Today’s roster move: Here

Saturday notes: • TIME TO WIN ONE, GUYS: This is just the seventh of the Cubs’ 51 series in which they lost the first two games. There was no third game after the first, March 18-19 vs. the Dodgers in Tokyo. The Cubs won the third game of the next four series — at St. Louis, Minnesota and Milwaukee, then at home vs. the Reds. They lost the third game at San Francisco on Aug. 28, the only time they have been swept in a series of at least three games. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53) • MAGIC NUMBER: The Cubs’ magic number to clinch the top wild-card spot over the Padres dropped to 4 after the Padres’ loss Friday. Thus if the Cubs go 4-4 in their eight remaining games, they’ll host the wild-card series regardless of what the Padres do. If for any reason a tiebreaker is

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