Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin NLCS
, Cubs sun sami nasara a wasanni biyu na farko a filin Wrigley da San Diego Padres. Padres sun kasance masu nasara na Yankin Yamma tare da Steve Garvey, Tony Gwynn, Eric Show, Goose Gossage da Alan Wiggins. Tare da cin nasara 13-0 da 4-2, Cubs suna buƙatar cin nasara guda ɗaya daga cikin wasanni uku masu zuwa a San Diego don zuwa Wasannin Duniya. Bayan an doke su a Wasan 3 7<unk>1, Cubs sun rasa Wasan 4 lokacin da Smith, tare da wasan ya daidaita 5<unk>5, ya ba da damar wasan nasara ga Garvey a ƙarshen wasan na tara. A cikin Wasan 5 Cubs sun dauki jagorancin 3<unk>0 a cikin 6th inning, da kuma jagorancin 3<unk>2 a cikin na bakwai tare da Sutcliffe (wanda ya lashe kyautar Cy Young a wannan shekara) har yanzu a kan tudu. Bayan haka, Leon Durham ya sami wani mai kaifi mai kaifi ya shiga hannunsa. Wannan kuskure mai mahimmanci ya taimaka wa Padres lashe wasan 6<unk>3, tare da tseren tsere 4 a cikin wasan na 7 kuma ya kiyaye Chicago daga Wasannin Duniya na 1984 da Detroit Tigers. Rashin nasarar ya kawo karshen kakar wasa mai ban mamaki ga Cubs, wanda ya kawo rai ga 'yan wasan da ke barci kuma ya sa Cubs ya dace da sabon ƙarni na magoya bayan Cubs.