuma Prior ya fara wasa na 3 da tsohon Cub Greg Maddux. Na farko ya ba da izini biyu da gudu ɗaya, ya jefa cikakken wasa kuma ya buga bakwai yayin da Cubs suka ci 3<unk>1. Tare da cin nasarar wasanni biyar a kan Braves, Cubs sun fuskanci Florida Marlins a cikin gasar zakarun NL. A baya ya shiga cikin na takwas a cikin wasa na 2, ya ba da gudana uku (biyu da aka samu) kuma ya buga biyar a cikin nasara 12<unk>3, kafin ya sake ɗaukar tudu a cikin wasa na 6. A cikin wasan kwaikwayo bakwai, ya jefa kwallon da ba ta da wata matsala, yana ba da izini uku kawai yayin da Cubs suka jagoranci 3-0. Lokacin da Mike Mordecai ya tashi a kan shi don fara na takwas, Cubs sun kasance biyar daga wasa a farkon gasar cin kofin duniya tun 1945. Bayan haka, Juan Pierre ya buga sau biyu, ya kawo Luis Castillo, wanda ya buga ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙafa a gefen hagu na gefen hagu wanda mai tsaron gida Moisés Alou ya bi shi. Kwallon ya sauka a gefen tsaye, da kuma
Steve Bartman, wani fan, ya kai shi, ya hana Alou yin kama. Castillo ya ci gaba da tafiya, kuma Prior da Cubs ba su sake farfadowa daga lamarin ba. Na farko ya yi gwagwarmaya tare da umurninsa kuma ya ba da jagorancin tare da taimakon mummunan wasan karewa, musamman ma an buga kwallon kafa ta hanyar Alex Gonzalez wanda zai iya haifar da wasa biyu. Bayan Derrek Lee ya buga RBI sau biyu daga gare shi wanda ya daidaita wasan kuma ya sanya masu gudu a matsayi na biyu da na uku, an cire Prior daga wasan kuma an maye gurbinsa da Kyle Farnsworth. Marlins ya ci gaba da zira kwallaye takwas a wannan wasan, kuma an zargi Prior da rashin nasara a cikin rashin nasara 8-3. Cubs sun ci gaba da rasa Wasan 7, kuma bushewarsu ta shekara 94 ta ci gaba.