Ian Happ hit a homer and drove in three runs Wednesday as the Chicago Cubs secured their first Major League Baseball post-season berth since 2020 with an 8-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Happ and Moises Ballesteros hit back-to-back home runs as the Cubs put up four runs in the first inning and added another three in the seventh -- when Happ and Justin Turner hit run-scoring singles.

"It's special," said Happ, the longest-tenured Cub who also caught the last out to end the game.

"It's going to be great to be back in the post-season. The fanbase, the organization, the group of guys here... through some tough years, through some rally close calls in the last couple of years, I know all the work they put in."

The Cubs notched their fourth win in a row and their seventh in eight gam

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