Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 15 ga Oktoba, Marlins sun doke Chicago Cubs wasanni hudu zuwa uku a gasar Championship Series, suna dawowa daga wasanni uku zuwa asarar daya. Beckett ya kammala wasan a wasan 5 ya kiyaye Marlins da rai. Wasan 6 ya ga Marlins suna taka rawa a cikin ɗayan shahararrun lokacin ƙwallon baseball: "The Inning". Tare da daya daga cikin 8th inning da kuma Cubs 3 runs gaba, Marlins 2nd baseman Luis Castillo buga wani pop laifi a jere a cikin stands tare da na uku tushe line. Mai goyon bayan Cubs Steve Bartman ya kai ga kwallon, ya hana Cubs LF Moisés Alou daga fitarwa da fara taron Marlins na 8. Lamarin da ya faru
Steve Bartman da kuma dawowa daga baya nasara a Wrigley Field a Wasan 7 ya taimaka wa Marlins su kama lambar yabo ta biyu ta NL, suna kiyaye "La'anar Billy Goat" da rai da lafiya.